And the Hits Just Keep on Coming…

August 12, 2006 - 1:09 PM by Allison

Adrian up north isn’t just used to the rocket attack background noise by now, he’s so used to it that he’s begun ANALYZING it…

If it’s a double , low throated ‘boom’ it’s over the hills, away from the wonderful valley where I live. A ‘thud’ sound means it was close but not too close. A ‘thud-crack’ sound means it was next door. The geeky, nerdy side of me thinks about sound propagation through air and attenuation by frequency. The’crack’ bit might be higher frequencies. Anything written on the subject? Part of me muses on whether shrapnel fragments are sub sonic or not. I am so painfully ignorant on small arms ballistics.

….The phone rings again and again. Mrs E. is upset. Her hosts are upset that I wasn’t there yesterday. I explain. The phone rings again. I’m still pulled over by the side of the road as I don;t drive and phone. I ring to sort things out. Sirens again. I leave the car and go to the bushes feeling really stupid and lie down. Phone rings. ‘It hit where?’

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