Have you called DPS, the local sheriff's department or TxDOT? Someone will know what is going on. Maybe you should stay in the house and away from the windows - we'd hate for you to get hit by a stray round!

Jolana, I sure hope none of the helicopter pilots are blondes!!

Hey Jolana,

Maybe you guys are the new AREA 51!

Nanoo, Nanoo

Kristi

Hehehe, I'm sure they aren't firing where it could hit us or maybe I have too much faith, lol

Jac, I will call, does the military check in with local authorities?

Petra, I hope not,lol
I don't have any cheating spouses of copter pilots in a pool so I guess it will be okay, lo

Remuda, that would be cool if I can see a real Alien, lol

No, I didn't mean Rat Race, I meant the joke I posted for PJ, hehe:

How did the blond explain how his helicopter crashed?
He said it was getting cold, so he turned off the ceiling fan.

Oh, LMBO, I guess I had rat race on the brain, hehehe

The sheriff's dept doesn't know what's going on but says it's safe.
When my mailperson gets here, he'll know...he knows everything going on around here, lol

Sounds like war training exercises. They do get noisy, at times.

When I was at Fort Hood, we set off all kinds of stuff in training, including some rather substantial explosive charges (as in after you got well back, before setting the charges off, you still had to run like h***!, as the debris came flying way past where you expected!)

The guard is carrying a significant amount of the war load in this "volunteer" army environment......which means summer "training camp" exercises, are much more intensive than in normal times.

If there is any 'loud or suspicious' training going on, the local agency is supposed to be notified. Doesn't mean it happens! I'd ask what "safe" means. Is it they don't want to mess with you, they don't know or it really is safe?

My completely uneducated guess is they are doing some kind of training and you probably are not in harm's way. You deserve an answer as to when things to quiet down again. Someone who trains horses, works with veterans or cares for the elderly, (to name a few) would need some concrete answers asap.

Sounds scary!!! EEEKKK! I lived near Edward's Airforce Base in CA. They have the Stealth Plane etc... that go faster than the speed of sound. When a plane breaks the sound barrier it creates a sonic "boom" that sounds like an explosion nearby and shakes the house. Scared the H*ll out of visitors but the locals,including animals, got used to it after a while. Maybe you got some new aircraft in? I'd definatly ask the mailman. Mine knows what all is happening too!
Ha ha Petra :^) PJ

Okay, it has quieted down and my mailperson says all he knows is special exercising, what does that mean?
I guess it could mean just about anything, lol
I went out on 290 and coming back home I noticed a place on the highway that used to have a bunch of white lines,patterns, probaly means something anyway, there have been red and blue lines now.
Anyone know what that is?

War games usually have two colors.....worn as arm bands, to identify the "opposing" forces. Might be the explanation.

They are probably planning festivities for the fourth and are practicing. Maybe fireworks? The red, white and blue lines seem to indicate something holiday related.

But then again. . . . I've been known to be wrong!

And, like me, you thought you were moving to the "country". Hope it quitens down soon - can you hear the noise in the house?

4th of July, lol, Those lines are permanately on the highway now, lol

Carrie, yeah, you know. When I was in the house, the boom was muffled but the walls shook. When I was outside it was scary.
The first one I actually jumped and gasped real loud. If Billy had been here he would still be laughing, lol

Jolana,

the military has to notify the local authorities if it makes things go boom, or has things that fly. Now if you live outside urban areas the rules are not as strict. There are noise level laws, and flight laws and if you are truely concerned you can report them. Most likely they have been notified already and and everything they are doing is within the realms of legal. We have helo training every two months here and some cotton farmer is always reporting that we are spying on him or their family...yes we are out there to get you...lol.

Joe

I'm sure it is legal, kinda. I don't want to report them, they NEED training.
I knew something was going to change because there was suddenly much more activity, I just wasn't expecting the BIG booms, lol which has started back up again, lol
Also, there are pop pops at night now
Joe, you made me think of one of our older neighbors down the road, he always thinks planes and helicopters are spying on him. Of course most of the planes aren't low and if you look up they look like corporate jets, lol

Lucky you!! I would be outside on a chase lounge, with an iced tea and a pair of binoculars.....sound yummy!!

