This is an e-mail I got from my Dad, I believe His estimate of the distance to be about half of the actual distance, having grown up hunting and camping on Eglin reservation, my parents house is about 25-30 miles from where I suspect the test range to be. The news had said that Eglin officals expected residents around the western part of Eglin to be able to hear the blast. My parents home is north of the eastern half of Eglin. I bet there's not a pine cone still on any of the trees for miles
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We did indeed hear the test of the "Big Mother". There had been a warning in the local paper this morning that local residents could expect to hear a rather large explosion sometime today. This is often done to keep folks from flooding the base switchboards. We did not know any details of its nature until Fox News, and others, started their coverage about mid morning. The blast occurred shortly after noon, local time, and seemed to come from the area of what used to be Range 70. We did not see the blast or smoke from it as our location is surrounded by rather dense forest, but it did rattle the windows and was quite loud. I estimate our distance from the detonation to be approximately 12-15 miles. The news folks reported that it was indeed a "Big Mother"
[ 03-12-2003, 08:45 PM: Message edited by: John D Harris ]