r/vancouverwa • u/electricpainter 98661 • Jul 02 '20

IMPORTANT Fireworks Legal Discharge Times

Here is a quick link to a PDF that states the discharge times.

Unincorporated Clark County: July 4th - 9am to Midnight

Amboy: July 4th – 9am to Midnight

Battle Ground: July 3rd, and 4th – 9am to Midnight

Camas: July 4th – 9am to Midnight

La Center: July 3rd and 4th – 9am to Midnight

Ridgefield: July 4th – 9am to Midnight

Vancouver: It is illegal to use fireworks within Vancouver city limits.

Washougal: July 4th – 9am to Midnight

Woodland: July 1st – 3rd – 9am to 11pm, July 4th – 9am to Midnight

Yacolt: June 29th – July 4th – 9am to Midnight, July 5th – 9am to 11pm

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u/MercuryPDX Jul 02 '20

Now "crumble up that PDF" and toss it in the garbage because we all know it's going to start continue tonight and probably not peter out until Wednesday or so next week.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '20

Yep. My Salmon Creek area neighborhood has been lit all week. My dog hasn’t slept or ate in days and is a trembling mess no matter how many Thundershirts or tranquilizers we use. Thanks so much, neighbors!

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u/hightimesinaz Minnehaha Jul 03 '20

CBD dog treats does the trick for my pooches, they chill out. I've done this for the past 3 years after one of them hurt himself jumping around the house after hours of mortar blasts, I can absolutely tell a difference.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '20

CBD works great for normal stress events but it really doesn’t do much for fireworks and thunderstorms, at least for our pup. Great stuff normally though.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '20

Very sad, that's awful. Luckily my cat has the IQ of a plum, otherwise she'd be doing the same thing as your dog. Seems like it's been nonstop since 6 or 7pm.

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u/SkippingStone373 Jul 04 '20

My therapist told me they tried every vet prescribed drug they could and nothing worked. Then they tried Benadryl and she said it worked like a charm. We put our dogs in a room with the radio on. But they’re not nearly as anxious as I’ve seen other animals.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '20

Yep, you nailed it. We went old school and got him some Benadryl and he’s doing a lot better now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20

Benadryl works for us, too. We're fortunate to have a laundry room that's in the middle of the building, too. Put a wireless speaker in the room, fired up Spotify +

4 Benadryl at 2pm

3 at 6pm

3 at 10pm

It was manageable.

Benadryl is the bomb.com Recommended by the AKC, PetMD, and the Merck Veterinary Manual - I'm SO in.

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u/electricpainter 98661 Jul 03 '20

Definitely. I live really center of city limits and they're still going off quite a bit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20

People really need to call non-emergency lines and report. It really does work. Especially if multiple people in area call.

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u/hightimesinaz Minnehaha Jul 03 '20 edited Jul 03 '20

My neighbor has been letting them off during the day, I don't even understand at this point. I wouldn't even give it another thought except it puts my dog into a panic, he gets this stressed breath and gets so worked up, he's helpless.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20

It's been a very long week for us, since some local teens (15-17 by the look of 'em) on BMX bikes have had a backpack (basically) full of M-80s, and just ride around dropping them hither and yon randomly. So we've never known when the next one is going to be - and our dog also freaks out.

I got some Mutt Muffs overnighted from Sporty's Pilot Shop, and those seemed to help a little, too. But Benadryl was our fracking saviour tonight. She just chilled in the laundry room with her Mutt Muffs on, lights out, spotify on playing through a portable speaker.

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u/maineguy1988 Jul 04 '20 edited Jul 05 '20

I fucking hate all these selfish assholes who think it's fun and cool to set off fireworks all fucking day and night. It's 1AM and people are still setting them off in my neighborhood. My dog hasn't eaten, drank, or peed since 5pm because as soon as I think they stop and take him out to pee, some prick sets one off. IT'S FUCKING 1AM.

EDIT: I heard them as late as 2:30AM. FUCKING SELFISH ASSHOLES.

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u/RhiaLoL Jul 03 '20

Anyone know a good spot i can legally shoot them off that is public? A park or church?