Posts Tagged ‘Sonic Boom’

Obooma: I Felt It | The Speed and Power of Social Communications

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
President Barack Obama visited Seattle on Augst 17, 2010. At approximately 1:38pm two F15 fighter jets were scrambled out of Portland to intercept a seaplane that inadvertently violated the secured airspace over downtown as it landed on Lake Washington. These F15s caused sonic booms that were heard not just in downtown Seattle, but all over Western Washington. This is the story of what happened next. As soon as the sonic booms occured, the Seattle Twittersphere was abuzz with questioRead More....