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Explosion - possibly thunder around galway area?

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  • 27-11-2010 6:37pm
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    MacDiz
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭


    Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but I just want to find out if anyone else experienced something similar last night.

    I'm in Galway, about 40 mins west from the city. At around 4.30am last night/this morning I got up to go for a pee. Just as I was getting back into bed I heard a really loud boom, followed by a low rumble which lasted about 3 or 4 seconds. Scared the bejaysus out of me. There was no flash of light or anything. And I was definitely not imagining it. I got out of bed and even went outside in my boxers and tshirt in the snow to see if I could see anything. But I didn't see a thing. No-one else that I've spoken to felt it (I say felt, because it was more than just a sound if you know what I mean).

    The only viable explanation anyone has come up with, that I've spoken to, is that it might have been a meteor or something? Anyone have any ideas?


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    #2
    CiaranC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,300 ✭✭✭CiaranC


    It was thunder, do a search


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    #3
    tricky D
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    There was loads of mad thunder and lightning last night. Some strange ones too where the flash and sound were well seperated. I'd one at 1:30ish where the thunder didn't arrive for 40 seconds after a massive flash.


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    slade_x
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,425 Mod ✭✭✭✭slade_x


    moved to Weather seems more appropriate


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