01-05-2010, 11:20 AM
Last night, January 4, at around 11:30 I was awakened by firecrackers or gunshots. I'm not sure which. All my neighbors' homes were dark as if they'd all gone to bed. I had fallen asleep in the livingroom with one of my cats. He usually hightails it to my son's room at the first firecracker,but this time went to the sliding glass door staring out as if he saw something. It sounded like it was right in our yard. The field backs up to Railroad (between Paradise and Kaloli). I was fully awake after the first few as was my cat so I know what I heard after I awoke was really close. I wonder if someone driving by shot a gun or what. I understand the cultural significance of the noisy firecrackers but it's really unnerving when you think they're pau and then out of the blue - BANG BANG BANG.