I'm glad everyone is okay. I live in the city and always have and I totally understand your complaint. i feel like your right to party ends where it keeps me from thinking/sleeping. Does your municipality have a noise ordinance? Some places also have laws about where you can fire guns (ie within a certain distance of residences.)

If I was a cat, I would curl up with a human when things got scary too! My friend has to close one of her cats in a room when there are fireworks because otherwise the cat will try to escape anytime the door is opened (and this not an outdoor cat).