My wife and I heard the boom a little before 9 this morning in the River Rd area. The cats freaked out and we searched the house thinking something heavy had fallen somewhere. Eventually we shrugged and moved on.
But I just opened my RSS reader and saw there are 2 threads on the subject back on the reddit. Sounds like it was heard all over the city and shook some windows in areas. Here are the links: first thread, second.
I didn’t hear it, but from what I’ve read it sounds like it was likely a military jet that broke the sound barrier and caused a sonic boom.
That’s certainly where people’s minds have gone. I suspect Occam would argue, in the middle of a state without navy, air force, or military contractor runways, that sideways lightening and a thunderclap are more likely.
Oh, hadn’t thought of that. Yeah, that’s likely it.