Timothy Birdnow

Last night there was an explosion.

We've been hearing what sounded like gunfire on occasion and even some modest explosion over the last few weeks. My neck of South St. Louis is pretty tame, and there is no good reason for this. I have been quite curious about the nature of these loud bangs, but last night took the cake; the windows rattled and car alarms were set off up and down the block. It was LOUD! A friend who lived in Oklahoma City described the blast from the Alfred P. Murrah building as being similar. But there were no sirens.

Now, I live in Little Bosnia, and the Bosnians simply love their fireworks. They shoot them off all summer and again around New Year and shoot a few off all year long. I think they are the source of the gunshots as well. I guess it reminds them of the old country and the war. At any rate, this was nothing like that (nor have the other booms I've been hearing lately.) This sounded like a serious explosion.

So what gives?

A Google search turned up nothing.

This sort of thing has been reported as happening in major cities across the United States in recent years.  They have happened in Cleveland in Brockton Ma.  and other places. as well.

There have been some in the past few years as well in Alhambra Ca. for example.  and Flint, Michigan.

There were a lot of stories online about this phenomenon a while back. They seem to have been largely tossed down the memory hole at Google. Curiouser and curiouser.

So what was that giant boom last night? There were no sirens, so it was not likely a gas explosion in a house.

Is the Department of Homeland Security running drills? The Army? I also heard a helicopter earlier flying overhead in what appeared to be a search pattern.

Are they prepping for a popular uprising?

Something is going on. Any ideas?

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