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TAVARES – Law-enforcements officials in Lake County said they were "slammed" with calls this afternoon from residents concerned about window-rattling, earth-shaking reverberations in their neighborhoods.

But the shaking and trembling vibrations were caused by live bombing training at the U.S. Navy's Pinecastle Bombing Range in the Ocala National Forest in northern Lake County.

The range has been bombing all day on the first of eight days of bomb training, said Kaylee LaRocque, deputy public affairs officer for the Naval Air Station Jacksonville.

Today's bombing began at 10:30 a.m. and will end one hour after sunset. The same schedule will continue Nov. 14 to Nov. 15 and again on Nov. 17 to Nov. 19. On Nov. 16, the time change is noon to one hour past sunset and on Nov. 20 the timing is shortened from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

People with noise complaints can call 1-800-874-5059.

"We have received calls reporting noise and vibrations from as far north as Lady Lake and as far south as Howey-in-the-Hills," said Sgt. John Herrell, a spokesman for the Lake County Sheriff's Department. "We have also had similar reports from callers in Sorrento."

Herrell said the bombing range will have active exercises for about two weeks.

The Navy has held a special-use permit from the U.S. Forest Service for target practice at the bombing range for about 50 years. The Pinecastle Bombing Range is located about two miles west of State Road 19.

The site is the only place on the east coast where the Navy has live impact training.