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TheOtherJason

Mar 2 2010, 10:58 AM

Seriously...WTF are they blowing up that people in Dulles are hearing the blasts?

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Some Dulles South area residents in Loudoun County have reported hearing some sounds comparable to loud explosions. Loudoun County Emergency personnel are advising residents that the noise is from exposives training for graduating officers on the Quantico Marine Base.

The noise from the explosives training is apparently traveling farther today due to the cloudy conditions and cold weather.

KCL

Mar 2 2010, 11:10 AM

awesome!

maeve

Mar 2 2010, 11:10 AM

I would think that the more likely explanation for the explosions would be the quarries in close proximity to Dulles South (off Route 50, off Evergreen Mills, and off Route 29). Quantico is quite a bit further away.

Richmond

Mar 2 2010, 11:12 AM

QUOTE (TheOtherJason @ Mar 2 2010, 10:58 AM)

Seriously...WTF are they blowing up that people in Dulles are hearing the blasts?

Interesting. Same type of thing happened down in Richmond last week.

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TheOtherJason

Mar 2 2010, 11:20 AM

QUOTE (Richmond @ Mar 2 2010, 11:12 AM)

Interesting. Same type of thing happened down in Richmond last week.

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That's what she said!

Mark

Mar 2 2010, 12:07 PM

I felt some rumbling, maybe around 10AM or so, even rattled some things hanging on the walls. The sound was not very loud, just a very low pitched sound almost like thunder rumbling.

I believe that I've heard the quarries before in Chantilly, and the blasting seemed to be more of a popping type sound.

I just noticed this in my inbox (still subscribed to Fairfax County Alerts):

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Fairfax County residents may experience an increase in noise as a result of scheduled training exercises at the Marine Corps Base Quantico this week. The Marine base will be conducting munitions training from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily through this Friday, March 5. According to the Marine Corps, the overcast conditions may increase the noise and vibration as the sound bounces off the clouds. Any questions regarding the training or noise should be directed to the Quantico Public Affairs Office at 703-784-2741.

Bam

Mar 2 2010, 12:22 PM

Sorry, I had a bean for dinner

cdmurphy

Mar 2 2010, 01:14 PM

QUOTE (Bam @ Mar 2 2010, 12:22 PM)

Sorry, I had a bean for dinner

Just one bean? How earth-shaking is it if you have a whole burrito?

MrCheeks

Mar 2 2010, 04:40 PM

QUOTE (cdmurphy @ Mar 2 2010, 01:14 PM)

Just one bean? How earth-shaking is it if you have a whole burrito?

He had a burrito last week and caused that whole Chilien mess!

el8

Mar 2 2010, 04:45 PM

QUOTE (MrCheeks @ Mar 2 2010, 04:40 PM)

He had a burrito last week and caused that whole Chilien mess!

????

MrCheeks

Mar 2 2010, 05:43 PM

QUOTE (el8 @ Mar 2 2010, 04:45 PM)

????

Chilean, my bad....

Bam

Mar 2 2010, 07:33 PM

QUOTE (cdmurphy @ Mar 2 2010, 01:14 PM)

Just one bean? How earth-shaking is it if you have a whole burrito?

C'mon, its a Homer Simpson quote

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Quotes like Homer's "It must've been that bean I had for dinner,"

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