Loud Booms in area (merged threads) (Raleigh, Creedmoor: apartment, power lines, house)

[Big M]

Originally Posted by CynDaVaz

Yes, we heard it - twice. Did you hear the second one? Both were much louder than the (hunting) gunshots I've heard in the area. Almost like a canon or explosion or something. Still have no clue what the heck it was.

Yes, I did hear the second one too, but that seemed less dramatic to me but I was downstairs at the time. All very strange though.

Scenic Drive.......funny that you named yourself after your street name. Better than calling yourself Peed Road.

[Sherifftruman]

I know that there are exercises at Seymour Johnson this week and Friday I heard a military aircraft flying around. Could it be a pilot hot dogging and dropping a sonic boom?

[CynDaVaz]

Originally Posted by Big M

Yes, I did hear the second one too, but that seemed less dramatic to me but I was downstairs at the time. All very strange though.

Strange indeed.

Scenic Drive.......funny that you named yourself after your street name.

??

Better than calling yourself Peed Road.

ha ha!!

[TheBigKahunaNC]

Heard at least three, very loud explosions near 98 and hwy 50 this evening. Anyone have any ideas?

[kelly237]

I heard one very loud one this evening before dark..

[lamishra]

this same thread comes up about every 3 months...has no one figured it out yet?

[lovebrentwood]

I heard weird noises again. Weird how it's the second time I heard noises when others hear them far away.

There was a town somewhere in the U.S. that kept having unexplained loud sounds recently, and it turned out it was earthquakes.

But they had some shaking as well:

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/23/us/wisconsin-noises-earthquake/index.html?hpt=hp_t3&imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

[librarySue]

I heard one...thought it was a boom of thunder.

[lovebrentwood]

Later, thunder did roll in. But this was earlier, and I checked the weather map, and there was nothing in the area.

[orulz]

Most cloud-to-ground lightning comes from the base of a storm cloud and strikes the ground near the thunderstorm, but there is a moderately rare phenomenon called a "Bolt from the Blue" where a cloud-to-ground lightning bolt comes from the TOP of a cloud, travels up to 10, 20, or more miles, and strikes the ground there. These are usually on the leading edge of a thunderstorm, and are also some of the most powerful lightning bolts (and would thus yield some of the loudest thunder). They also have the opposite polarity of normal cloud-to-ground lighting.

Maybe this can explain it?