{"id":36185,"date":"2018-08-03T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/letters\/statistics-dangerous-fireworks-prevalent-as-ever\/"},"modified":"2018-08-03T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T20:30:00","slug":"statistics-dangerous-fireworks-prevalent-as-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/letters\/statistics-dangerous-fireworks-prevalent-as-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics? Dangerous fireworks prevalent as ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read the article “A much quieter Fourth of July in Kent” in the July 27 Kent Reporter.<\/p>\n

In the current times that we live, I realize that statistics are often counted on to confirm trends. However, my experience the night of the Fourth was probably the worst ever. Around 1:30 a.m., someone fired a mortar across the lake behind my house and it exploded within 20 feet of my bedroom window.<\/p>\n

So, here’s one for the statisticians … I just sucked it up … absolutely no point in calling the police. They’re shorthanded and overwhelmed as it is. They’re doing all they can do. It’s more about lack of civility and poor parenting.<\/p>\n

Don’t pee down my back and tell me it’s raining.<\/p>\n

– Pat McCullough <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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