Posted on 01/22/2025 5:35:21 PM PST by BenLurkin
No, there have been some nights where I had to work outside and I could hear them snapping. It was -22°. It was unnerving because I was a prison officer checking out the fenceline and they sounded a lot like rifle shots.
CC
They still do in parts of Idaho
It was a 75mm recoiless rifle at Snowbird. A round went over the mountain and hit a house under construction in the next valley. Theybreplaced it. Lol.
Happens all the time in northern NH, VT and ME, PQ, etc.
I've heard it in maple, birch and beech trees.
Not so much, if at all in soft wood trees.
Interesting.
We have lots of wood on our property. I’ve never noticed it.
My initial thought about the explosion in the article was that it was a meteorite.
HOW CLOSE TO DUGWAY PROVING GROUNDS.???
HOME OF THE GREEN GLOWING SHEEP
The frost quakes here in Missouri actually come from the ground, and they are known to produce light from the electrical charge (I haven’t seen any flashes of light).
They last occured in 2014, but I had never heard of them until just a few days ago.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/21/frigid-temperatures-missouri-produce-loud-sounds-d/
https://thehomeschoolscientist.com/frost-quake/
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