The Big Boom Theory

On the night of October 3, 2018, I was sitting in bed, surfing my TV for a show to watch. At about 10:20 p.m., a thunderous boom shook my neighborhood. I paused in my surfing, glanced around my room, and listened for other sounds of alarm, such as sirens. Hearing nothing more, I signed on to Netflix. Before I set my pillow for sleep, I visited my neighborhood’s social media page; it was lit up with the usual comments: “WHAT WAS THAT BOOM?” and, “Did anyone else hear that