Comments on: Bye for now http://spleenville.com/2006/?p=385 "These are but wild and whirling words..." Thu, 23 May 2013 17:56:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: rhhardin http://spleenville.com/2006/?p=385#comment-752 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:30:40 +0000 http://spleenville.com/2006/?p=385#comment-752 The loud ones are decently far away. One that hits the house just goes pfffft, and the next day you find a lot of shingle pieces in the back yard. Apparently you have to be some distance away to get all the shock wave to hit you at the same time. Ones that hit airplanes you're in are similarly quiet, but the lights go off and the pilot walks around the airplane the next time it lands looking for any missing pieces. The loud ones are decently far away. One that hits the house just goes pfffft, and the next day you find a lot of shingle pieces in the back yard.

Apparently you have to be some distance away to get all the shock wave to hit you at the same time.

Ones that hit airplanes you’re in are similarly quiet, but the lights go off and the pilot walks around the airplane the next time it lands looking for any missing pieces.

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