On the night of Dec. 31, with great trepidation, I’ll traipse down to anywhere between Kapahulu Avenue and Kaimana Beach to witness the fireworks celebrating the new year.

And every year that I’ve done so, at midnight the fireworks and sprinklers go off. Right when everyone is ready to celebrate the new year, they’ll get soaked by the sprinkler system.

I’ll do my duty and head down there and warn people of the incoming doom, “Cover the sprinkler heads!”

But would it be possible to not turn on the sprinklers at midnight and soak everyone? Just once a year. Mahalo.

Michael Brown

Waikiki

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