'Explosion,' boom shakes Onondaga, surrounding counties (Central NY)

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2020/12/explosion-boom-shakes-onondaga-surrounding-counties.html

By Julie McMahon and Samantha House

Updated 12:58 PM; Today 12:34 PM

A large boom, reported as an “explosion,” has shaken Onondaga County and its surrounding areas.

Residents from Clinton in Oneida County to Camillus have called 911 to report an explosion. Multiple police agencies and fire departments are investigating the cause of the boom.

The source of the boom isn’t clear, said Sgt. Jon Seeber, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. Deputies are checking with National Grid and the National Weather Service to see if officials from either agency know what happened.


Residents in southern Oswego County also reported hearing the explosive sound, an Oswego County 911 dispatcher said. Calls came in from Volney, Palermo and Pennellville.

Residents in Madison and Oneida counties reported experiencing the boom, too.

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I'm west of Auburn, but didn't hear it, dammit.

[Saboburns]

1. Sonic boom maybe.

Just a guess on my part. In my experience sonic booms are louder than you think they are.

[csziggy]

7. On the northern Gulf of Mexico sometimes loud booms are heard

Originally it was thought to be sonic booms from the jets from Eglin or Tyndall AFB but they claimed they had no flights out at the appropriate times. Usually the booms happen after a cold front comes through and it is a bright, clear, cold day. Some speculation is that the warmth of the Gulf waters causes a boom interacting with the very cold air. But it is still an unconfirmed theory.

https://www.fox10tv.com/news/what-caused-the-sonic-boom-along-the-gulf-coast/article_cb78e050-e920-11e8-b1ff-c37d708d10e6.html

https://mynbc15.com/news/local/loud-boom-heard-across-mobile-surrounding-counties-has-residents-scratching-their-heads

[Historic NY]

2. Back in 2019 they had a meteor break through the atmosphere

https://cnycentral.com/news/local/reports-of-explosive-like-noise-shaking-homes-in-oswego-onondaga-counties

[CatMor]

3. Could it be an earthquake?

I remember going through one years ago in Western N.Y. and it came with a loud boom. Really scared me as we are not to be to them.

[Sneederbunk]

4. Was it a boom or more of a kapow?

[lamp_shade]

5. They think it was a meteor....

https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2020/12/explosion-boom-shakes-onondaga-surrounding-counties.html

"The explosive sound reported in Onondaga County and beyond was likely a sonic boom from a meteor, said Robert Lunsford, of the American Meteor Society. The loud, far-reaching booms happen when meteors rip through the atmosphere, he said."

[SWBTATTReg]

6. First the monolith, now aliens!!

[Dennis Donovan]

8. Felt/seen in Toronto!

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