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My wife was a 911 operator before we met. She says that every July 4th they would be flooded with noise complaints...
My dad used to put on a pretty substantial fireworks show every year. For years he did it with no problems; he and the show were both pretty popular in the neighborhood. The show was large enough that when my sister once took my then young nephews to an official city show, at the end they said "that's it?"
Anyway, as I said, for years there were no problems. The last time he did it, though, was the year the police got called ... Because a lady a few neighborhoods away said he was spooking her horses.
Side note: when the police talked to him, his immediate response was "but I do it every year!" After they left, everyone admonished him "next time, don't say that." Presumably because it was the holiday, the officers were pretty relaxed, though; they just said something like "we'll be back in fifteen minutes. We hope there won't be any fireworks going off then."