Those sounds have reportedly been going on for the last few months.
"To me it sounded like it was a fairly substantial Class B firework. Which is a lot bigger than what you sell at a fireworks stand."
Local station KSHB has been digging into the source of the booms -- even checking to see if a local air force base was running test operations -- all to no avail. A popular theory now? 'Frost quakes.'
Also known as a 'cryoseism,' Accuweather describes them as "a natural phenomenon caused from a sudden deep freezing of the ground," which then causes the ground to crack, creating the noise.
Milwaukee's WISN demonstrated the process using a glass bottle full of water: "We're going to wait for it to freeze, and when it does this bottle will crack. And that's exactly what goes on below ground during a frost quake."
For the record, frost quakes are not like the earthquakes you're more familiar with, so don't expect any dangerous seismic activity. They're reportedly most common in the coldest part of the night, between midnight and dawn.
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/02/04/mysterious-booms-in-kansas-city-could-be-frost-quakes/21139058/?cps=gravity_1967_6640855160528571168?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000058& ;
Milwaukee's WISN demonstrated the process using a glass bottle full of water: "We're going to wait for it to freeze, and when it does this bottle will crack. And that's exactly what goes on below ground during a frost quake."
Interesting! I wonder if Mrs. D has heard them!
That must have been kind of scary at first. I didn't know that Mrs. D. lived there..now I'm wondering if she heard them also...
We heard a few of those last year during the polar vortex and they were quite common in western Missouri where our oldest son lives
Underground water freezing
not to make light of things,... but after glancing over the titles on the front page I had to wonder why anyone would post an article about frosted cake exploding,...then I see its my bad when I put my glasses on , frosted quakes go boom....sorry
Was it real loud??
At least theyweren't Frosted Flakes.... (bad joke ...sorry)
Lived in the North most of my life never heard of such a thing.
retired military ex Republican....I have lived in the North all of my life, and never hearof them either.
lol RW.... When I first read your reply, I misread fracking ,and cracked up!!
I spent my first 36 years in Ohio and never heard of this. We had plenty of winters with single digit days and no booms or quakes.
I thought you'd get a kick out of it!!
I live in Missouri, SW Missouri in the Ozarks. We've had those booms for years, no big deal.
It's just the moonshiners stills blowing up.
Pat...I haven't either...(I'min Illinois)
It's just the moonshiners stills blowing up
