Skanky Vamp
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This is very interesting...
People from Ocean City to Long Island are wondering what caused a series of rumblings that started at about 1:30 p.m. ET Thursday. Shortly after 3 p.m., the U.S. Geological Surveyoffered its conclusion: Sonic booms originating about 2 miles northeast of Hammonton, N.J.
"At least 9 sonic booms were recorded in the following hour and a half," according to the USGS's event summary.
Scientists at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University concurred, telling the Asbury Park Press that there were no "obvious seismic signals."
"So far, it appears to be like a sonic boom from an airplane," Won-Young Kim said in a statement. A spokesman for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst said the sound was not related to any military activities there. Base officials are working with local authorities to figure out what's going on. There's been so many reports that the Ocean County Sheriff's Office issued an alert to say they have "no reports of military training or an earthquake."
Jim Farmer, a homeowner in Bayville, said his "whole house shook back and forth quickly" for about five seconds. Five minutes later, it happened again, and a third time just after 2 p.m. "It was bizarre and alerting for sure," he told the Press. "I'm used to feeling the explosions from military testing at the (Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), but these were profoundly different as they carried on and were rattling everything for a period of time."
As of 2:30, Farmer said he had felt the rattling on seven distinct occasions since it started an hour earlier. Other people on social media are reporting similar frequencies.
Maybe they were trumpet blasts..."At least 9 sonic booms were recorded in the following hour and a half," according to the USGS's event summary.
Scientists at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University concurred, telling the Asbury Park Press that there were no "obvious seismic signals."
"So far, it appears to be like a sonic boom from an airplane," Won-Young Kim said in a statement. A spokesman for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst said the sound was not related to any military activities there. Base officials are working with local authorities to figure out what's going on. There's been so many reports that the Ocean County Sheriff's Office issued an alert to say they have "no reports of military training or an earthquake."
Jim Farmer, a homeowner in Bayville, said his "whole house shook back and forth quickly" for about five seconds. Five minutes later, it happened again, and a third time just after 2 p.m. "It was bizarre and alerting for sure," he told the Press. "I'm used to feeling the explosions from military testing at the (Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), but these were profoundly different as they carried on and were rattling everything for a period of time."
As of 2:30, Farmer said he had felt the rattling on seven distinct occasions since it started an hour earlier. Other people on social media are reporting similar frequencies.
