Explosion in Southern Indianapolis...possible meteor fragment??
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anart
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SethianSeth said:
It wouldn't necessarily have to leave a "streak effect" if it was an overhead explosion and not an impact event. The force of the explosion could certainly move straight down and out because it's a spherical explosion above the ground. Just look into the Tunguska explosion for an example, though this one would be teeny tiny in comparison if that's what it was. Basically, just think of an explosion in the atmosphere that is spherical (as all non-directed explosions are) and envision the very outer edge of it impacting those particular houses in that neighborhood - the rest of the force went out in straight lines from the center, where the bolide exploded.
Of course, it could have been a big bomb or something too - hard to know for sure, but if the CO house gas explosion is any indicator, it wasn't just that.
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anart said:
Indeed!
Perhaps the universe is trying to tell us something?
Seriously, it could be a coincidence but that would make a lot of them lately... perhaps too many of them...
My 2 cents.
Peace.
After looking at the images, it has to be some kind of explosion from inside the house, I think. An airburst shockwave thing would lay things down in a pattern like the trees at Tunguska.
Of course, that doesn't mean that it couldn't have been a meteorite hitting a house in the right place to set off a gas explosion.
Of course, that doesn't mean that it couldn't have been a meteorite hitting a house in the right place to set off a gas explosion.
ggen
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Hi all. I just logged onto Facebook and saw many people from my news feed posting about the 'explosion' that took place about 15 miles south of my residence. Below is a video link that shows footage of the damaged area. Of course, they are only really covering the recovery and donation effort, and I found very little in explanation of what might have caused this.
Some comments made by local officials and residents:
-Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard told Eyewitness News he knew of two homes that were flattened by the explosion and video from the scene showed several more damaged. Two homes next to the two that exploded were heavily damaged.
-"It was just the loudest thing I ever heard, inside my house," said Julie Hamm, who lives in the area. She said two or three minutes later, cotton-like metal debris was falling from the sky.
-Another homeowner told Eyewitness News his house shook and "teeter-tottered" on its foundation.
http://www.wthr.com/story/20064503/homes-flattened-in-south-indianapolis-explosion
Some comments made by local officials and residents:
-Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard told Eyewitness News he knew of two homes that were flattened by the explosion and video from the scene showed several more damaged. Two homes next to the two that exploded were heavily damaged.
-"It was just the loudest thing I ever heard, inside my house," said Julie Hamm, who lives in the area. She said two or three minutes later, cotton-like metal debris was falling from the sky.
-Another homeowner told Eyewitness News his house shook and "teeter-tottered" on its foundation.
http://www.wthr.com/story/20064503/homes-flattened-in-south-indianapolis-explosion
SethianSeth
Jedi
anart said:
Makes sense.
Also, I heard back from my dad that I only have one family member that lives very close to the explosion and they were unaffected. My dad expressed surprise in the voicemail that the explosion made news in NYC. Weeeelll, not the news most people read.
I've tried to breach the topic of "fire from above" with him before, but he gets a glazed over look when he isn't willing to hear something so I haven't pushed it ever again. Depending how this plays out in the media, it may be another conversation starter. However, I have been really trying to focus on external consideration as it is clear to me that I currently have no real idea how to properly execute the principle - particularly with family - so I may just leave well enough alone here now that I know all my family is safe. We'll see. If he asks how I heard about the news later I will tell him, but won't force any info.
Very curious with the 10s and 11s, too.
ggen
Jedi Master
A quick note. In knowing the county and surrounding areas quite well, and by reading the posts of some of my friends, it seems that this 'explosion' was heard by some as far away as twenty miles. It was unseasonably warm here last night, so many had their windows open. They're posting that around the time of the 'explosion', they thought they were hearing thunder. Hmm. It should be quite interesting to see what develops. 
I'll keep you updated if something comes to light. Please let me know if I should continue in this thread or somewhere else.
I'll keep you updated if something comes to light. Please let me know if I should continue in this thread or somewhere else.I'm inclined to think it was a natural gas explosion. In the aerial photo it appears that one house was totally demolished and the one next to it was half blown apart and further damaged by a raging fire.
That's what would be expected if a house filled with an explosive mix of natural gas and air and then exploded. That might have happened just by accident, or it could have been intentionally arranged.
About 25 years or so ago a man blew up his house that way about a mile away from me. It was a very loud explosion with a powerful blast wave that shook my house hard enough that I later took a look at the foundation to make sure the house hadn't shifted. A day or so later I drove by the street where it happened and even from the end of the street you could see that the house that blew up was totally demolished and that the houses next to it on either side were damaged. The house was in splinters.
It takes a while to fill a house with enough natural gas to produce an explosion like that, so I tend to doubt that a meteor impact would produce such an explosion. A fire perhaps, but not such a blast. There doesn't appear to be a crater like you'd expect if there had been an energetic meteor impact.
That's what would be expected if a house filled with an explosive mix of natural gas and air and then exploded. That might have happened just by accident, or it could have been intentionally arranged.
About 25 years or so ago a man blew up his house that way about a mile away from me. It was a very loud explosion with a powerful blast wave that shook my house hard enough that I later took a look at the foundation to make sure the house hadn't shifted. A day or so later I drove by the street where it happened and even from the end of the street you could see that the house that blew up was totally demolished and that the houses next to it on either side were damaged. The house was in splinters.
It takes a while to fill a house with enough natural gas to produce an explosion like that, so I tend to doubt that a meteor impact would produce such an explosion. A fire perhaps, but not such a blast. There doesn't appear to be a crater like you'd expect if there had been an energetic meteor impact.
