How to drown out fireworks at home To set up a fireworks-resistant sound barrier inside your house or apartment, the trick is to create a layered bed of white noise from a combination of fans ...

Fireworks usage was the only agenda item during an early Monday morning League City Council meeting. But Mayor Pro-Tem Tommy Cones and Councilman Justin Hicks mostly "fired off" at the measure's ...

The official military name of the M-80, an illegal firework that was designed to simulate the sound of gunfire, is "military rifle fire simulator." Because of the effect caused, pyrotechnicians ...

A firework's breaks may also contain sound charges, which result in the cracking bangs and thunderous booms that thrill audiences. To make these loud explosions, which are usually accompanied by a ...

This technique is referred to as sound localization via time difference of arrival. [Kim Hendrikse] decided to put the technique to good use to track down the location of illicit fireworks launches.