Alright well, they were scared. That's what I meant.

Still, not mortified. Terrified yes, but not mortified. I have two cats, one of who was very spooked (not mortified) and the other who woke up for 10 minutes before the sleep battle won again (also not mortified).

I understand some people may not have pets, but it's obvious. Loud noises terrify cats and rabbits. I wasn't home when the jets went over, but my roommates were, and our cat ran out of the room and hid for hours. He was startled by sudden noise the rest of the day. It's pretty easy to see the signs.

I've had a lot of real negative comments on this and it's frustrating. I get that my original post was highly negative so it's expected, and I also understand how some enjoyed yesterdays flyover. As a second explanation, I'll say that my girlfriend and I both just really got spooked by "extremely loud and sudden noise in public." sudden things like that trigger my anxiety, especially with how many domestic terrorism incidents are in the news. For someone without anxiety, I get that this is hard to understand, falling was also traumatic as I am coming off of a serious injury. I'm no stranger to aircraft noise, I worked at a regional airport for years, and I lived in Burlington Vermont for 6 years which is home to the extremely controversial (for noise reasons) green mountain boys. I didn't mean to piss anyone off, just consider that some people might react to things differently perhaps.

I get that it's cool to see the aircraft, I'd generally agree, this time just seemed more intense and sudden. I appreciate that your comment is a different point of view and still a mature response.

That's what we thought too. A lot of people are saying it's unrealistic to assume an explosion or attack. To those saying that, anxiety doesnt think rationally.

Not sure how you know when your pets are mortified. YMMV.

My house was shaking. I legit thought there was some sort of explosion going off nearby

I was watching the Bruins game on TV, so I connected the dots pretty quickly. But there should be better way to let people know it's coming.

Second Judy’s Bay with the fireplace! Love that place.

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Yep agreed. I was in the bathroom and my first thought was airplane - no, too loud, building collapsing? - no, no movement - what is it? Then my GF said it was probably military jets.

Bad idea, especially with no warning. Articles about it now generally seem on the same page: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/01/02/flyover-for-bruins-game-at-fenway-park-freaks-out-boston-area-residents-almost-had-a-heart-attack/

How did you know it was coming? I wish I had!

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I knew it was coming, but this one was particularly loud and still caught me off guard.

Vincent’s near Kendall square

That's kinda what spooked us. Just "loud noise in public" kinda triggered us to assume we were about to be in a domestic terrorism incident or something. Once we realized what was going on we were just annoyed.

Bruins game at Fenway

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Amelia’s for Italian is amazing. Also enjoyed Judy’s bay recently which had an actual fireplace running.

Not sure why you were downvoted. I’ve seen/heard a ton over the years but this one was louder than usual and was powerful enough that my house shook.

I confidently agree with “never heard a flyover like this”

I'm sure people with PTSD thoroughly enjoy surprises of that magnitude

Lived in Cambridge since 2012 and never heard a flyover like this.