timouse Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 this is what y'all heard ... mmmm...eggs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Something similar happened in Nanaimo a few years ago. The loudest thunder ever heard for miles and miles around. If I remember correctly it was a meteor. The sismic(sp) vibrations reached all the way to Sydney and registered as an earthquake on the richter scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Here it is.10 September 2003 A "powerful blast that shook Nanaimo [british Columbia] from stem to stern" early Wednesday afternoon [the 10th] was reported by the Globe and Mail Sept. 11th as probably from explosives, with the sound possibly refracted from some distance away. The CBC reported Sept. 12th that the cause "was likely a small meteor." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 It was loud. I have GM and the 401 just behind me and I figured it was something from there. Let the record state I live in Oshawa, so thats 50km from DVP/401 crossover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Here it is.10 September 2003 A "powerful blast that shook Nanaimo [british Columbia] from stem to stern" early Wednesday afternoon [the 10th] was reported by the Globe and Mail Sept. 11th as probably from explosives, with the sound possibly refracted from some distance away. The CBC reported Sept. 12th that the cause "was likely a small meteor." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------is that suggesting that the sound travelled to toronto area as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 ...only if it took 3 years and one month to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 No, that it was probably the same type of thing. I just recalled this because because these descriptions sound exactlly the same as what I heard 3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingstoned Posted October 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 (edited) It was loud. I have GM and the 401 just behind me and I figured it was something from there. Let the record state I live in Oshawa, so thats 50km from DVP/401 crossover. Holy crap so now we're talking Etobicoke to Oshawa. I'm not suggesting by any means there isn't a logical explanation I just have yet to find anything to suggest that one clap of thunder cover that distance with the same intensity throughout. I'm just sayin' although cyberhippie hasn't been around since he contacted airport authority and inquired about it - doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo (to the tune of the twilight zone) Anyway I vote meteor. Edited October 11, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Let the record state I live in Oshawa. ballsy, im not sure I'd put that on the record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 I definatly heardit this morning too, i got ou tof bed, it sounded like a garbage truck crached into somthing, i disticntialy remember the time being right before 4:20 am cause i smoked one since i was already up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 From Weather-photography.comUnusually loud thunderSome storms produce CG lightning that sounds quite loud. Lightning can produce very loud booming thunder if the return stroke current is large or longer-lasting than usual. Two types of lightning that may produce loud thunder are: * Cloud to ground lightning originating from the top of a thunderstorm. The lightning channel can be very long, much longer than cloud to ground lightning that originates low in the cloud. As a result, there is more charge deposited along the channel and the discharge current will heat up the channel more. * Ground to cloud lightning, which sometimes initiates from tall objects such as transmitter towers or skyscrapers. In this case the current is very low (there is no return stroke) but lasts very long, and the channel is heated up more. In both cases, the thunder may sound like a series of sharp booms similar to sonic booms. Every peal of thunder is associated with one part of the channel, the later peals from parts further away from you (i.e. higher up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Let's face it, cyberhippie is dead. He played with fire, he got burnt. Let's just move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 It wasnt thunder. There wasnt a cloud in the sky here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 It was loud. I have GM and the 401 just behind me and I figured it was something from there.Well, with Gentle Monkey around anything is possible, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 (edited) HMMMMM ... sounds like a similar event happened in the UK too! Come on conspiracy theorists, come gather around: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/6088008.stm Mystery 'explosion' damages homes Reports of a loud explosion on the north Cornwall and Devon border are being investigated. The bang was believed to have been a sonic boom A number of residents reported hearing a loud bang between 1130 and 1200 BST around the Bude and Holsworthy area. Others said their homes were damaged. Western Power and the British Geological Survey have carried out checks in the area. Pc Baxter Proven of Devon and Cornwall Police said an investigation was under way into the cause. He said: "One theory being considering is perhaps a military aircraft has broken the sound barrier a little too close to the land and that has caused this sonic boom and this, in turn, caused some light damage around the north Cornwall area." 'Physically shook' One resident in Bude said a crack in her kitchen had widened as a result, and others reported experiencing their properties "shaking". A BBC Radio Cornwall listener said: "The stables physically shook. It sounded like Concorde used to sound when it broke the sonic barrier. But much louder. It went 'boom, boom'." A crack that was left at one home Experts ruled out the possibility of an earth tremor Western Power Distribution said engineers had completed checks and found no faults with its systems. The Ministry of Defence and the RAF said there were no records of their aircraft flying over the area. The Civil Aviation Authority said it was also unaware of the cause. David Galloway from the British Geological Survey said the organisation checked its readings for the area after receiving several phone calls about the bang. He said: "We've not got any signals at all from any instruments, and in fact we have instruments nearby at Hartland Point." He added it was possible that it might have been a sonic boom, but although the equipment was geared towards detecting ground movement, it would sometimes pick up such disturbances as well. He said: "Typically we'd register any ground movement but we have been known to have signals of a sonic nature to register." Later . . . Kanada Kev =8) Edited October 26, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 I read about this on another site. The people's descriptions were very similar to what happened here.Strange stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asparagus Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 My farts can get quite loud and shake your house. IT's essentially a sonic boom' date=' but with 1000's of degrees of heat igniting compressed air.[/quote']Well put. Except it's not correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
can-o-phish Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 The "bang" was Maurice kicking some butts all the way back from O-town... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 (edited) The "bang" was Maurice kicking some butts all the way back from O-town... ROFLOL ... That's a great nick-name for a city If I had some time, i'd photoshop some Sens jerseys, or superimpose Alfie's face on these guys Edited October 27, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 My farts can get quite loud and shake your house. IT's essentially a sonic boom' date=' but with 1000's of degrees of heat igniting compressed air.[/quote']Well put. Except it's not correct. Can you elaborate Asparagus? It sounds like you know something about this; and I'm curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asparagus Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 The shock wave formed by a bolt of lightning is an instantaneous burst of sound from a line source of air being energized to such a degree that the energy needs to be dissipated in one of several forms, including sound (mechanical). A sonic boom is caused by an object catching up to the pressure waves that it creates as it travels through the air causing them to constructively build up to a shock wave.It is explained better here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boomandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderand just because lightning is coolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 (edited) lightening comes from space (the outer atmosphere more precisely, a fairly recent discovery)there seems to be a lot more winter lightening these days, which I find strange... experienced the most powerful lightening storm I've ever been in a couple of weeks ago right here in hamilton... sounded like we were being shelled by artillery, lightening and thunder every second or two for almost a full hour... crazy Edited October 27, 2006 by Guest better knock knock knock on wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 My farts can get quite loud and shake your house. IT's essentially a sonic boom' date=' but with 1000's of degrees of heat igniting compressed air.[/quote']Well put. Except it's not correct. stupid educated wookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nattyMatty Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Somthing could have broken the sound berrier. LIke A Jet going over Lake ontario. Thats waht it was once up my way. Some windows even burst when that happen..Someon had to pay some serious shit for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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