Residents across Accomack and Northampton Counties reported feeling and hearing a series of loud booms and vibrations early Thursday afternoon, with social media posts beginning around 1:44 p.m. flooding with similar accounts from multiple towns.
Ann Beamer Williams was among the first to post publicly, asking if others in Onancock heard the noise. Dozens of responses quickly followed from nearby communities, including Belle Haven, Wachapreague, Onley, Exmore, Eastville, and Machipongo.
“It shook the house!” wrote Amy Waller Hartman. Shannon Maige Isdell, who lives on Sturgis Pond Road in Onancock, said, “It shook our house! I actually looked outside because I thought someone hit it.”…