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Here’s the Brazilian Supreme Court windows breaking from a sonic boom.

Yes. One or two breakings here and there when all the conditions are perfect. Look at the mythbusters tests with the usaf. They came to nothing. Ive sat under many an f18 doing a mach1+ flyby (rcaf). Car stereos create more power, and worldwide probably break more glass.

Upon looking at that video again, I have to wonder if the building design and construction didn't play into that as well, with the very overhang taking energy reflected off the ground and directing it back down towards the windows.

I remember sonic booms in the 1960's in the midwest. They weren't worthy of note.

>A slight puff from a tiny f-15 is a butterfly compared to the winds generated by the fire itself.

May be all that's required [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.