This site claims the police have determined that it was a pipe bomb: http://www.kptv.com/news/22990857/detail.html On Mar 29, 2010, at 7:19 PM, Dale Ireland wrote: > I checked the reports and the max area covered by the boom reports was only > about 5mi on a side. Not what is usual for a sonic boom or a meteor or > satellite sonic boom. > The weather service said they didn't detect a lighting strike but a big > front was just entering the area. The exact area of the boom reports also > had downed trees and downed power lines this morning from the storm. > Soooo... Draw your own conclusions. > > Dale > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: seesat-l-bounces+direland=drdale.com@satobs.org > > [mailto:seesat-l-bounces+direland=drdale.com@satobs.org] On > > Behalf Of Dale Ireland > > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 3:18 PM > > To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org > > Subject: RE: Loud Explosion over Portland, Oregon > > > > I lived there in the 80's > > There is an Air Force reserve squadron at the Portland > > airport. Fighters, and I have even seen a B1 bomber land there. > > They go supersonic as soon as they reach the coast. > > They have a history of sonic booms reaching Portland although > > I haven't heard of it for a few years. > > > > Dale > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Seesat-l mailing list > > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20100329/1b171b37/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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