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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:33 PM
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California DU'ers -----------> Sonic Boom?
Did any of you hear the sonic boom this morning? I didn't know what the hell it was, then I saw that the Shuttle landed at Edwards.
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:35 PM
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1. No, I didn't! Wow.
When I was a kid, my Dad was stationed at Edwards. We use to watch the shuttle land.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:43 PM
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6. I saw it over Bakersfield one time
I was driving I saw it flying in over the city on the way to Edwards.
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Patchuli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:35 PM
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2. What time was it?
I slept in (back to work next week for the opening of school!) and didn't hear it.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:43 PM
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7. 'round 5am.
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:36 PM
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3. I was supposedly going to fly not far over my town
But I didn't hear a damned thing.

david
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:44 PM
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8. Where are you?
Years ago I saw it over Bakersfield.
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:55 PM
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9. I'm in Lompoc
It was apparently on a different trajectory in order to avoid flying over Los Angeles - population density is lower in our area in case of any ... problems.

david
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katty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:38 PM
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4. Sonic Boom woke me at 5 something AM--Very Loud
of course, I forgot it might land at EAFB--so immediately jumped up to get ready for an earthquake.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:42 PM
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5. Same here
then I thought the damn boiler in the building blew up. It sounded like the pipes were rattling.
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:58 PM
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10. Yep. I happened to be slightly awake.
It took a few seconds before it dawned on me what it was.

It looked like my wife slept through it. So I just asked her, and, at first, she said she hadn't heard it. Then a couple minutes later she said, "Wait a minute. I DID hear it - but I was asleep, and it turned into a dream. I dreamt that a bomb had gone off and destroyed downtown L.A. (of which we have a view)and I thought about looking out the window to see if it was still there, but didn't".
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 01:09 PM
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11. Hello neighbor ...
I have a view of downtown as well.
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