[meteorite-list] Loud Booms Reported Over Indiana

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Sep 14 19:50:03 2004
Message-ID: <200409142349.QAA22012_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=2248453&nav=0RYbQUIj

City Determines Possible Sources of Loud Booms
News Channel 15 (Indiana)
September 2, 2004

(Fort Wayne - WANE - September 2, 2004) Hundreds of people have called
the Fort Wayne Mayor's Office with reports of loud booms, primarily in
the northeast part of the city. Officials have been able to establish a
pattern and the possible sources, so residents no longer need to call.
However, at this time no one has admitted responsibility for the loud
blasts, so an exact source has yet to be determined. The City will be
keeping tabs on the possible sources until it determines who is
responsible. They Mayor's Office says the loud noises pose no threat to
public safety.

Justin Brugger, the Northeast Neighborhood Specialist at the Mayor's
office, said he took over one hundred calls on Wedesday.

"All we know is that there's a large concentration of people's homes
shaking, violently, along Lake Avenue," Brugger said. He said the one
resident says the sounds started four months ago

The complaints appear to be confined to neighborhoods between State
Boulevard and Lake Avenue -- from Anthony Boulevard to Maysville Road.

People have described them as sonic booms, loud explosions, even minor
earthquakes -- and some residents said it's enough to make them think
that their neighbor's house has exploded.

A lot of theories are floating around out there -- nearby construction,
railroads, cars being crushed at the Omnisource recycling facility, but
long time residents say this sound is new.

"It just sounded like a plane crash or a dynamite explosion or something
-- I jumped out of bed when I heard it," said Al Poffenberger, who lives
on the corner of Lake and Kensington. "I've lived here for 35 years and
I've never heard anything like it."

Most people report hearing the sound more than once, but there really
isn't a consistent time of day that it is heard.
Received on Tue 14 Sep 2004 07:49:53 PM PDT