Route 66 musical road rumble strip - video

[Clockguy]

Jon, REALLY??? Where do you find these things?? It is this type of "is he kidding or is he serious" posts that drag me back each day to see what you and others have dredged up for the day!

But seriously, I took my chocolate lab for a run, on an area of the Eglin AFB here in Florida, one afternoon and it happened that they had just resurfaced the 2 lane road feeding by this very large field used by the USAF for training of all sorts. This field is 2 miles long and a mile deep off of the road and is used for everything from parachute training to night ops training to close air to ground combat support with old tanks and vehicles setting at the northern end of the field. I was a half mile off the road and was enjoying the warmth of the afternoon when I hear this low growling RRRRRRRRMPH sound coming from behind me! I know that most of the readers here have heard this same exact sound on videos showing the uses for the A-10 Warthog in close air support drills and actual combat videos. That GAU 8 in the A-10's nose makes an unmistakable sound which strikes fear in the hearts of many enemy foot soldiers, [It's not called the "Equalizer" without reason].

I finally learned that this awesome sound that startled the bejeepers out of me since I am running my dog on a test firing range, among other uses, and my old beat up "woods" pickup could have easily been mistaken for a likely "target" for any pilot who was directed my way, was nothing more than the rumble strips placed on the center lines to warn drivers of their wandering into the oncoming lane when they are playing with their phones or trying to eat a Big Mac while trying to drive!!

At a speed of probably 60 mph or better, the sound of those rumble strips was a most chilling sound for a vet to hear no matter which military era he was akin to!! And the reaction that they evoked in a drowsy or otherwise non-attentive driver was just the right spacing for a realistic burst of fire from a nearby approaching Warthog!! Needless to say, it was my immediate plan, from that day on, to check with the "Jackson Guard" before taking my dog for a run, to make sure that there were no training sessions on that site!