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(meteorobs) Re: Sonic Booms
George,
I recall the same sonic booms but did not bother to notice the time.
Bob
GeoZay@aol.com wrote:
>
> Sometimes the light comes on a little late after flipping the switch...but
> eventually it does. A few minutes ago while shaving, for some reason I was
> thinking about observing tonight and my mind drifted to my last night that I
> observed. The same evening that the fireball over Los Angeles occurred. I did
> not see the fireball because I was napping prior to my planned observations
> which were to begin shortly after 8 pm. I just recalled that during my nap, I
> was disturbed by 3 or 4 sonic shocks. They weren't as loud as the thunderous
> one I heard with Lunsford a few years ago...but loud enough for me to sit up
> and look around wondering why anyone would be blasting at this time of the
> evening and for what reason in this area? The shocks were a few seconds apart.
> There was not any rumbling sounds to accompany it....just sudden single
> shocks. When I sat up, I didn't see anything and so didn't make any connection
> that a fireball had passed over the region. It was approximately within the
> same time frame that the fireball event occurred. It was definitely twilight
> and not dark. I did not look at my watch simply because I didn't suspect the
> cause could have been a fireball. I was more thinking along the lines that
> someone was using dynamite for some reason?
> George Zay
> Descanso, California
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