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On 05/08/2020 20:55, charles wrote:
Buncefield? I heard the bang here, and it shook the windows. 45km away.


It woke us up at the same distance. I remember listening, not hearing
sirens, and going back to sleep. I'd realised even when just woken that
it wasn't on our doorstep, but didn't think it was that far away.

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On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 21:50:28 +0100, Vir Campestris wrote:

On 05/08/2020 20:55, charles wrote:
Buncefield? I heard the bang here, and it shook the windows. 45km
away.


It woke us up at the same distance. I remember listening, not hearing
sirens, and going back to sleep. I'd realised even when just woken that
it wasn't on our doorstep, but didn't think it was that far away.

Andy


SWMBO's cousins (three of them) all lived about a mile or so away.

They heard it!



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