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Beaverhausen

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:49 PM
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WHOA! Sonic boom in Los Angeles

Shuttle landing at Edwards - especially loud this time.

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Richard D

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:50 PM
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1. No shit

I'm trying to find the skin I jumped out of.

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mr_hat

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:51 PM
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2. No shit! The Sunset Tower just shook >

to its deco core!

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mr_hat

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:53 PM
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9. I'm looking south and west from the 8th floor. Honestly thought >

I'd see 9/11 redux in downtown LA. Fuck me.

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Lebam in LA

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:51 PM
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3. It shook my house

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David Zephyr

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:51 PM
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4. Was that an earthquake just now? Or the sonic boom?

Jeez!

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:52 PM
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5. That's what I thought it was!

It was too damn fast to be an earthquake...too neat and tidy!

I did jump a bit, though...

:hi:

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Beaverhausen

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:53 PM
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10. I'm still at work and we got an email, warning us

Glad I was warned - I still jumped out of my skin!

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denbot

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:52 PM
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6. Sounded like a double shotgun blast..

Kewl

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abelenkpe2

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:52 PM
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7. Cool!

I wish my son could see it land. He so wants to fly the space shuttle. I don't have the heart to tell him it's going to be retired. He's only five. By the time he can fly I'm sure they'll have something just as neat.

At least I hope...

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:53 PM
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8. Cool!

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Gold Metal Flake

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:54 PM
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11. BoomBoom

The boy was expecting it but didn't tell us so he could laugh at our surprised expressions. Life is good.

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Barack_America

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:55 PM
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12. Lucky!

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eShirl

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:55 PM
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13. 25 x the speed of sound, per MSNBC just now

Edited on Fri Sep-11-09 07:56 PM by eShirl

said anyone napping in the LA area would have been woken by the BOOM

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aint_no_life_nowhere

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:57 PM
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14. It shook things up over here in Huntington Beach

I thought a bomb had exploded on the freeway.

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la la

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:59 PM
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17. i'm your 'neighbor'

over in Seal Beach! ;>)

waving....

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mr_hat

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Fri Sep-11-09 08:01 PM
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18. hey la la! my wife's a sb native >

:hi:

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la la

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Fri Sep-11-09 08:10 PM
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21. waving---

i'm not 'downtown'---i'm up by the 405...but lived here 45 yrs!

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la la

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:57 PM
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15. exactly!

2 fast booms---house shook---it was a big 'un!

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nytemare

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:58 PM
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16. I love those.

It doesn't matter that I know the shuttle is landing, I still jump 10 feet in the air when I hear the sonic boom. Then, I laugh at myself for jumping.

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Barack_America

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Fri Sep-11-09 08:04 PM
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19. CNN is reporting as a nuclear attack.

Based on, well, nothing (i.e. their normal journalistic standards)

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Bolo Boffin

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Fri Sep-11-09 08:07 PM
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20. There was a sonic boom in Washington as well

Max Baucus running to appease Joe Wilson.

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devilgrrl

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Fri Sep-11-09 08:11 PM
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22. So that's what that was!

I wondering... :crazy:

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