Sonic boom

Sandy19 said:

There was a mysterious one here in Florida today with no confirmation as to what caused it. I heard it and it sounded like a bag of bricks landed on my roof. I looked outside and then just brushed it off. Later on I found out that everyone heard it.

What's weird is that Peanut acted absolutely insane all day, way before it happened. She was biting me which she has never done before and non-stop with the flock call which was nerve wrecking. Now I know what it was. As if the mysterious sonic boom isn't interesting enough, she knew it before it even happened.

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SailBoat said:

Sandy19 said:

There was a mysterious one here in Florida today with no confirmation as to what caused it. I heard it and it sounded like a bag of bricks landed on my roof. I looked outside and then just brushed it off. Later on I found out that everyone heard it.

What's weird is that Peanut acted absolutely insane all day, way before it happened. She was biting me which she has never done before and non-stop with the flock call which was nerve wrecking. Now I know what it was. As if the mysterious sonic boom isn't interesting enough, she knew it before it even happened.

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With Military flights commonly crossing Florida a sonic boom can /does occur. The likelihood that your Parrot(s) would know that one is 'going to' happen is unlikely. At best maybe a couple of minutes in advance, more likely seconds. Sonic Booms are tightly regulated and rarely occur in civilian areas. The Military works to avoid such, since there is resulting damages, assigned costs to repair those damages and general complains.

If you are totally into the belief that your Peanut was able to predict the sonic boom. You may want to let the air base near you know of the unique abilities of your Parrot. The advance knowledge of such an event would be of great use to avoid a sonic boom. Their interest would be twofold; clearly avoiding the event and if possible, limit their losses.

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Sandy19 said:

SailBoat said:

Sandy19 said:

There was a mysterious one here in Florida today with no confirmation as to what caused it. I heard it and it sounded like a bag of bricks landed on my roof. I looked outside and then just brushed it off. Later on I found out that everyone heard it.

What's weird is that Peanut acted absolutely insane all day, way before it happened. She was biting me which she has never done before and non-stop with the flock call which was nerve wrecking. Now I know what it was. As if the mysterious sonic boom isn't interesting enough, she knew it before it even happened.

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With Military flights commonly crossing Florida a sonic boom can /does occur. The likelihood that your Parrot(s) would know that one is 'going to' happen is unlikely. At best maybe a couple of minutes in advance, more likely seconds. Sonic Booms are tightly regulated and rarely occur in civilian areas. The Military works to avoid such, since there is resulting damages, assigned costs to repair those damages and general complains.

If you are totally into the belief that your Peanut was able to predict the sonic boom. You may want to let the air base near you know of the unique abilities of your Parrot. The advance knowledge of such an event would be of great use to avoid a sonic boom. Their interest would be twofold; clearly avoiding the event and if possible, limit their losses.

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As you say, you know-it-all. I wasn't talking about the boom itself, I meant the flights that lead up to it. She acted annoyed all day. Perhaps a coincidence.

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