Is it just me or has this been an abnormally quiet weekend?

Any holiday weekend, especially the 4th and new years, my neighborhood by Eastern Lake sounds like downtown Beirut. There must've been some sort of cease fire called because I haven't heard hardly anything!

I usually regard all of the illegal fireworks as an inconvenience buy I have to admit, I sorta miss it. :-/

Agreed, from another Eastern Lake area resident. Only a couple of little displays last night. For all the cars at the nearby rentals, not a lot of the usual non-fireworks racket, either. Maybe part of it is having the 4th weekend split by the Saturday check-in/check-out routine. Let's see how it goes tonight and tomorrow. Let's go folks, how bout a little celebration?

Exactly! Where's my free entertainment? 🙂

Exactly! Where's my free entertainment? 🙂

I'm hearing lots of fireworks right now -- 8:48 pm, July 4. I'm up on the end of North Lake Drive...sounds like they're coming from down about One Seagrove Place. With all the rain, I haven't bothered to venture out tonight after getting home from DeFuniak for the parade up there this afternoon.

Well, I guess that's gonna wrap it up for the night. We heard just a smattering and that's been it. They didn't even make it 'til midnight :-/

I watched the fireworks down by One Seagrove place with my family and it seemed decent. This was at about 9. There were I think 3 different groups shooting them off.

I'm hearing lots of fireworks right now -- 8:48 pm, July 4. I'm up on the end of North Lake Drive...sounds like they're coming from down about One Seagrove Place. With all the rain, I haven't bothered to venture out tonight after getting home from DeFuniak for the parade up there this afternoon.

I missed you at the parade. It seemed a little small to me, the turn out, not the parade for the 4th at the lake, but many wait until dark to come and I was done taking photos by then.

The Seaside show fizzled. Potential for rain hampered the music, and the fireworks display was not near the blow-out that was touted....there was no "crecendo", so there was a stunned silence once everyone realized that the fireworks show was over.

BTW, I'm no engineer, but know just enough to sense that Seaside should raise the elevation of the bottom of the "pit" around the stage since the recent rains raised the groundwater level such that it caused a huge pool to form and be retained in that area. The kids loved it, but it isn't conducive to a good time for those visitors and locals alike, who dress their kids and selves in all-white.

I don't know the "local" who staged the show close to Dunes of Seagrove, but if you're reading or if you know who it was... THANK YOU!!!! It was great. My family thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope that this is your "traditional" spot because I'm returning to watch next year 🙂

I've never seen such a lack of people at Grayton on the 4th! Compared to last year I would say maybe, big maybe, there were 1/4 of the number of people out. Definetly not the huge crowds and crazy party of years past. We still had a great time though and didn't have to fight for a spot!

I was commenting on the lack of explosions as well - until I came from a PW party to the beach to watch the Seaside fireworks.

Lots of fireworks up and down the beach! Nearby folks were outperforming the Seaside fireworks at some points, though I had some major safety concerns because of how close they were to people. I think they may have calmed down after they almost blew up one of their kids, but I chose to leave after that point. 😱

The Seaside show fizzled. Potential for rain hampered the music, and the fireworks display was not near the blow-out that was touted....there was no "crecendo", so there was a stunned silence once everyone realized that the fireworks show was over.

BTW, I'm no engineer, but know just enough to sense that Seaside should raise the elevation of the bottom of the "pit" around the stage since the recent rains raised the groundwater level such that it caused a huge pool to form and be retained in that area. The kids loved it, but it isn't conducive to a good time for those visitors and locals alike, who dress their kids and selves in all-white.

FYI, the seaside Amphitheater is also their drainage pond. ;-)

The Seaside show fizzled. Potential for rain hampered the music, and the fireworks display was not near the blow-out that was touted....there was no "crecendo", so there was a stunned silence once everyone realized that the fireworks show was over.

BTW, I'm no engineer, but know just enough to sense that Seaside should raise the elevation of the bottom of the "pit" around the stage since the recent rains raised the groundwater level such that it caused a huge pool to form and be retained in that area. The kids loved it, but it isn't conducive to a good time for those visitors and locals alike, who dress their kids and selves in all-white.

I guess it all depends on your attitude and expectations. To complain about free music and fireworks is just sad, and bad manners.

The Seaside amphitheater is a retention pond designed as a place for water to collect.

I had a great time sitting on the beach with the waves crashing in, a refreshing breeze keeping off the bugs, and watching fireworks light up the sky so I thought it was a success.

All in your perspective/expectations I guess.

Nothing stopping the masses from hitting the Red Bar tonight! A steady stream of SUVs pouring into Grayton, and lots of really dressed up people standing or driving around. Looked to be about a 2 hour+ wait. Tempers flared between a few drivers jockeying for position on the road- looks like a regular Grayton summer night in July!

I guess it all depends on your attitude and expectations. To complain about free music and fireworks is just sad, and bad manners.

The Seaside amphitheater is a retention pond designed as a place for water to collect.

I wasn't complaining, just reporting.....the music fizzled due to the weather, which is nothing that can be helped. The highly-touted fireworks fizzled just because.....:idontno: If you see that as bad manners, sorry. I wasn't the only one wondering if/when the fireworks finished. Even the hired security folks weren't sure.

The "retention pond" worked. I guess it's a bad idea to hold a public format in a retention pond.

When we assume.....

I wasn't complaining, just reporting.....the music fizzled due to the weather, which is nothing that can be helped. The highly-touted fireworks fizzled just because.....:idontno: If you see that as bad manners, sorry. I wasn't the only one wondering if/when the fireworks finished. Even the hired security folks weren't sure.

The "retention pond" worked. I guess it's a bad idea to hold a public format in a retention pond.

When we assume.....

Next year you should try Pier Park. Just get there at dark and wait, they'll start the fireworks whenever they feel like it.