So what blew up?
By adamg - 5/10/10 - 12:02 am
On Twitter, people across the city are reporting hearing a loud explosion around 11:45 p.m.. Anybody know it was?
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On Twitter, people across the city are reporting hearing a loud explosion around 11:45 p.m.. Anybody know it was?
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I know! I know!
The state economy due to supporting all the illegals?
MIT Final projects week
I have it on good (anonymous) authority that it was some MIT kids letting off steam... or coffeemate, or C4, or whatever they're using these days.
I heard it too
coming back from the Sox - thought it was Liberty Mutual fireworks -sounded like it was near the Charles River.
As expected...
It was Josh Beckett.
I was at that game, too. I
I was at that game, too. I thought perhaps it was the sound of Joe Girardi exploding after his ejection.
Connection
Could it be related somehow to this?
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/05/police_investig_44.html
Yuck
I was windsurfing right by there yesterday. Think maybe I'll go home and shower again at lunch.
::shudder::
Transformer?
I didn't hear it in Brighton...but I was also watching TV with the windows completely shut due to the cold chill. However, the last time I heard a gigantic popping explosion in my neighborhood it was due to the power company's transformer on the pole outside my bedroom window breaking. It echoed pretty far for a short time after the boom.
Echoing this--power transformer
My guess is also that it was a power transformer. It can be pretty startling when one explodes.
It was at MIT, east
It was at MIT, east campus...most likely some undergrads blowing something up.