Could it be an aeolian sound?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolian_sound
Essential a giant flute played by the wind.
I'm looking to make one of these out of bamboo.
There's a Persistent Hum in Windsor, Ontario, and No One Knows Why
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Re: There's a Persistent Hum in Windsor, Ontario, and No One Knows Why
#112Wild guess:Maybe a constant seismic vibration that is coming from deep under that is of a certain frequency
If that were the case, you would think that seismologists would already have answered this.
Re: There's a Persistent Hum in Windsor, Ontario, and No One Knows Why
#113Now I am deeply curious! I’m a Detroiter and Zug Island is a quick drive south. Is it audible from the US side? I have a passport, but “I want to hear the Windsor hum” might not, unfortunately, fly at the border anymore.
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#114Garbage, sensationalist title with mentions of "unknown origin". Even the article says the likely source is Zug island, but of course this wouldn't get as many clicks. According to the mentioned University of Windsor report ( http://www.international.gc.ca/department-ministere/windsor_... ) "A previous study confirmed the existence of the low frequency excitation and estimated the source to be in the vicinity of Zug…
So, Canada should tell the US, please stop doing all your noise... or else?
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#115I'm listening to this right now [1] and (for those of you who don't have a chance to hear it right now) it definitely isn't what I would call a "hum"... that's way too gentle and not bass enough to describe this sound. I'd call it more like low-frequency rumbling (though that's probably not a perfect word for it either). [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPDILKQjJW8
So today I learned I’m sensitive to sounds like this. I’ve been hearing stuff like this my whole life when nobody else could. Sometimes I get high pitched noise too. I just thought it was me.
I never have quiet. Even in a hearing test with the headphones on I can hear a loud brown noise. My wife and mom say I have hearing damage but I don’t do terrible on hearing tests. I don’t do great either they just always act like it’s nothing so I don’t know what to think.
Re: There's a Persistent Hum in Windsor, Ontario, and No One Knows Why
#116Sorry for this I am not experiencing it so maybe I'm completely wrong but these people seem to be overblowing this a lot. Health effects? I mean, it's a hum. Sure you can't find the source but heaters hum, ACs hum, cars going past hum, bass hums. Like how is it possible that it's this huge of a problem? When a humming stops I tend to actually miss it because it becomes too quiet. I tend to hear the air conditioners o…
Good for you, but for some of us it will drive you nuts. The quieter it gets as you try to sleep, the louder the hum seems to get. And if you hear it more in one ear than the other, it feels like your head is warping from more pressure on one side than the other. Sure it's "all in your head", and just like with being a little too cold you could theoretically train yourself to ignore it. But that's easier said than done.
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#117@dang why did you delete the "And no one knows why" from the title? Did it sound clickbaity to you? Seems pretty critical to the article to me. The whole thing is about the search for what the hum is, not what the hum is.
That sounds clickbaity to me too. If it sounds even clickbaity in the slightest I'm sure they'd remove it.
Re: There's a Persistent Hum in Windsor, Ontario, and No One Knows Why
#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
I live there ... I was away for many years and saw a few stories in the news and kinda laughed it off ... now not laughing so much The leading theories are it has something to do with this mordor like place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zug_Island
uuhhh..."Originally a marsh-filled peninsula at the mouth of the River Rouge, it served as an uninhabited Native American burial ground for thousands of years."
heh... "proof" that ghosts are real.
Re: There's a Persistent Hum in Windsor, Ontario, and No One Knows Why
#119Common causes of such hums: sewage pumps, large transformer stations, roof mounted AC heat rejectors, hydropower plants, refrigeration installations. It's surprising how far contact sound will carry.
As well as very large lasers. Maybe those of the xkcd-what-if size.
Re: There's a Persistent Hum in Windsor, Ontario, and No One Knows Why
#120> The Hum is a phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.