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    Giant sonic boom felt and heard in Indianapolis Indiana(meteor? mass devastation Info

    Link: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread898437/pg1
    Can anyone who lives relatively near the area confirm?

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    I live less than 2 hours away if it was anything big I would have felt it like I did the Earthquake this morning.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry Botter View Post
    I live less than 2 hours away if it was anything big I would have felt it like I did the Earthquake this morning.
    Well apparently it destroyed a neighborhood so it seems pretty damn big to me.

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    If it's the story that's on Fox, ABC News, etc - looks like 2 houses destroyed from an explosion and others (number unclear, some say 4) on fire.

    No word on source of explosion. My first thought is a gas main.

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    People are saying there was an earthquake right before they heard the blast, so you're most likely right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zace View Post
    Well apparently it destroyed a neighborhood so it seems pretty damn big to me.
    2 homes and damage to a dozen more is hardly a destroyed neighborhood, and yes it is big. But on the grand scale, which is what I was referring to, it is small. Hence why I said if it was anything big I would have felt it. It would have to be pretty damn big for me to feel it. Which is why I also mentioned the earthquake as well. Sorry for the confusion.


    Just to clarify, the quake I am referring to happened yesterday, I guess I still thought i was Saturday.
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    http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...se111012a#dyfi

    Wasn't that big of an earthquake (I was pretty close to the epicenter but all it did was rumble a bit for 15 seconds or so), but could have been enough to cause some problems with a gas line. Sounds likely to me.

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    Ya the explosion was likely natural gas related.

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    If it was a meteor, there would be a LOT more destruction than just 2 houses...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lolretadin View Post
    If it was a meteor, there would be a LOT more destruction than just 2 houses...
    Not necessarily. Some rocks that reach the Earth burn so badly there's almost nothing left.
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    The idiocy in that thread is really painful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sayl View Post
    The idiocy in that thread is really painful.
    i like how some of the people are speculating that it might have been a missile attack and that it could be the start of a new war.

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    Sounds like a gas main explosion. Gas mains is leaking, sleepy guy goes downstairs for something to eat/drink, doesn't notice the smell of gas, turns the light on, BOOM. Damage done is about right for that kind of accident.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Butler Log View Post
    Sounds like a gas main explosion. Gas mains is leaking, sleepy guy goes downstairs for something to eat/drink, doesn't notice the smell of gas, turns the light on, BOOM. Damage done is about right for that kind of accident.
    could also be a vacant house completely filled with gas it sure would cause a explosion with enough force to do this kind of damage, could also be the gas line rupturing and somehow igniting i'd imagine that would be one hell of a blast aswell.

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    an earthquake exposed a gas main, then a meteor the size of a baseball post-entry, struck said gas main.
    This information is entirely based off of my assumptions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by whitefox View Post
    an earthquake exposed a gas main, then a meteor the size of a baseball post-entry, struck said gas main.
    This information is entirely based off of my assumptions.
    Doesn't need a meteor, somebody turning a light on within 100 yards would set it off.

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    It happened at 11pm last night and we still don't know what caused it? I find that strange.

    Plane crash, natural gas, drone strike, spontaneous combustion, haarp?
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    This probably happend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by whitefox View Post
    an earthquake exposed a gas main, then a meteor the size of a baseball post-entry, struck said gas main.
    This information is entirely based off of my assumptions.
    This post vaguely reminds me of the Tie Vote what-if of XKCD. http://what-if.xkcd.com/

    Putting all this together: The probability that every battleground state is exactly tied is roughly equal to the probability that, when one of the Florida electors reaches into the hat to draw a name, he or she is struck by a falling cocaine bale, the hat is hurled away within the next few seconds by a tornado, and the elector is obliterated minutes later by a meteorite impact.
    More seriously though, this sounds like a major natural gas explosion, basically. Terrible, but fortunate that there were not more deaths. Natural gas explosions can be TERRIFICALLY powerful. If it were a plane crash, then there'd be pretty obvious debris in some of the many pictures now floating around the net. If it were a bomb... well, they'd be evacuating people over a considerably larger area in case of secondary devices. More likely there's just too much devastation for the time being to make a sure call on the cause yet, and it's also why there's arson investigators there.
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