[The Cajun]

Oh well, just a thought about the *Booms*.
We had some about 20 or so years ago, always around 7AM to 9AM.
Would shake the house or I could hear them in the truck while driving to work.
Sounded like they came from the south (Gulf). It went on for a couple of weeks, pretty regular, always figured it was jets breaking the sound barrier over the gulf.
Probably out of Keesler AFB or the New Orleans Naval Air Station.
Would be heard from the Thibodaux, Houma and LaRose areas.
When we would get to work in the break room having coffee, someone would always ask, "Did you hear the booms" and just about everybody did.
Always figure they were sonic booms, had that *double rap* characteristic.

[Errant]

Oh well, just a thought about the *Booms*.

You never know, and there could still be something there. After all, the first few did proceed each other in sequence. It's something to look into further, IMO.

Speaking of sonic booms, I'll never forget my dad calling me one bright Saturday morning and reminding me that the Shuttle Columbia was due to cross over Louisiana that morning.

Their contrails are awesome, so I waited outside. It never appeared, but suddenly I heard a number of rapid booms. At least two of the main engines landed less than 20 miles from my place at the time. The engines buried in the ground about 15'. The radar at the base had a pretty good fix on their impact location and directed recovery crews to the general area.

That was a sad day...