Red, White and Blue Springs carries on through rain forecast
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Fireworks displays are planned to carry on despite the rain on Wednesday evening. At Red White and Blue Springs , the team running the event was watching the weather closely.
"We all got together and decided, I think we're going to make it," said communications manager Brian Spano.
"If we get a little bit of rain, no problem, but it's a go."
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For Blue Springs and others, the option to reschedule shows would see them shoot off fireworks long after the Fourth of July holiday has passed.
"Our contingency would've put us later in the week, which at this point it wouldn't seem right to do it," Spano said.
"We know there are other municipalities that are doing the same thing, they're just going to shoot no matter what, they'll be out shooting fireworks no matter what."
Behind the scenes of Red White and Blue Springs, Trent Stephens and his team from Premier Pyrotechnics have been putting in the hours to make sure the show goes off without a hitch.
"As long as it's not a real heavy rain we can work through it," Stephens said.
"A few sprinkles here and there isn't going to slow us down."
His main concern heading into the show Wednesday evening was lightning.
"If it gets inside 10 miles, I'm getting a little worried," he said.
"Because you never know when it can hit right near you and it can do a lot of damage to the fireworks, it can completely destroy one of these sets. Some of these have 32 shells or more in one set. Lightning can send all 32 of them up at one time."
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Stephens says that his team monitors weather conditions throughout the afternoon. He wasn't too worried about the possibility of weather this year.
"I think we'll be good, we're set up," he said.
"I have one more step and that's to plug it all in the computer and make sure it's good to go."
It's Stephens' busiest time of the year, and the shows take almost a full year to plan.
"This is my time of the year, this is what I live for each year," he said.
"Hearing that first pop and that first bang in the air you just get your adrenaline pumping and you're ready to push the next one," Spano agreed.
"The sound and the sight? It's quite a deal. It's not something you'd see in someone's backyard. It's a really good show and it's really worth coming out to see."
