cottonmather0 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Sitting in my recliner tonight, Saturday 11/22, around 11:00. The Tech/OU game just finished on the television. I start hearing banging noises outside. First I think it's the dog in the trash again, then I think someone has broken into my garage. It doesn't stop and I realize it sounds more like fireworks on the 4th of July. Mrs Cottonmather gets out of bed and comes into the room to see what's going on. We go out into the front yard and it sounds like small explosions randomly coming out of the southwest, like in the direction of the Galleria (We live in Timbergrove ~ 18th @ TC Jester). This goes on for about 10 minutes and then ends with one really loud long rumble, then it's over. I check the Chron, I flip through all the local channels, look on the Ch 13 news which is on late after the football game. Nothing in the news and no sirens or obvious sounds of emergency coming from outside. Weird. I can't imagine there would be a fireworks show going on right now, on this date and this late at night. Maybe a substation blew up? We thought maybe an industrial facility closer to the Loop was exploding. Weird. Anybody else hear it too? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Well, if you were up here in Austin, I would tell you about the Saturday night fireworks display going on until Christmas, but you ain't up here. I would guess something over at Delmar Stadium, perhaps the winning Playoff football team sprang for a show after their win ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooch Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Definately heard it! I was in the shower, thinking... it's not supposed to rain tonight... thinking it was thunder. Donno what it was, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Sitting in my recliner tonight, Saturday 11/22, around 11:00. The Tech/OU game just finished on the television. I start hearing banging noises outside. First I think it's the dog in the trash again, then I think someone has broken into my garage. It doesn't stop and I realize it sounds more like fireworks on the 4th of July. Mrs Cottonmather gets out of bed and comes into the room to see what's going on. We go out into the front yard and it sounds like small explosions randomly coming out of the southwest, like in the direction of the Galleria (We live in Timbergrove ~ 18th @ TC Jester). This goes on for about 10 minutes and then ends with one really loud long rumble, then it's over. I check the Chron, I flip through all the local channels, look on the Ch 13 news which is on late after the football game. Nothing in the news and no sirens or obvious sounds of emergency coming from outside. Weird. I can't imagine there would be a fireworks show going on right now, on this date and this late at night. Maybe a substation blew up? We thought maybe an industrial facility closer to the Loop was exploding. Weird. Anybody else hear it too? Any ideas?Perhaps your Texas Tech alum neighbor was beating his head against the wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I'm out at the Camp Allen (Episcopal retreat center) in Navasota ... I didn't hear anything ... nothign.Not even the TELEVISION.They do have 'Net though so all is not lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Channel 2 newscasters were just talking about it and noted the number of people calling in about it. However, they cannot find out what it was either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Channel 2 newscasters were just talking about it and noted the number of people calling in about it. However, they cannot find out what it was either.It HAD to be UFOs! Those aliens are a noisy bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanith27 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Definitely heard it loud and clear here in the Heights.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmather0 Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 At least now I know I'm not crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I live near Memorial and Gessner and I heard it. Saw some flashes in the sky too. It was loud enough to hear over the TV. It sounded a lot like the end of a big fireworks display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Judah Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I wonder if it was related to this:http://news.aol.com/article/meteor-streaks...an-skies/257570 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmather0 Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 I live near Memorial and Gessner and I heard it. Saw some flashes in the sky too. It was loud enough to hear over the TV. It sounded a lot like the end of a big fireworks display.That's what I thought when I figured out it wasn't coming from my backyard - that it sounded like fireworks.... but at 11:00pm on November 22? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 It was indeed fireworks. I was out and about last night, and saw them. Seems like I was on I-10 westbound near 610 when I saw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducks Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Any word what they were for? Looked like the galleria area from my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ40371 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Any word what they were for? Looked like the galleria area from my house.From my vantage point near Chimney Rock and Woodway, looks like they were coming from the Houston Country Club off of Woodway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducks Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Could it have been a wedding reception? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 From my vantage point near Chimney Rock and Woodway, looks like they were coming from the Houston Country Club off of Woodway.Hmmm. I'm betting it was an Illuminati or Bohemian or Bilderberger celebration of the anniversary of their successful assassination of JFK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 From my vantage point near Chimney Rock and Woodway, looks like they were coming from the Houston Country Club off of Woodway.I thought that there was a city ordinance that fireworks shows required a permit and had to begin before 10:00 pm. I wonder if someone got busted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 We normally hear & see the fireworks from the main U of H campus across the frwy when there are football games. The loud bangs normally come from the local bars/cantinas... yawn. Grows on you after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Matt Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I heard it too. Very strange. I wondered if they were opening the Art Crawl...It's also being discussed elsewhere:http://www.khou.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p...d89c28f4238473d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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