I love things that blow up and go bang.....lol

Is that guy hunting again? Watch out!
Tally HO!

That does it.
Jolana, you need to just move by me.

Either that or get some ear plugs. lol

Isn't it funny how loud noises sound so close in the quiet country.

Don't you know some marijuana grower dirtied his drawers when those big birds went over!
The big booms were just icing on the cake...rotflol

ROTFLMBO, jac, dirtied his drawers?, hehehehe I haven't heard that in a while
but I bet you are right, lol

Carol, you're right it did sound close, even tho there is a lot of acreage between where they actually are and here

Tally, I hope I can *suck* in time, don't want to get peppered, lol
Mrs Box, you can't actually see in there that's why everyone around is even more suspicious, lol
Here's a funny part. I didn't say anything to DH about how loud they were today so when he got home we were out back while grilling and then BOOM, I laughed so hard I cried, he didn't look like an old fart with a bad back when he jumped, lol

Poor Gary, Jolana - playing tricks on him again. LOL

miss jolana that sounds scary...When I go to mom's Im use to the pop pop sounds especially during deer season..they live why out in the woods...
But at home...and your walls shake??..Ack...
Hope it settles down soon!!!
Dena

Tally, I want you and everyone to know I MEANT DUCK, lol
Sometimes my fingers don't work right but it gave me a good laugh, I crack myself up, hehehehehe
I haven't heard anything today

Hmm, I was going to write "Freudian Slip", but I am not gonna, nope, not me!! Bwaahahahahahahahahahahaha...

I bet it was funny when Gary jumped.

It's always good to have a few laughs with the hubbie...I mean at the hubbie. hehehe

We know what you really meant!
Myself, I would have a nice thick file at the FBI. Because when the noise started I would paint myself up in camoflauge, stick branches and leaves on me, get the binoculars and a big flashlight and stalk them. Then I would stand in the back yard with my "rifle"-the rake-and point it at the helicopters and make gun noises. After the FBI arrested me I would go on Good Morning America to proclaim my innocence and c/o the government spying on good old American gardeners who are just trying to help end hunger. And that was just plain old mud stuck to me, thank you very much, and who EVER heard of shooting at a helicopter with a rake? The government has gone crazy, first tapping out phones, then how we spend our money, that right there is proof, all my money goes to nurseries and garden books, 6 of my ancestors fought for this country's freedom way back when, I'm a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution for crying out loud, noone in MY family ever shirked their military duty, my husband is a Vietnam Vet! What is wrong with the government? Terrorist everywhere and they are scaring and arresting gardeners!
Of course, I probably already have a file with the FBI!!
Keep your head down!
Tally HO!

ROFL!!
Ohhh my Tally!!!...lol!! you are a mess!! Too funny!!
Made my morning!!
Dena

Tally, I saw your file while I was editing mine. Actually, I thought your file WAS mine.

My Dad was a fishing guide on the Coast, and he took people like Richard Nixon (as VP), James Baker (when he was Sec of State for Bush 41), and all the Joint Chiefs of Staff fishing. He lived in Port O'Connor, and the Secret Service would swoop down on that little town and do the sweep to make it all safe. It was really something to see.

I was raised a military brat, and married into it twice. I lived at K.I. Sawyer AFB in Michigan, which was a big SAC base during the Cold War. Living on a SAC base in the Cold War, especially on the Artic Route, was a real experience!
I will never forget Red Alerts, lock downs, and all that good stuff. If they had a big boom, it was going to be a BIG BOOM!, like take out Detroit! LOL

Goodness, my life is dull now. I am so happy......

Jolana, it could be the National Guard training to go to the border.

Janie

Tally, you really are a hoot. I will have my rake loaded.

Camp Bullis is about 3 miles from my house....across Blanco Road. This is where they do artillary training for the youngsters fixin' to go overseas. There have been a couple times that the walls shook.

Tally, what a funny story. You should write for the funny papers. lol Too funny.

I can just picture you with your rake in hand.