From Chris Epting, HB Independent:
Clearly this guy loves his job.
“The 8-inch shells are great, but that time during the ’84 Olympics when we got to launch two 24-inch shells — 140 pounds each — man! It took two people to load them into a mortar buried 13 feet into the ground, and 15 pounds of black powder to blast them 2,000 feet in the air!”
Meet Jeff Eidemiller, chief pyrotechnician for the Zambelli Fireworks Internationale Company. He’s also the man in charge of your Huntington Beach Fireworks spectacular this Fourth of July.
Read the rest here.
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