General Discussion

The thing that made the Big Bay Boom misfire event so spectacular was the 7k fireworks all went off over 90 seconds.
That was a damn cool, albeit short and alarmingly loud, fireworks show.
I remember seeing most of it from my back porch, figuring out what was going on, and hoping no one had gotten hurt.
By the time the smoke started collecting. it was pretty much over.

If it had been planned, and we had tried to then do the same thing 8 more times, you wouldn't be able to see a damn thing by the time the third set finished, even with a reliable wind disbursing smoke.

Anyone who ever been part of a professional fireworks show planning (maybe someone in the US Parks Department?) could have given the Palm Beach "Florida's Best Fireworks and Ammo" shop owner and GOP donor the organizers obviously chose to run the show some real advice on how to stage the show, even if they had to delay it a day instead of waiting until midnight to recreate the British attack on DC in 1812.