Re: Loud Explosion over Portland, Oregon

From: David Tiller (dtiller@captechventures.com)
Date: Tue Mar 30 2010 - 00:08:51 UTC

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    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
    > >
    > >
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