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Allkin06 t1_iu31zd3 wrote

I'm on cutshaw past the bridge near the crunch fitness/wells fargo. It was SUPER loud and scared me. Felt like it shook my apartment . I'm assuming it was a transformer explosion?

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Allkin06 t1_iu324bd wrote

I'm just tryna watch some bad reality TV man. Last week with the cars all night now this. Why are you like this richmond lmao

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LuridIryx t1_iu3bt6d wrote

Dude my bad, prolly me.

Chipotle earlier 🌯

Car is totaled

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WalrusInMySheets t1_iu5szlg wrote

Yeah I used to live next to a power plant, it’s definitely a transformer explosion

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lunar_unit t1_iu39qwz wrote

This is the second large mystery explosion in as many nights posted on r/rva.

So far no satisfactory explanations, so I'm going with woodboogers.

From last night, around the same time:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rva/comments/yeina1/what_the_fuck_was_that_noise

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grampscirclea t1_iu3bmmz wrote

Woodbooger! Should have guessed it last night, it's so clear. Someone alert Denver Riggleman!

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Strattocatter t1_iu337tg wrote

Heard it near Malvern Avenue. Crazy loud. My fiance and I looked at each other and were like, "what was that?!"

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Serialthriller69 t1_iu3497j wrote

I’m amazed there’s no hubbub about it, this wasn’t your average volley of gunfire or trains slamming into each other.

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Serialthriller69 t1_iu31a0n wrote

I heard it further west too, wild loud. No it wasn’t fireworks.

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Shitegasm t1_iu31pjx wrote

Yeah I could hear it as well, very loud and big sounding, definitely not a gunshot ,train, or fireworks. Heard some sirens then some planes

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ogbasillame t1_iu339dd wrote

Heard over near Carytown; thought someone was just driving reckless and slammed into a parked car.

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Nervous_Golf_6561 t1_iu45mbv wrote

Clearly this was just some light reflecting off of Jupiter and mixing with our atmosphere it caused a small person to spontaneously combust.

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Rupmir t1_iu31rv7 wrote

Heard it over by the TV tower too.

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liza_spinelli t1_iu43ebc wrote

Obligatory “fireworks at the Diamond” comment

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Senor_Leaky t1_iu49rub wrote

The Squirrels season ended last month.

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liza_spinelli t1_iu5w62v wrote

‘‘Twas in jest. I see that comment on most “what was that noise” post and thought it was a Richmond Reddit rite of passage, like being the one to make the daily thread
 back under my rock I go!

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Charlesinrichmond t1_iu49xma wrote

heard it. I assume a transformer blew

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lunar_unit t1_iu4gafj wrote

A couple people have mentioned that in both threads, but I would think that would result in power outages that we'd also hear about.

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Charlesinrichmond t1_iu4sq88 wrote

depends what's connected and how fast they got it up. I heard the boom, it was pretty late, the people connected might have been sleeping.

Any other explosion would make news, transformers blowing up don't.

I have never lived in a place where so many transformers have blown up as an aside. I wonder if dominion bought a bunch at Big johns used car and transformer dealership.

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bozatwork t1_iu4bdhz wrote

We heard it over near Albert Hill. It was a very still night, so maybe that contributed. I could hear the trains rumbling pretty clearly before the loud boom.

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ComprehensiveSail154 t1_iu4ca9p wrote

Yes!! I heard it last night and it made me jump!

Edit: I was on my couch and didn’t see any flash/light but I was wondering if something dropped from the construction site across from Broad. It did sound like an explosion of some sort though.

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LeicesterHoult t1_iu4mgcv wrote

I heard it too, but further away. It sounded like faint thunder and I could have sworn I heard it two or three times, not just the one.

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onafieldtrip t1_iu4pnyb wrote

That’s near the train tracks, so it could be a train starting or stopping and the slack between the car connectors running in or out. Makes a huge crashing boom sound. I’ve heard it while hiking on Northbank and Buttermilk and it sounds like a goddamn missile. Maybe the other night’s was near some tracks too? Or đŸŒŻđŸ’„?

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