Explosions every night in Clarksville area?

[Biff Tannen 45763]

I have a friend who lives in Clarksville and every night for the past couple of weeks she has woken up in the middle of the night to at least one and sometimes several jarring explosions, enough to rattle her windows apparently.  She's called 311 and they aren't helpful.  It's not a transformer exploding because power is staying on and I don't think it would continue eveyr night either.  Apparently it's all over Nextdoor, but fuck that site, and people say they can hear it up to 30th St and down to Zilker/Bouldin.

Anyone know wtf I'm talking about?  There is a slight possibility this person may be a little off, so I'm trying to gauge the reality of this situation.

[Deej 77162]

[ztejas 43741]

@Steel Shank been playing your mixtape again huh?

[Brisketexan 105569]

Just now, Biff Tannen said:

I have a friend who lives in Clarksville and every night for the past couple of weeks she has woken up in the middle of the night to at least one and sometimes several jarring explosions, enough to rattle her windows apparently.  She's called 311 and they aren't helpful.  It's not a transformer exploding because power is staying on and I don't think it would continue eveyr night either.  Apparently it's all over Nextdoor, but fuck that site, and people say they can hear it up to 30th St and down to Zilker/Bouldin.

Anyone know wtf I'm talking about?  There is a slight possibility this person may be a little off, so I'm trying to gauge the reality of this situation.

If it's on Nextdoor, I imagine that the explanation has something to do with that suspicious looking minority driving a "work van" that Karen saw drive by her house one afternoon.

She called the cops, of course, because you can never be too safe.

[Biff Tannen 45763]

4 minutes ago, Deej said:

That's what I said.

[Steel Shank 9439]

2 hours ago, ztejas said:

@Steel Shank been playing your mixtape again huh?

Nothing but the HITS!!!!!!!!

[ztejas 43741]

1 minute ago, Steel Shank said:

Nothing but the HITS!!!!!!!!

That's the catch. They're all hits.

[Steel Shank 9439]

Just now, ztejas said:

That's the catch. They're all hits.

🔥

[Surly Bevo 25503]

Monkees Reunion.  Dolenz has to get a bit spiritual to get them together, quite the racket

 

[Telegraph_it 3370]

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

If it's on Nextdoor, I imagine that the explanation has something to do with that suspicious looking minority driving a "work van" that Karen saw drive by her house one afternoon.

She called the cops, of course, because you can never be too safe.

Thank you for keeping the brisket stereotype going. 

[mchookem 16514]

is there still a lot of construction down there? maybe it's some demolition?

[BradInATX 9208]

Is there a quarry nearby? It's usually that. Or aliens.

[Telegraph_it 3370]

4 minutes ago, mchookem said:

is there still a lot of construction down there? maybe it's some demolition?

 

it could be!

[Neonmoon 38130]

South Austin’s mom cums pretty loudly 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11822]

Based on my Nextdoor experience, it’s probably garbage trucks emptying construction dumpsters.

[Brisketexan 105569]

21 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

Thank you for keeping the brisket stereotype going. 

Dude, I was doing the Nextdoor stereotype - have you not read the threads on that?

[Biff Tannen 45763]

I'm surprised this thread has gotten as many replies as it has.  Not surprised at the quality snark and lack of helpfulness it has spawned.

[miguelito 11337]

I've farted myself awake before. It's probably that.

[clapclapclap 9000]

Ariana Grande concert practice.

[Updawg 2301]

Based on my Nextdoor experience, it’s probably garbage trucks emptying construction dumpsters.

Hasn’t this been a topic numerous times? It’s either construction or dumpsters. Sometimes fireworks.

[NeverMarryAStripper 22030]

Don’t dismiss transformers. There is one on a power pole at the back corner of my lot. My bedroom is in the back and one night a Big Bang woke me up. I looked out the window and sparks were still falling and they caught the leaves in my yard on fire. I never lost power though.

