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And some excerpts from Facebook postings of residents of Minden:

Elaina McKissack Pepper: "... No damage but me and Zeb both got up and started checking on the kids because we were sure something was very wrong. After checking outside, Zeb gave up. It shook our whole house kind of like an earthquake."

Lela Bryan Lemoine: "In Minden, felt like our house was hit by something. Didn't really hear anything though. But scared the heck out of us!"

Angela Bogues Davis: "We live on Fort Ave. I was upstairs and our house shook and swayed."

Judy Savell Jackson: "... I heard and felt it at my house, but so did everyone else in Minden and surrounding areas!"

Mickie Howard Young: "I felt the explosion here in S. Sibley, I thought it was the pipeline at first. Shook the entire house, but we have no damage. Just a heart that nearly jumped out of my chest."

From Amy in Princeton, Louisiana: "Extremely loud boom like an explosion, caused house to shake for several seconds."

From Donna in Benton, Louisiana: "Large explosion then felt like a whoosh of pressure through house and house shaking."