The Booms are Back in Indiana ...

[hippiechick]

WTF are they doing up there ??

www.starnews.com

Booms rock Fort Wayne again

Associated Press
November 12, 2004


FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Loud booming noises are being reported again in Fort Wayne after months of relatively few complaints about the mysterious sounds.

John Perlich, a spokesman for Mayor Graham Richard, said the city received a spike of phone calls this week complaining about loud booming noises. He said the calls were similar to those reporting noises that shook homes this summer."Our police department is continuing to aggressively investigate this case, and they will until they find an answer," he said.

Officials began investigating loud booms on the city's northeast side in late August. The booms reportedly shook homes and residents complained that the booms felt like tremors and occurred at various times of the day.

...

:hippie:

[Not_Giving_Up]

1. Mysterious Booms???

WTF?????

You'd think that someone would be able to figure out where the noises are coming from!

[Shoeempress]

2. They are building the subterranean re-education camps

[Warpy]

3. Fishing season?

It always sounded like we were under bombardment during fishing season when I was a little kid there.

It's illegal as hell, but fisherman would toss big firecrackers or even dynamite into a lake and then go scoop all the fish that had been stunned or killed by the concussion.

I'd suggest they check local lakes and ponds for fish population before they start developing more elegant theories.

<g>

[King_Crimson]

4. I reside in Fort Wayne...

but in the downtown area. At this time, there have been no such "booms" anywhere other than the northeast section of the city. However, these booms are strong enough that they are shaking homes along Lake Avenue...violently enough that some of the residents are wondering if they'll have to tape things down.
According to this morning's Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne based Omni-Source, Corp., who is one of North America's largest processors of scrap and recycled metal, will look into their possible role in this. According to Ben Eisbart, who is executive vice-president of operations, the company's shredder puts cars or other items into a rotation where they are struck by 350-to-500 pound hammers for 30 to 45 seconds. However, Eisbart does not believe the noises coming from Omni-Source could shake homes.
Personally, anytime I've ever been in that part of town (the American Legion post I belong to is in the northeast quadrant) I've never noticed this phenomenon. However, the complaints first started last spring and have continued since. Guess I'll start paying closer attention whenever I journey up northeast.
:headbang: