Yes, Sandy, we have had fireworks going off around here since Wednesday Oct 30th, and we can expect them to continue long past November 5th, if this year is the same as previous years - how I wish that the only fireworks going off were at properly organised displays; they seem incredibly expensive to have at home, not to mention that my dog is a quivering jelly as soon as it starts to get dark at night now, and letting her out for her calls of nature is almost impossible - I'm having to feed her mid-afternoon so she has a chance to go out before it gets dark. It's very difficult not to make a fuss of her (you should apparently just ignore the state the dog gets into, otherwise it makes it worse, advised by those who know, ) when she is obviously scared of the noise, and she hates thunderstorms too, poor sensitive little flower that she is!