Booms

[rapunzel]

Anyone else hearing these? Any idea what they are? My house is shaking! They don't bomb on Fridays, do they?

 

[Smiling JOe]

Those aren't booms, they are bombs, and I don't think Eglin has any restrictions about Fridays.

 

[30A Skunkape]

Let freedom ring!:clap_1:

 

[Smiling JOe]

Let freedom ring!:clap_1:

Those big ones were probably ringing at a tune of about $10,000 a pop. cha-ching $$$

 

[JB]

[ame="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/139739/moab_bomb_test_video/"]Moab Bomb Test Video - Video[/ame]

 

[Smiling JOe]

The clip JB posted above was a Massive Ordinance Air Blast bomb (MOAB- aka Mother of All Bombs) dropped on Eglin AFB.

Check out [nomedia]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_siJJWYFs0[/nomedia] which has a little more background on the MOAB.
"GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb
The MOAB is an Air Force Research Laboratory technology project that began in fiscal year 2002, as a descendant of the BLU-82 "Daisy cutter". It underwent a successful field test at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida on March 11, 2003 and another in mid-November. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has said a larger version of the MOAB exists, weighing thirteen tons. (more)"

 

[Franny]

I can't find my Lily pooch..hiding from the booms!!

 

[Cil]

We're hearing them (and feeling them) on the east side, too.
<BOOM!>
The sound of freedom.
$10,000.00 a pop? Yikes.

 

[Smiling JOe]

We're hearing them (and feeling them) on the east side, too.
<BOOM!>
The sound of freedom.
$10,000.00 a pop? Yikes.

I have no idea the cost of those bad boys, but if they are rattling cages in SoWal, I bet they cost at least 10G a pop.

 

[beachmouse]

I think they're just using the eastern part of the test ranges more than usual. Not all that many booms by my house today, and if there was something significantly huge, my house would be shaking.