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BOOMS ROCK OKLAHOMA

About the start of every New Year for the last several years loud booms and the sounds of what many have described as “blowing of the shofar (Biblical ram’s horn)” have been heard around the world.

This year is no exception. For the past two days, central Oklahoma residents have heard thunderous, ground-shaking booms which rattled their homes and frightened livestock.

Among news reports, including the Associated Press, meteorolog...