Several people called the 16 WAPT Newsroom Thursday after they heard loud booms in Rankin County. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said he heard two booms about 8 a.m. as he walked into the office. “It was loud enough that it made me turn my head,” Flynn said. “I thought it was coming from the (Mississippi) Fire Academy, but there was nothing going on there.”
A caller in Jackson said he heard the boom, which he thought was coming from Pearl, as far away as downtown Jackson. Another caller said the lights went out briefly between Pearl and Brandon after he heard the boom. Entergy spokeswoman Mara Hartmann said there was a 3-4 minute transmission-related outage Thursday morning near Old Fannin Road in Flowood that affected industrial customers, but no residential customers. She said that the cause is under investigation. READ MORE
We have been hearing loud booms in louisville ky also. Just a few days ago my son and I heard a loud boom and as we were going to the front door a second boom shook the living room blinds. Weeks ago on the news it had reports of loud booms but puzzled as to what they are or where they are coming from. I am about 40 minutes from Fort knox but nothing is going on there that has been reported.