Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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Washington, D.C., is hosting the largest fireworks display in U.S. history on the National Mall as part of the country's 250th birthday. The 40-minute spectacle features over 850,000 fireworks, aiming to shatter the previous Guinness World Record set in the Philippines in 2016.The display spans across 10 locations in the city, including multiple barges on the Potomac River and both sides of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
That's an average of 21,250 shells per minute, or 354 shells each second for 40-minutes.
The historic 4th of July record-breaking fireworks display is officially scheduled to begin at approximately 10:30 PM ET. Because the fireworks will immediately follow a presidential address scheduled for 9:45 PM ET, local officials and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser have noted the start time could potentially slide closer to 11:00 PM ET depending on when the speech wraps up.
