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In 1804, they were reportedly heard during the Lewis and Clark Expedition near Great Falls. Meriwether Lewis wrote “since our arrival at the falls we have repeatedly witnessed a noise which proceeds from a direction a little to the N. of West as loud and resembling precisely the discharge of a piece of ordinance of 6 pounds at the distance of ...
Explosion of an oil tanker that also set two motorcycles, five cars, and three tricycles on fire. [116] 28 September 2020 China: Tianmen: 5 1 Explosion during the testing of new equipment at a chemical plant in Yuekou Industrial park. [117] 8 October 2020 Nigeria: Lagos: 8 Unknown An explosion at a gas station burned down 25 homes and 16 shops ...
On May 19, 2010, NOAA Weather Radio and CSEPP tone alert radios in the Hermiston, Oregon area, near the Umatilla Chemical Depot, were activated with an EAS alert shortly after 5 p.m. The message transmitted was for a severe thunderstorm warning , issued by the National Weather Service in Pendleton , but the transmission broadcast instead was a ...
Fort Worth City Council member Macy Hill said a private fireworks show was scheduled near the North Hi Mount neighborhood between 8 and 9 p.m.
The Bucks County 911 center was flooded with calls following a loud explosion on the unit block of Silver Spruce near Spring Valley roads, which police confirmed resulted in a house fire ...
Investigators said Friday the location of an explosion that killed six people and destroyed three houses near Pittsburgh last month was inside one of the homes, ruling out an outside cause. The ...
On 21 October 1966, a mud flow protection dam near Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan was created by a series of four preliminary explosions of 1,800 tonnes total and a final explosion of 3,600 tonnes of ammonium nitrate-based explosive. On 14 April 1967, the dam was reinforced by an explosion of 3,900 tonnes of ammonium nitrate-based explosive.
Sound ranging is an application of sound (or acoustic) location, which is the identification of the source of sounds that may originate in the air, on the ground or on or below the water's surface. Sound ranging was one of three methods of locating hostile artillery that rapidly developed in World War I .