[elky] Re: a moment of silence, please

  • From: Dann Keller <kwhale22@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Ray Buck et al <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 23:50:21 -0700

Mary, 
 
For some reason there are no fighter jets at McCord AFB or Whidbey NAS.  The 
nearest interceptor jets are at the Oregon Air National Guard out of the 
Portland airport (PDX).  If there is a security "threat" in the Seattle area 
those are the planes that are scrambled to intercept.  When they scramble, the 
afterburners kick in about the time they're 100 feet in the air and they go 
supersonic with the attendant sonic "BOOM".  That may have been what you heard. 
 A short while back the First Lady and The VP made trips to Seattle.  When that 
happens the air space around Seattle is closed to any private planes; any that 
enter that space are considered a threat and the jets on alert in Portland come 
up.  The trip up from PDX only takes them about 8 minutes or less (more like 5 
if they are F-15s with a reported 2.5 Mach top end.)  
 
This is what did happen earlier this year when the Pres. was in Seattle.  Some 
private pilot coming from eastern Washington didn't get the memo and when radar 
saw him a few miles out from the no fly zone over the Cascades they scrambled 
two planes out of PDX.   They were on his butt long before he got close to 
Seattle and "escorted" him to an airport away from Seattle.   But when those 
two jets came over Olympia they were screaming.  We were outside and I swear 
somebody had blasted a couple of stumps on the next street over.
 
So based on that experience I could well imagine you might of heard something 
like that.
 
Dan


Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:06:36 -0700
From: printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Re: a moment of silence, please


.  

fighter jets. hmm hadn't considered that.   We figured it was probably related 
to the heavy trucks we've been hearing lately.  Perhaps someone is trying to 
build on the edge of the valley (we're at the bottom next to a ledge) and 
needed to blow up some rock.  Or a really big stump.  Either way - no sirens, 
no activity.  

Mary





               and something went 'BOOM' a few hours ago (speaking of taking 
trees down).  Took a walk around and whatever shook the house is still a 
mystery.  Probably a good thing. 

Mary


                      

                        We get quite a few booms here too. Caused by fighter 
jets... I see the new F-22 flying around on almost a daily basis. Easy to pick 
out too, don't even need to see it as it's louder than any other plane out 
there. Sounds like an F4 with the AB on. No need for radar lock just set the 
missle to go to the loudest noise.




                            Robert Adams

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