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There were 2 Radford Arsenal 'booms' in my years there


Maybe 85 and 87 or so?

Both were like sonic booms, and I heard both on / near the Drillfield.

For one of the blasts, they estimated the dead (3, I think) just based on who they couldn't find afterwards, because the explosion pretty much disintegrated them and they weren't actually going to find any body..

(In response to this post by Hokie in CT)

Posted: 09/13/2017 at 8:00PM



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I'm in Radford... and swear I just felt an earthquake. ** -- HokieSignGuy 09/13/2017 1:34PM
  Lol, those memes were the best back then... -- HokieSignGuy 09/14/2017 4:18PM
  Giles County is the most active seismic area in Va. ** -- Nortazhokie 09/13/2017 7:12PM
  Felt in parts of Blacksburg, too. ** -- HokieHeartNSoul 09/13/2017 7:02PM
  There were 2 Radford Arsenal 'booms' in my years there -- Late 80s Hokie 09/13/2017 8:00PM
  It blew up once when I was in school too. -- EDGEMAN 09/13/2017 3:28PM
  WOW... was it this, in 1978? -- HokieSignGuy 09/13/2017 3:23PM
  I remember that one. ** -- 48zip 09/13/2017 3:29PM
  No, it would have been either 1973 or 1974 -- Hokie in CT 09/13/2017 3:27PM
  Here is a link to a report from a May 31, 1974 accident -- HokieSignGuy 09/13/2017 3:49PM
  Maybe Tim Settle was doing some box jumps ** -- statmanfromHCyrs 09/13/2017 2:27PM
  Or did a #2 in toilet ** -- East Cobb Hokie 09/13/2017 3:05PM
  For him, it's a #3 ** -- 48zip 09/13/2017 3:30PM
  USGS reported 3.2 earthquake 14km NNE from Pearisburg -- HokieDevil 09/13/2017 1:43PM
  Saltville Thrust Fault. ** -- Major Kong 09/13/2017 5:35PM
  Cool stuff. isn't the internet the best?!? ** -- HokieSignGuy 09/13/2017 1:45PM
  Nothing indicated at VTSO. ** -- AtlantaHokie 09/13/2017 1:42PM
  Here -- 48zip 09/13/2017 1:52PM
  Should have looked more closely. It's there! ** -- AtlantaHokie 09/13/2017 1:48PM
  Should have looked more closely. It's there! ** -- AtlantaHokie 09/13/2017 1:48PM
  CONFIRMED magnitude 3.2 14km NNE of perisburg** -- HokieSignGuy 09/13/2017 1:42PM
  Huh, didn't get anything off Exit 101. Arsenal related? ** -- hoosnowahokie 09/13/2017 1:37PM
  I didn't hear anything either. -- Chris Coleman  09/13/2017 1:40PM
  We just felt something in the TSL office in Radford. -- Chris Coleman  09/13/2017 1:36PM
  Did it move? ** -- Hokie in CT 09/13/2017 3:18PM
  TWSS ** -- vt90 09/13/2017 1:53PM
  Lol. you all never disappoint. ** -- HokieSignGuy 09/13/2017 2:01PM
  Yes, a very quick up and down jolt. -- HokieSignGuy 09/13/2017 1:38PM
  So you're saying that both of you felt the earth move? ** -- Late 80s Hokie 09/13/2017 1:39PM
  Maybe it was just them. ;^) ** -- Freddyburg Hokie 09/13/2017 1:46PM
  Under my feet. ** -- HokieSignGuy 09/13/2017 1:41PM
  Did you feel the sky tumblin' down? ** -- vthhhi 09/13/2017 2:04PM
  Should we revisit the North Korea EMP thread?!? ** -- HokieSignGuy 09/13/2017 2:05PM

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