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Posted: 1/20/2024 11:41:11 AM EDT
Mystery in a Sacramento neighborhood: Neighbors describe hearing unexplained explosions |
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What’s just beyond the nice houses in the story? Kids with M-80’s maybe?
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That would be unsettling. In California, I would presume fault line activity that sounds man made but who knows.
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Residents in Oakland Oppose the Whistle Tip |
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When I lived in New Orleans, I used to hear what sounded like canon fire while in my home. It wasn't subtle either. It sounded like an artillery battle. I'd turn off the TV, no other possibility of anything making that noise in the house.
I'd step outside and hear... nothing. Go back inside, artillery barrage. I came to believe it was some kind of weird paranormal thing. I lived within earshot of the Chalmette battle field where the British landed and were trounced by the locals and Andrew Jackson. |
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Quoted: That would be unsettling. In California, I would presume fault line activity that sounds man made but who knows. View Quote Yep. Here in WA several people heard a "big explosion" a few years ago that was actually an earthquake deep underground. The Juan de Fuca fault line here is different than California's but might create similar effects. |
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Maybe somebody lighting off some acetylene for shits and giggles?
Carbide lamps let off a pretty decent pop when they light, and that’s just a cupped hand over a little disk in volume. I’d imagine a balloon or paper sack of acetylene would give a pretty substantial report and flash while generating no fragmentation or real damage… basically no evidence left behind other than a little trash. |
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I’m pretty far from there but it happened in my area about a month ago. I could feel the shockwave move thru my house. I thought it might have been a meteor. We have fireworks randomly also but this was not a firework.
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Border is open for all.Soon there will be more explosions and closer to you.
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Dude, clean your fucking doorbell cam. Or, judging by the lady's, go buy a Ring.
I bet the blonde newscaster in the purple dress likes to party, she had that look, she had that voice. |
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Quoted: Maybe somebody lighting off some acetylene for shits and giggles? Carbide lamps let off a pretty decent pop when they light, and that’s just a cupped hand over a little disk in volume. I’d imagine a balloon or paper sack of acetylene would give a pretty substantial report and flash while generating no fragmentation or real damage… basically no evidence left behind other than a little trash. View Quote This, or some other prank. |
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Sorry. I have been visiting some friends in Sacramento and the Mexican food is too good to resist there.
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Quoted: Maybe somebody lighting off some acetylene for shits and giggles? Carbide lamps let off a pretty decent pop when they light, and that’s just a cupped hand over a little disk in volume. I’d imagine a balloon or paper sack of acetylene would give a pretty substantial report and flash while generating no fragmentation or real damage… basically no evidence left behind other than a little trash. View Quote A trash bag full makes a pretty big boom |
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Quoted: Maybe somebody lighting off some acetylene for shits and giggles? Carbide lamps let off a pretty decent pop when they light, and that's just a cupped hand over a little disk in volume. I'd imagine a balloon or paper sack of acetylene would give a pretty substantial report and flash while generating no fragmentation or real damage basically no evidence left behind other than a little trash. View Quote |
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Yeah, I saw that documented in the 1990 movie "Tremors" with Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward.
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Quoted: A trash bag full makes a pretty big boom View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Maybe somebody lighting off some acetylene for shits and giggles? Carbide lamps let off a pretty decent pop when they light, and that’s just a cupped hand over a little disk in volume. I’d imagine a balloon or paper sack of acetylene would give a pretty substantial report and flash while generating no fragmentation or real damage… basically no evidence left behind other than a little trash. A trash bag full makes a pretty big boom Yes, yes it does! |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Maybe somebody lighting off some acetylene for shits and giggles? Carbide lamps let off a pretty decent pop when they light, and that’s just a cupped hand over a little disk in volume. I’d imagine a balloon or paper sack of acetylene would give a pretty substantial report and flash while generating no fragmentation or real damage… basically no evidence left behind other than a little trash. A trash bag full makes a pretty big boom Yes, yes it does! If you put about 8 big trash bags together filled with helium, they can pick up one of those road closure signs with the flashing yellow light reflecting on it it looks like a UFO as it sails off into the night...in Minecraft I mean |
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Someone in Cali discovered what a homemade suppressor & Tannerite can do.
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I saw a documentary once that it is pretty common in some areas. We occasionally have them and they shake your house like a sonic boom. But no jets around.
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We had this going on for at least a year. Usually started around 11 at night and went on intermittently until early AM.
Most people blamed a sand and gravel quarry a few miles away but I think it was deep in the woods behind my house. Never was solved. |
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Quoted: When I lived in New Orleans, I used to hear what sounded like canon fire while in my home. It wasn't subtle either. It sounded like an artillery battle. I'd turn off the TV, no other possibility of anything making that noise in the house. I'd step outside and hear... nothing. Go back inside, artillery barrage. I came to believe it was some kind of weird paranormal thing. I lived within earshot of the Chalmette battle field where the British landed and were trounced by the locals and Andrew Jackson. View Quote That would be cool. Did you only hear it at certain times of the year? Day? |
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Same thing happens in my neighborhood I figure its either a cannon or acetylene balloon going off
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Quoted: Maybe somebody lighting off some acetylene for shits and giggles? Carbide lamps let off a pretty decent pop when they light, and that’s just a cupped hand over a little disk in volume. I’d imagine a balloon or paper sack of acetylene would give a pretty substantial report and flash while generating no fragmentation or real damage… basically no evidence left behind other than a little trash. View Quote I’d imagine, also. Several times. Amazing that we survived growing up in the 80’s. LOL |
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the Pocket, well they do live on the edge of one of the biggest at regions in the world. Maybe its one of the farmers sploidin stuff.
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We have reports of “explosions” and “booms” in the middle of the night here pretty frequently.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/loud-booms-in-south-austin-lead-to-911-calls-but-no-explanation/ Heard more last month. |
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View Quote Just prepping the Dumocrats for election season . |
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Quoted: Maybe somebody lighting off some acetylene for shits and giggles? Carbide lamps let off a pretty decent pop when they light, and that’s just a cupped hand over a little disk in volume. I’d imagine a balloon or paper sack of acetylene would give a pretty substantial report and flash while generating no fragmentation or real damage… basically no evidence left behind other than a little trash. View Quote We used to fill big garbage bags with oxy/acetylene. Big boom! We kind of stopped after one blew while we were in the process of filling it. |
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