What’s Going On?

It was a party cloudy night sky downtown on the waterfront when I was at a friend’s birthday party. While enjoying the party all of a sudden the night sky overlooking the Ferry Building errupted in dazzling light and loud bangs. I hurried over to the balcony and I noticed a barge sitting out over the calm waters behind the Ferry Building.

The fireworks that night was one that caught me by surprise, but I’m glad I was there at that particular time and place. It was a spectacular sight to see, but it all was a little surreal. For one thing, this was an almost eerie situation. As I glanced over the skyline, I noticed that the Bay Bridge lights were turned off and there was no noise from cars driving on it (due to the Labor Day weekend closures to construct a “S-curved” roadway on the eastern section of the Bay Bridge) and also I found it a little weird that there was no one on the streets or on the waterfront crowding to watch a show.

I tried researching online to see what occassion it was and I even contacted the police department in hopes of finding out what the deal was about. To no avail, I had not gotten any information on the incident, but I just am thankful that I got to see a spectacular show on a spectacular night with the conditions being just right and the moon in the background to see an awesome show.

If anyone has any ideas of what the fireworks were for on September 5th, 2009 please comment on this posting.