Fireworks expert explains the science behind "The Big Bay Boom"
Big Bay Boom behind the scenes
and last updated 2021-07-01 21:24:53-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV)--- After being canceled last year because of the pandemic, the Big Bay Boom is back.
But before the show starts on Sunday, there's a lot of work to do.
Sam Bruggema is the pyrotechnics expert who plans the whole thing. Bruggema has been doing the show for years now, except for 2012, a year he refers to as the "Big Bay Bust", when all the fireworks went off at once.
Starting Thursday, he and his crews began preparing the four barges where a total of 5,016 fireworks are launched from.