Anyone else been hearing an loud, banging noise in lower Mt. Vernon? Seems to have started earlier this week and "bangs" every twenty minutes or so. I'd guess construction, but I've been hearing it 24/7. Almost sounds like something mechanical on a business roof, but it's decently loud.

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ObviousGazelle t1_j9n34ls wrote on February 23, 2023 at 3:41 AM

It's live fire exercises and testing at APG in Harford county. They've been shaking my house all day. I can hear the heavy machine gun fire. It sounds like hammering with a "boom boom boom boom boom boom then pause then again in quick successions. Due to atmospheric conditions and especially when it's colder they can be heard or felt all over MD, DE, and into Southern PA

DisentangledElm OP t1_j9n6763 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 4:06 AM

> APG

Wow. I'm surprised we can hear it that far. I wonder if they're simply doing something new? I don't remember hearing it in years past or really hearing anything repetitive so late in the evening / early morning.

Thanks for the info!

ObviousGazelle t1_j9nb019 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 4:49 AM

They are testing outside of "normal business hours" now. They didn't do that for the longest time but I guess the latest base commanders don't give a F. Theyve done live fire heavy machine guns (I'm talking 20mm/coax and large tank mounted artillery type weapons) as late as 12 midnight back in the summer. It's definitely a newer problem. They don't do the massive explosions late at night at least but they set off a couple of house shaking and window rattling explosions today. I usually go to the MD Severe Weather Alert Facebook page to see because they're the only ones who post confirming it. They get a LOT of complaints but nobody cares anymore

coredenale t1_j9r0u3r wrote on February 23, 2023 at 11:07 PM

Been going all night, and still is, are they trying to break the Siege of Dundalk or something?

Seems like the Dundalkians would have surrendered by now...

ObviousGazelle t1_j9r9i9w wrote on February 24, 2023 at 12:07 AM

"Never gives up never surrender!"

Mobile_Spinach_1980 t1_j9oon4g wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:12 PM

Your neighbors having a good time?

coredenale t1_j9pklvw wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:42 PM

I've had it in Washington Hill, figured it was pipes or something.

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Illustrious_Listen_6 t1_j9o962f wrote on February 23, 2023 at 11:51 AM

I hear it too. Sounds like a bang from a garbage dumpster. It could be a garbage truck…