wcbaytoven
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One question. Can anyone clarify what in sweet hell makes the periodic sounds of loud explosion which echo across the city? I live in san telmo, between tacuari and piedras, near independencia if any are in the area. The sounds are not local only to my block, there is no doubt that these massive booms would be heard by one standing anywhere from boca to san nicolas the way they echo over the cityscape.
I am typing this message at 16:15 on 10 december 2010, it has been raining all day and the rain has stopped for now and it sounds like an artillery battery outside, followed periodically by the firing of small arms. I hear these blasts frequently, at least 3-4 days per week, and there is no single direction they seem to come from. I have heard them sounding faintly, resonating in from boca, as well as from the east as though puerto madero was the scene of some fantastic riot. As I type this it sounds as though the explosions are very close, slightly to the north of independencia.
I have wracked my brain attempting to think what this sound is. Clearly not actual artillery or gunfire or there would be panic, screams, and sirens. I have thought perhaps the sound of a wrecking ball connecting with a building but I walk about the neighborhood and see no cranes. I have seen boys lighting firecrackers in the parks, which may account for the small-arms sounds but the larger booms are far too loud and grand to be any boys setting off ladyfingers. They come at too often a frequency to be car or bus crashes. Riots would show up on cronica tv.
Can anyone solve this mystery for me? I never seem to notice them while out walking about, else I would go in that direction to see. I simply cannot come to anything save small explosives, but being used for what? Road work perhaps? This seems unlikely in the center of a crowded metropolis. Though I suppose one never knows.
I am typing this message at 16:15 on 10 december 2010, it has been raining all day and the rain has stopped for now and it sounds like an artillery battery outside, followed periodically by the firing of small arms. I hear these blasts frequently, at least 3-4 days per week, and there is no single direction they seem to come from. I have heard them sounding faintly, resonating in from boca, as well as from the east as though puerto madero was the scene of some fantastic riot. As I type this it sounds as though the explosions are very close, slightly to the north of independencia.
I have wracked my brain attempting to think what this sound is. Clearly not actual artillery or gunfire or there would be panic, screams, and sirens. I have thought perhaps the sound of a wrecking ball connecting with a building but I walk about the neighborhood and see no cranes. I have seen boys lighting firecrackers in the parks, which may account for the small-arms sounds but the larger booms are far too loud and grand to be any boys setting off ladyfingers. They come at too often a frequency to be car or bus crashes. Riots would show up on cronica tv.
Can anyone solve this mystery for me? I never seem to notice them while out walking about, else I would go in that direction to see. I simply cannot come to anything save small explosives, but being used for what? Road work perhaps? This seems unlikely in the center of a crowded metropolis. Though I suppose one never knows.
The noise some car/trucks exhausts make is not as loud as what you describe, so I am 99% sure that is what you hear. These evil things can be heard from a big distance and you can even feel it on the walls and floors.