Fireworks in December

[mike cummings]

The pyro group I work with did our annual Christmas show for the city of Manhattan Beach this past weekend on the Manhattan Beach Pier. Enjoy the pictures taken by one of our friends off a beach in El segundo

Manhattan Beach Pier Fireworks - Dec 14th, 2008. Shot by Raven Marquez and the Flying Monkeys Pyro Team!

 

[mick]

thanks mike, awesome photos

 

[BaldyLochs]

Cool. Did "you guys" ever bounce back from the whole China dock fire/Olympics embargo thing? Or is production still down and will there be any long term effects?

 

[mike cummings]

Cool. Did "you guys" ever bounce back from the whole China dock fire/Olympics embargo thing? Or is production still down and will there be any long term effects?

Disneyland dodged a major bullet on the dock explosion because we had a shipment en-route to the docks from the manufacturer when the explosion happened. Had our shipment arrived at the dock a day earlier, we would have been hurting bad. Our shipment was re-routed to Shanghai and shipped from there without incident. Our suppliers are able to keep up with our demand since we are a constant source of repeat business.

The other company I shoot for on non-Disney shows is Fireworks America. They fared pretty well since they had already laid in their inventory in their bunkers in Northern California in anticipation of the down time during the Olympics.