gas leak explosion

a house exploded in sterling

I live in Gaithersburg and felt my house shake. Thought it was a sonic boom.

we are in rockville near harris teeters and felt something around 8:25pm.

Our Potomac neighborhood is 10 miles away in a straight line from that house in Sterling. Everyone here is posting that we all thought a tree fell on our house.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds terrible

https://x.com/alanhenney/status/1758667935479124315?s=12

Omg. I hope they can get out of the basement!

I’ve read now three are out of the basement, condition of those three is not confirmed.

Anonymous wrote:Sounds terrible

https://x.com/alanhenney/status/1758667935479124315?s=12

Omg. I hope they can get out of the basement!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can they hear something in Bethesda? That’s so far. I am at a hotel in Loudoun and didn’t hear anything.

You’re in a hotel that’s made for sound proofing. All depends on topography/obstacles for sound waves. Being the person that wrote that I heard it in Bethesda… I can promise you we did. Sounded like someone hit some outside our house.

This hotel is a dump. I can hear the cars outside lock my their doors and people talking. I can’t believe I wouldn’t hear it a few miles away but someone in Olney can.

I don't think anyone from Olney posted that they heard it. Whether you believe it or not, what else did I (the OP) hear at the same time the house exploded in Sterling? It was loud, it startled my dog who barked.

I’m in a hotel 5 miles from the house in sterling and heard nothing, I can hear people coughing outside my window and shutting car doors. Doesn’t seem likely that sound would travel to 270 corridor? Maybe something else happened around same time up in MD.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can they hear something in Bethesda? That’s so far. I am at a hotel in Loudoun and didn’t hear anything.

You’re in a hotel that’s made for sound proofing. All depends on topography/obstacles for sound waves. Being the person that wrote that I heard it in Bethesda… I can promise you we did. Sounded like someone hit some outside our house.

This hotel is a dump. I can hear the cars outside lock my their doors and people talking. I can’t believe I wouldn’t hear it a few miles away but someone in Olney can.

I heard/felt it in Chevy Chase.

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