[xzins]

Such a sad thing, Ff.

I wonder why the loud explosion if there was no fuel on board? I thought they jettisoned that once they hit glide path before reentry?

How loud was the explosion you heard?

Our prayers are with you and your counties as you sort this out.

X

[Ff--150]

There was some fuel aboard, the media is saying. Being ex-military, IMHO, this was a loud explosion, not a sonic boom, as the shuttles fly over our home and I've never heard any sonic booms. The sound shook our walls and windows, and was "deep," if that makes sense.

The rumbling, or roaring as someone on tv described it was prolonged, maybe for two seconds. That, too, shook things. Nor did the rumbling taper, as when one hears thunder; it just quit.

My perspective is that this literaly happened just in front of my front porch, had I been watching.