I think I peed my pants

[200xp]

All quiet, wife is in bed, sitting here reading BBC. Then, boom, as in the sound barrier got broke very near my hose. Windos flexed, house shook, neighbors dogs going insane. I walked outside and could hear the roar of the engines. Jumped on flight radar but nothing, as with most military flights. A few minutes later it came back over the house hauling butt.

[novakevlar]

Interesting, I didn't think military jets could break the sound barrier over populated areas unless they had clearance or an emergency. For this very reason!

[hatcreek]

All quiet, wife is in bed, sitting here reading BBC. Then, boom, as in the sound barrier got broke very near my hose. Windos flexed, house shook, neighbors dogs going insane. I walked outside and could hear the roar of the engines. Jumped on flight radar but nothing, as with most military flights. A few minutes later it came back over the house hauling butt.

Sonic boom anywhere near my hose, I’m peeing too… may even crap a little.

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[Okie Poke]

Better than "sheeting the bed".

[mean_dean]

Interesting, I didn't think military jets could break the sound barrier over populated areas unless they had clearance or an emergency. For this very reason!

They are not supposed to, but I bet exceptions are made if they are on a mission and not just maneuvers. When I was in high school, I was working for a neighbor that was a general contractor. We were on the roof laying shingles when two National Guard F-16's decided to push it a bit fast causing two booms a second apart. They did damage to windows, and it scarred the crap out of both of us up there. Pilots got disciplined and lost their flight status for like 3 or 4 months over that. This was in the Chicago suburbs, so it got a lot of press.

[mactlman]

All quiet, wife is in bed, sitting here reading BBC. Then, boom, as in the sound barrier got broke very near my hose. Windos flexed, house shook, neighbors dogs going insane. I walked outside and could hear the roar of the engines. Jumped on flight radar but nothing, as with most military flights. A few minutes later it came back over the house hauling butt.

don't know where you are in Ohio but I swear it happened here sunday night. i heard and felt it as well as the dogs but wife said he had nothing?

[jbassman87]

It has been a long time since I have heard one. They used to do it all the time when I was a kid (45 years ago). Our house must have been the turn around point, because you would see them coming, they would go into a tight turn and then BOOM as the afterburners lit up on their way back.

[200xp]

I live in rural Southeast Ohio...It happens around here quite often, but usually on Saturday afternoon. We experience 8 to 10 a year. That single jet stayed in the area for about 15 minutes last night and then it was gone. I assume it came out of Rickenbacker.

[BigFishSteve]

Did you ever figure out if you peed?

[btlsranger]

We had one about a month ago here in Northwest Ohio at 9:00 am. Scared the crap outta me, looked outside for a crash, looked all around the house….nothing. Texted all my friends nearby, they all heard/felt it. It would seem they could send out something like an amber alert so it would be expected.

[billnorman1]

If you lived in Arlington Virginia you may have heard this boom:


https://apnews.com/article/arlington...e81f868e9d78c8

[n2ratfishin]

The sound of freedom. It’s common here in Clarksville to get post on FB asking about large booms. It’s normally the Army blowing stuff up training.

[MadYakker]

I knew a college professor who was called in to testify in a court case where a turkey farmer's turkey flock got scared of a couple "mock touch and go's" over his huge turkey facility and wanted payback for damages. The turkeys got so scared of the noise they all piled into one corner and a bunch died due to suffocation and heat stroke. The military apparently needed an expert tell them some simple things about turkey behavior and what can cause them to act in a way they will kill themselves.

[BackLash625]

Interesting, I didn't think military jets could break the sound barrier over populated areas unless they had clearance or an emergency. For this very reason!

one never knows...

[Wackyjig]

I was on a lease for a while that had ridge top that was one of the highest around.
They liked to buzz across it low and of course middle of nowhere meant sonic booms. I had many mid day naps ruined by back to back sonic booms where they flew in tamdem

[Grizzly]

Doesn't take a sonic boom for me to pee in my pants

[Highcentered]

Way back when B-58's flew out of the base around Little Rock they would make sonic booms all the time. My dad remembers as a kid hearing the boom and then immediately looking outside like he always did when he heard one to try to see the plane and that day he saw one on fire right before it crashed. Part of it caught a family member's house on fire and when my grandpa got word of it while on his liquor route in NW Arkansas he hauled ass back to Little Rock to check on the family. Every time we'd be going through Morrilton, AR he would make sure to point out where he got the ONLY speeding ticket he ever got in his life. He told the cop to give him the damn ticket so he could get back on his way to check on his family and hauled ass the rest of the way home.

[Avanti]

It's tough, the pee is the same temperature as your body. You might have to partially disrobe to check for certain.

[1stindoor]

The sound of freedom. It’s common here in Clarksville to get post on FB asking about large booms. It’s normally the Army blowing stuff up training.

Same here around Fort Bragg (Liberty) especially during the months the USMC is here doing artillery training. I grew up on USAF bases...hearing the sonic boom wasn't uncommon in the late 60's early 70's.