Earthquake/sonicboom

[Geoff_Tipps]

Did anyone witness the rumbling last night?

 

Must have been the back of 11, I felt two rumbles and the light was swinging from the roof. Not heard any official word on what caused it and don't know if I imagined it all together.

[Lencarl]

Did anyone witness the rumbling last night?

 

Must have been the back of 11, I felt two rumbles and the light was swinging from the roof. Not heard any official word on what caused it and don't know if I imagined it all together.

 

Must have been RAF Jets( DID THE EARTH MOVE FOR YOU )

[Geoff_Tipps]

No idea, no one at my work appears to have witnessed it but it was certainly something.

 

Checked the news and there is nothing.

[BrianFaePerth]

No idea, no one at my work appears to have witnessed it but it was certainly something.

 

Checked the news and there is nothing.

 

What had ye been drinking/snorting aforehand?

[Lencarl]

No idea, no one at my work appears to have witnessed it but it was certainly something.

 

Checked the news and there is nothing.

 

It was on the Radio this morning. A lot of people experienced what you heard

[Stoney]

Heard it out with us, just thought is was jets arsing about as is quite common at this time of year.

 

Seem to remember something like this happening down the borders 10 years or so ago when some twat tried to break the sound barrier.

[granite sheep]

Hate to say it but it was me. It wasn't just any old run of the mill mega-fart either. It was a M+S Chicken Madras, with scented pilau rice, garlic and coriander naan, washed down with several bottles of Cobra, megafart.

[Lang Bar]

Experienced this at 20 past 8 last night when the windows were visibly shakin. Then again at 22-45.

Often get this during the day when they are blasting at Leith's quarry, but never at those times of night.

[King Street Loon]

Did anyone witness the rumbling last night?

 

Must have been the back of 11, I felt two rumbles and the light was swinging from the roof. Not heard any official word on what caused it and don't know if I imagined it all together.

Didn't hear anything.

What area of Aberdeen did you hear it in?

[Geoff_Tipps]

Didn't hear anything.

What area of Aberdeen did you hear it in?

 

I stay in Garthdee and it was pretty noticable.

[granite sheep]

Semi serious head on. RAF is at fault, but nae for the reasons you think. Maybe blame the Russians, ken this sounds paranoid, but just cos we don't have a cold war anymore doesn't mean that they don't conduct "probes" with their bomber fleet, to test the readiness of the RAF, it's all a big game of cat and mouse, but still very serious business. Especially with the defence cutbacks and base closures kicking in. They've plenty supersonic bombers, but also big hulking propeller bombers too. So the sonic booms are fae the RAF boys goin supersonic to intercept unknown bogies on the radar. Must get confusing if the radar guy has the cold though.

[diamondsr4ever]

yip, 2 loud "blasts" at aboot half 9 ish in Cove......though mini jc was hitting his driver at Nigg.

[Lang Bar]

BBC apparently quoting British Geological Survey saying that there was a 3.5 magnityde earthquake 155 miles from Aberdeen in the North Sea.

 

Now how far into the North Sea was that rig which had a gas leak?

[StandFree1982]

Oddly, we did feel or hear something at what must have been around that time. I thought it was the cat or something knocking something over...meh

[granite sheep]

BBC apparently quoting British Geological Survey saying that there was a 3.5 magnityde earthquake 155 miles from Aberdeen in the North Sea.

 

Now how far into the North Sea was that rig which had a gas leak?

Canna find it, got a link? Pretty sure the Elgin/Franklin field's that far out, but saying the quake was 155 miles out without giving a rough direction means that it coulda happened anywhere in the North Sea.

[tup]

Bound to be linked to drilling.

[Karl Fletcher]

Aliens IMO.

[tutankamun]

BBC apparently quoting British Geological Survey saying that there was a 3.5 magnityde earthquake 155 miles from Aberdeen in the North Sea.

Now how far into the North Sea was that rig which had a gas leak?

 

That was in 2010

[granite sheep]

Oh ok, so it's either my beer and curry fueled farts or the RAF chasing doon The Russians then.

[Lang Bar]

That was in 2010

 

Correct.

 

Checked it oot with British Geological Survey and they have directed me to this link

 

http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/sonic_grampian_220512.html

 

Sonic Booms.

Never experienced 1 in my many years, so to experience so many instances in one night seems a bit fishy.

[tup]

Guile on Streetfighter 2 could rattle sonic booms out of himself ten to the dozen.

[minijc]

yip, 2 loud "blasts" at aboot half 9 ish in Cove......though mini jc was hitting his driver at Nigg.

Funny you should say that, played there on friday and was on the edge of the green at the 10th with two shots, pity everything else was shit

 

Serious note though, I didn't hear a thing which is a good job, I'd have freaked oot nae doot.

[The Oxford Don]

RAF spokesman has confirmed it was them, some of the Typhoons from Leuchars were out playing over the North Sea. Sonic booms combined with the current high pressure weather system, which means that sound travels further.

 

I doubt they were off intercepting Russians probing UK airspace, that does still occasionally happen but it's pretty rare nowadays. More likely to be a routine night-flight training exercise.

[ebbe]

Guile on Streetfighter 2 could rattle sonic booms out of himself ten to the dozen.

 

 

:thumbs:

[granite sheep]

Guile on Streetfighter 2 could rattle sonic booms out of himself ten to the dozen.

So can I, after some beers and a curry.

[Ke1t]

RAF spokesman has confirmed it was them, some of the Typhoons from Leuchars were out playing over the North Sea. Sonic booms combined with the current high pressure weather system, which means that sound travels further.

 

I doubt they were off intercepting Russians probing UK airspace, that does still occasionally happen but it's pretty rare nowadays. More likely to be a routine night-flight training exercise.

 

The Russkies have actually re-started their routine 'patrols' out over the North Sea.

 

They want to be taken as a serious power again, like in the good old days when folk had to queue for four months to buy used dogshit.