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Loud Bang in Ellwood
updated: Jun 12, 2012, 8:19 AM
By Edhat Subscriber
12:15 a.m., very loud bang in the Ellwood area, not a car backfire, not a
gunshot...sounded like an
explosion. Maybe from train track or freeway? We see no smoke or flames, hear no
emergency
vehicles.
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COMMENT 287194
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2012-06-12 08:45 AM |
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OP here, still no idea what made the noise, but we do live near a Venoco facility. That will be my guess for now.
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COMMENT 287220
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2012-06-12 09:47 AM |
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Maybe it was the X-37B again.
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COMMENT 287231
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2012-06-12 10:10 AM |
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It was a car backfiring. Sometimes they are very loud and can be mistaken for "explosions." it had nothing to do with Ellwood facility.
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COMMENT 287234
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2012-06-12 10:32 AM |
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I heard and felt it in the Sta. Barbara Shores area, also - was very surprised the dogs didn't start barking or emergency vehicles didn't respond . . . ?
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COMMENT 287428P
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2012-06-12 10:52 PM |
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If you've ever heard a transformer (electrical) blow, you know it is astonishing loud, sounding like a huge explosion (which it is). This is just speculation.
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GOODLAND MOMMA
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2012-06-13 07:14 AM |
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We heard that too - kept me up for a while as I was expecting to see flames (our bedroom window faces towards the venoco facility and the general direction of where the noise came from) and/or hear ambulances, but nothing. I don't think it was a car backfiring - way too loud, but the transformer idea is a possibility. Just weird we haven't heard anything more on it...
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COMMENT 287506
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2012-06-13 09:35 AM |
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OP here again....it was NOT a car backfiring. We are car people and mechanics. We know a car backfire. Also, as mechanics we have a oxygen/acetalyne torch and have made "bombs" in the past by putting oxygen and acetalyne in an empty 2 liter soda bottle with a paper wick. BTW, dangerous, don't do this yourselves!!!!!! This explosion was louder and more serious that those bombs. If it wasn't Venoco then it was probably a transformer.
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