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SeaMaiden
A little over an hour ago we were sitting here at home, chatting and having our coffee. All of a sudden we hear a massive, and I do mean MASSIVE, BOOM -- BOOM! Then more rumbles and booms. Sounded like an explosion to me, we jumped up because lemme tell ya, it was LOUD. Shook the hell out of the house, sounded like a sonic boom or an earthquake, except that we're in this teeny tiny pocket of almost zero groundshake in California and the house wasn't shaking even though the windows were shaking all to hell.
So I get onto the internets and find one of those sites for listening to the local scanner frequencies. Can't learn anything except that there are a LOT of reports of an explosion or series of explosions.
Now, a little over an hour later we learn via KCRA that the National Weather Service is reporting that the comet Thatcher hit the atmosphere over Tuolomne County. This explosion was heard by us, well over 50mi away by my guesstimation, and even further away by some friends up in South Lake Tahoe!
So, didja hear it? Didja see it? Woman phoned in from Ceres saying she saw what she thought was a "falling star" (hey, some people think hummingbirds are insects, what can I say?).
This explosion scared the living shit outta me. It's been decades since I've heard a sonic boom, grew up hearing them when dad was a Navy pilot in San Diego. But those are just two booms, boom BOOM. Not BOOM BOOM rumble rumble BOOM boom rumble rumble, for almost a full minute.
Dayumn...!
Btw, anyone have a good, reliable site for police/public safety personnel scanning and listening? There's a serious lack of traffic on the channels I'm listening to.
So I get onto the internets and find one of those sites for listening to the local scanner frequencies. Can't learn anything except that there are a LOT of reports of an explosion or series of explosions.
Now, a little over an hour later we learn via KCRA that the National Weather Service is reporting that the comet Thatcher hit the atmosphere over Tuolomne County. This explosion was heard by us, well over 50mi away by my guesstimation, and even further away by some friends up in South Lake Tahoe!
So, didja hear it? Didja see it? Woman phoned in from Ceres saying she saw what she thought was a "falling star" (hey, some people think hummingbirds are insects, what can I say?).
This explosion scared the living shit outta me. It's been decades since I've heard a sonic boom, grew up hearing them when dad was a Navy pilot in San Diego. But those are just two booms, boom BOOM. Not BOOM BOOM rumble rumble BOOM boom rumble rumble, for almost a full minute.
Dayumn...!
Btw, anyone have a good, reliable site for police/public safety personnel scanning and listening? There's a serious lack of traffic on the channels I'm listening to.