"what was that?!?!?!'

Those are the words I woke up saying after hearing an extremely loud blast at 2 am thursday night. My heart was racing out of control and fear swept over me. I wondered if it was some sort of an attack or a shot from a huge weapon that was loud enough to feel like earth quaking. Dale immediately got up and checked on the kids...they were fine..he went outside (which I admit, scared me a bit) He came back in and said from his vast array of bomb experiences while he was on his mission, it sounded like an explosion less than a mile away towards the northwest.

..he continued saying he believed "it was across the railroad tracks up on the hill." He said he expected to hear emergency vehicles any moment. I was comforted by his assesment because it meant that whatever the threat was, it was not actually in my yard, coming after my family, but I grew concerned over what "IT" was...Dale further said he felt the earth shake right before he woke up and was pretty confidant that it was an explosion...which left us guessing exactly what caused the explosion...


After a few minutes we heard the siren from the firehouse...then we heard emergency vehicles...we knew the kids were asleep, so we drove in the direction Dale had determined the explosion had occured...he pinpointed the location exactly and we drove to it. What a sight..the following is a news story from the event....

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A deputy state fire marshal says a propane explosion flattened a home.

Officials say a house in the 2200 block of Flag Marsh Road exploded just before 2 a.m.

When crews arrived, they saw debris scattered around the location, and a home that was completely destroyed.

There was no one living in the house and right now, there don't appear to be any injuries - but neighbors heard the explosion up to 15 miles away.

Officials say at least three other houses were damaged by the early morning event.

Here is a map showing the location of the explosion from our house

http://maps.yourgmap.com/v/8_143_House_explosion.html