National Weather Service Meteorologist Crystal Pettet said frost quakes can only happen in special circumstances. “OMG! Thought it was my furnace going to explode!.it was loud but now my mind is at ease,” said Suzanne Bates of Akron, Ohio. “ Both jumped up and stared at the wall then looking at me like I did something.” “Wish someone was here to see how scared my dogs were,” wrote Donna Drake, of Columbia City.
“Heard it last night and thought one of our pipes busted,” wrote Chris Peltonen of Westfield. “Thank you for this information! I have heard booms, pops and creaks and it’s really creepy!” wrote Robin Moser, of Noblesville. The fire department post has drawn more than 1,600 responses from relieved residents across the state and elsewhere who thought their homes or communities might have been under assault by some unknown but loud force. When I was a kid.: Yes, they closed school for cold weather when you were a kid Investigation: How Indiana is throwing away a huge economic opportunity by not recycling The water underground freezes rapidly, then expands and explodes, cracking the ground around it and creating mini-seismic quakes. They happen when water saturates the ground and the temperature drops rapidly from above freezing to near zero. Tim Griffin said the booms are caused by rare subterranean icy disturbances known as cryoseisms.
The city of Carmel received so many inquires that the fire department posted a likely explanation on its Facebook page: frost quakes.įire Capt. Some said they thought a tree had fallen on their roofs or their furnaces exploded. Thousands of people around Indiana are reporting hearing loud booms, cracks and “pops” that have woken them from sleep, scared their animals and rattled their homes. The extreme cold the last couple days has not only been teeth-rattling, it’s been earth-shaking. View Gallery: Extreme cold weather settles in Indianapolis
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