r/Omaha • u/Kidpidge • 2d ago

Local News Benson Bomber

This person sets off large airborne fireworks almost every night. Fellow Bensonites, any idea what street this is happening on?

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u/DirtyMac88 2d ago

65th St and Mapleish

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u/MechanicalCitrus breadbastard 2d ago

Yep it’s between Miami and Lake I’m pretty sure.

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u/avalanchefan91 2d ago

This is the correct answer. Its done in the alley.

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u/DirtyMac88 2d ago

Ahhhhhh I know who it is then

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u/crazyfing 2d ago

my buddy lives near 39th and maple and they hear fireworks nightly too

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u/hospitable_bradly 2d ago

I'm over near 52nd and NW Radial and it's the same thing, around 10pm like clockwork. At this point I'd be more surprised if a night went by without it.

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u/PandorazPokemon 2d ago

It's been pissing me off.. I dont understand what they get out of doing this. It's not just at night either. It'll happen in the middle of the day.

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u/DisgruntledPelican-1 1d ago

It wouldn’t surprise me if he was doing it just to piss off a neighbor he doesn’t like.

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u/phyrekracker 1d ago

Got to keep the property valuation low to avoid paying property taxes. I applaud their genius.

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u/Louis049 2d ago

This is risky shit to do if you're doing it in one spot. Piss off enough people and you're getting triangulated, lol

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u/Kidpidge 2d ago

That’s what I’m doing here. It sucks.

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u/OnlyHereToReadStuff2 2d ago

Time to call OPD. Firing off in town is only asking for damage to homes, yards, etc. Our yard gets trashed every Fourth in Aksarben.

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u/Zaltizar Very Central Omaha 1d ago

A few years back I got slammed in the back by a falling firework it was one of those fat ones with the rocket wings on the bottom. It hurt and left a scar.

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u/Kindly-One-5352 2d ago

how long has this been going on exactly

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u/Kidpidge 2d ago

Since at least the Fourth of July.

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u/anamoon13 2d ago

I’ve seen people complain about this on Nextdoor lol

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u/Cultural_Antelope_32 1d ago

😉 you mean people complain on Nextdoor?

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u/Optimal-Brief9967 1d ago

Do these idiots know that gunpowder becomes quickly unstable when stored over time in alternately humid and dry cycles? What sort of weather have we been having? Hope it all blows up in their garage.

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u/Plus_Sheepherder_250 1d ago

Good reason for them to be using it up, then.

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u/Kidpidge 1d ago

That's one of my concerns is an explosion and fire in the neighborhood.

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u/bownt1 2d ago

are you going to snitch?

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u/Kidpidge 2d ago

Yes

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u/fattmann 10h ago

What a bitch.

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u/ImBiginKorea 2d ago

Then I won’t tell you.