[Nuge 1999]

Ariana Grande concert practice.

Ouch. I'm laughing and hate myself.

[atomheartbevo 90041]

2 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Based on my Nextdoor experience, it’s probably garbage trucks emptying construction dumpsters.

While I'm a bit north of that area in the OP, I've been woken up by really loud bangs once or twice, and assume it's construction dumpsters, although I'm wondering if our noise is from the Grove shit.

For whatever reason, the waste management companies in this city like to empty all of the dumpsters between midnight and 5am.  Annoying as fuck, especially since it seems like it kind of violates the noise ordinances.  A couple of the condo/apartment complexes in our neighborhood had some that were really bad, so finally I called the company up, pretended I lived in one of the complexes, told them that if they can't shift emptying the dumpsters until later in the day when people are actually awake, when their contract came up we'd be changing companies.  They moved the time.

[South Austin 52686]

8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

For whatever reason, the waste management companies in this city like to empty all of the dumpsters between midnight and 5am.  

Yeah, since I moved to Brentwood closer to the commercial stuff on Burnet Road, I hear dumpster throw-downs almost every weekday morning between 3-5am. 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11822]

48 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Yeah, since I moved to Brentwood closer to the commercial stuff on Burnet Road, I hear dumpster throw-downs almost every weekday morning between 3-5am. 

The big roll-off construction ones are pretty loud when they drop them off.  Also I don’t think there’s a siding by Clarksville, but when the railroad hooks and unhooks cars they are load as hell too.

[CHIEF 5096]

Roll off dumpsters are loud and so are dump truck tailgates.

CHIEF

[atomheartbevo 90041]

This popped up this morning

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/loud-booms-in-south-austin-lead-to-911-calls-but-no-explanation/

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Multiple loud booms woke people up overnight in south Austin. The Austin Police Department says as many as a dozen people called 911. The first call came in at 2:30 a.m.

APD says the callers described the noises as “gunshots,” “a transformer exploding,” and a “loud boom noise.” Multiple people said they could hear at least three different booms. One caller also said this happened before in September.

“Calls to 311 being transferred to 911. 911 operator advised of multiple reports but not explanation,” one KXAN viewer wrote to us. They also said they’ve heard the loud noises since approximately September.

Austin Police sent an officer to the area around 3 a.m. That officer drove around but did not hear the loud sounds.

The Austin Fire Department said there were no electrical issues. Austin Energy is not reporting any outage. APD says due to the number of calls, this “could escalate” during the daytime.

 

[Brisketexan 105569]

Word is that Nelly has been hauled in for questioning, so I guess it's pretty serious.

[swraith 347]

white people problems?

[Judge Roybeanbag 11822]

The 311 call reports from the city are pretty entertaining.  There are some busybodies...

http://311.austintexas.gov/?service_id=5924b454cec0e9d573000007

 

 

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

if you're going to complain about a few explosions in your backyard, don't move to Beirut I guess

[ztejas 43741]

15 hours ago, clapclapclap said:

Ariana Grande concert practice.

[Deej 77162]

3 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

This popped up this morning

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/loud-booms-in-south-austin-lead-to-911-calls-but-no-explanation/

 

 

[yoladu 4165]

18 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Dude, I was doing the Nextdoor stereotype - have you not read the threads on that?

Definitely a Nextdoor stereotype, not much of a Clarkesville stereotype though (unless i have got it wrong about wealthy hippies)

[NAVY 6834]

Your friend shoulds move to the nice, quiet Rundberg area 

[futureman 22565]

it’s NASA testing supersonic commercial planes over residential areas. surprised y’all didn’t know this. 

[wd40 1976]

I remember playing golf (as a civilian) at one of the courses at Ft Knox, years ago.  at one point, I started hearing what I thought was a series of 'dumpster throw-downs'.  my buddy/host explained it was a team of M1s at the gun range.

so maybe this is really just some Jade Helm shit.