Ka-Boom!

[Tom]

I was sitting here at the monitor, minding my own business when something fell on the roof.  Kaboom!!

The floor shook and the blinds in the window shook and the first thing that came to mind was that someone had slammed a door real hard.  I jumped up and ran to the front door, It was locked.  I ran to the back door, it was locked. Hmmm
I went back to the front door and went outside.  Standing on the porch I could see nothing on the roof, so I proceeded out into the front yard.  Nothing.

I came back inside and poured a cup of coffee and proceeded to the TV room.  After a shake like that, I needed some entertainment.  Flipping through the channels, all 400+ of them, I found nothing to watch.  So, I turned on the Fox News channel to listen to the talking heads.  There, on the runway, was the rearend of the space shuttle.   It's tires still smoking from having the binders applied at over 200 miles per hour.  If I had been paying any attention to the date, I would have known. 

What day is it anyhow? :D

[beenthere]

So she landed...good news. Welcome home again.

[getoverit]

ya know, I heard it too and thought a tree fell on the house. I went outside and inspected the roof, looking for a fallen tree. I looked up and down the road for a crashed car....nothing.
I blamed it on the cat knocking something over, but couldnt find whatever it was he knocked over.
It never dawned on me that it was the space shuttle....

[Don K]

I heard on the radio this morning that the shuttle was landing today and flying across the states. First time it has done so since the Columbia incident. I didn't hear the sonic boom, but I've read that it can be heard all the way across the country as it passes over. I read that if you could travel with it as it passes you would hear a boom,boom,boom etc as it moves along.

[sawguy21]

Doubt if I can blame it on the space shuttle here. Actually they are laying new sewer lines and the tamper makes the whole DanG  house shake.

[Bibbyman]

We were making a delivery today and we were tuned into Rush on the radio.  He was watching the landing and making comments.  One was that it made a non-power landing from 200 miles up.  I don't think you get too many times to say, "Oops,  Can we try that again?' 

[Tom]

Nope!   It's kinda like throwing a rock at a plate on the table from the other end of the football field.

[Brad_S.]

We were making a delivery today and we were tuned into Rush on the radio.  He was watching the landing and making comments.  One was that it made a non-power landing from 200 miles up.  I don't think you get too many times to say, "Oops,  Can we try that again?' 

T'was a big deal here in Rochester. A local woman was the commander. Not even a single "woman driver" joke was uttered. :D

[getoverit]

I hadnt heard a sonic boom since I was a kid. I guess it just startled me when I heard it and wasnt prepared for it. I'm glad Tom shed some light on what it was.... I thought I was hearing things.

[Dan_Shade]

cool trivia:

the space shuttle actually makes two booms, one with the nose, and another with the tail.  attentive listeners will hear a "boom-boom"

[Raider Bill]

We were making a delivery today and we were tuned into Rush on the radio.  He was watching the landing and making comments. 

RUSH!

[TexasTimbers]

I like Rush too! They are a great band! 8)

[beenthere]

Dan
Like Tom said...Ka-boom (the Ka made by the nose and the boom by the tail)  :D :D :D

[LeeB]

Seems like I always miss the fun stuff while I'm away at work. My dear bride saw and heard it though and caught a few pics. I'll try to post as sson as she emils em to me.

[KarenKae]

Whew! Now I can take that mission off the prayer board!  Welcome home, shuttle and crew!!

[RSteiner]

I remember as a youngster living in Maanchester, NH there was a airbase on the edge of town.  Back then military jets were allowed to break the sound barrier anywhere they wanted.  Suddenly without warning windows would shake and people would jump as a plane passing over would cross that threshold of sound.

You never hear that any more, it was kind of a neat sound to a seven year old kid.

Randy

[Bibbyman]

Back in the late 50's Mom heard her first sonic boom that about shook the house down and didn't have a clue what it was.   We got to where they were common occurrences as McDonald Douglass in St. Louis was building and testing the F4 Phantom jet.

[LeeB]

Well, looks like the dear wife missed the shuttle too, but she got some really good pictures of a jet flying over :D :D