That's the sound of your tax dollars being blown away, err freedom.

It isn't quantico! It's inpossible!

Demolitions training all week!

http://www.quantico.marines.mil/Advisories.aspx

Every Wednesday they feed the gyrenes beans, instruct them to aim the resulting cloud south rather than north. Any FBI type who survives the olfactory assault becomes a valuable federal agent.

If you want a more specific explanation Warrenton is only about 30 miles from Quantico training areas. If you read the small print on the webpage you'll notice that along with "training" they are also doing range clearing. That means large detonations to dispose of dangerous "dud" ordinance from the ranges. Using big bombs to blow up old bombs that didn't go boom the first time.

blastingheardinwarrenton Wrote:
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> what is going on now, april 15, 2015, in
> warrenton, va? Lots of blasting sounds heard and
> felt.


Maybe just a gentle reminder to be sure your taxes were filed and paid on time!

Just had Tippy's. Deal with it. you think my asshole is liking the after effects?

I live about 20 miles from a different base where they fire ordinance. My windows and house shake a lot. Its going on now. You get used to it. Though at first I wondered about it. But there's a big hill a couple miles from the base where I can take the kids for a hike and see the blasts rising over the trees. But you never know what days they blast, so its a treat if we catch it.

I'm a mile from the base in southern Fauquier County. My family has had our farm here since 1950 and the intensity of the shock waves from explosions in Quantico on March 10 and April 15 was like nothing we have ever experienced. I called the base for the first time ever (I'm 66 and familiar with the typical Quantico noise, no problem, but this was unbelievable.)

Base said locations of bombing ranges has not changed, but "our ordinance has improved." Not from where I stand. They also attempted to school me on the need for a strong national defence and fed me that baloney about "the sound of freedom." Those community affairs people have a thankless job, but that line is right up there with the satirical movie line "I love the smell of napalm." OUT OF TOUCH!! I got a kick out of their web info that says if you check our noise advisories you will know when not to put the kids down for a nap or when it's time to take the pets to doggy day care. Quantico must realize it's a big country and setting off ever larger bombs between Prince William and Stafford counties (2 of the fastest growing in the country) is a loosing proposition and it's not doing the corps any good. It's time to move the big stuff where it can better be accommodated -- half of the West is still empty. They have the locations and resources to do this. It's only a matter of time. The base is a priceless resource for national defence, homeland security and law enforcement. Too valuable to blast holes in and destroy the neighbor's quality of life. As it stands the myopic people running the show at MCB Quantico are burning the fuse at both ends and it will blow-up in their face. I always thought the sound of freedom is the Marine Band, I might switch.

ITT pussies who hate freedom

Quantico was there before you were. Deal with it or move

I don't think it's blasting at all.I live in Maryland d a d everywhere I lived here between Charles County and St . Mary's County There's this blasting rumble and the house shakes. They don't want you to know what it is. Many other States have this problem going on too and they don't have the military bases. We Do need to find out what this really is.

The biggest welfare program doing their thang

That sounds like nonsense.

I really don't think it's the bases doing this. It's going on all over the place. By me in Maryland and in Many, many states too.

Ongoing training to keep our troops fresh

Seeker Wrote:
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> Is anyone else in the Burke/Fairfax Station area
> feeling the vibration and noise from explosions
> (ordnance training?) at Quantico? This went on
> most of the day yesterday and seems to be going on
> again today. Most of them are just a rumble which
> causes the windows to rattle, but every once in a
> while there is a round which makes my house shake.
> Pretty amazing considering that I live 20 miles
> away...I cannot imagine what this feels like in
> Dale City or Dumfries.

they were trying to replicate the mythbusters concrete truck explosion

"he said 1 g not 1 kg you idiot!"

hi i'm at quantico i'm in a hurry

i shot a 10 lb cannot ball in the air straight up and wondering if any of you know how long it will be until it comes back ?

thx

I heard multiple ordinances exploading this morning From Quantico -- the wetness in the atmosphere carried the sound all the way to the Mixing Bowl -- Amazing.

They are doing their ariel mission training -- dropping bombs -- Kool stuff -- esp. for Kool for ISIS, which will be the real target.

I've been hearing distant booms with tiny house shakes for the last week or so, during the day. This is from Burke almost 24 miles away from Quantico. Must be that the Pohick Valley topography acts like a big megaphone.

Bomb ISIS Wrote:
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> I heard multiple ordinances exploading this
> morning From Quantico -- the wetness in the
> atmosphere carried the sound all the way to the
> Mixing Bowl -- Amazing.
>
> They are doing their ariel mission training --
> dropping bombs -- Kool stuff -- esp. for Kool for
> ISIS, which will be the real target.


Dropping bombs at Quantico? Hmmmm, ok

Les Pee Ode Wrote:
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> I've been hearing distant booms with tiny house
> shakes for the last week or so, during the day.
> This is from Burke almost 24 miles away from
> Quantico. Must be that the Pohick Valley
> topography acts like a big megaphone.

Yep.