Residents Warned to Expect Sonic Booms on Thursday
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Residents should brace themselves for more loud booms and rumblings all day Thursday.
The U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton is planning to drop 500-pound bombs from F-18 Hornet jets near the center of the base throughout the day as part of regularly scheduled exercises.
Officials are warning residents that the explosions may be heard as far as 50 miles away.
A week ago, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department was swamped for 17 minutes with telephone calls from residents calling about rumblings they believed were caused by an earthquake or thunderstorm.
The disturbances were caused from three F-18 Hornet jets en route to El Toro Marine Corps Air Station.
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