I like how this article and lots of people's tweets mention '2020.' As if 2021 is going to be any better and things won't just remain permanently horrible! Have a nice day!
New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie
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Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie
#82I hope somebody has a chance to make high-quality samples/recordings before it's fixed. I doubt we'll get the chance to hear an instrument like this again, accidental or not.
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Two unrelated anecdotes: 1. A few years ago I spent some time in Falmouth, MA and there was an ongoing battle over newly installed wind turbines. The humming sound was getting to people, including to the point where they were getting headaches. Some people heard it and others didn't. The locals were going to war with the initiative. This article reminded me of that and I checked in on the ordeal. Looks like they shut…
I think the complaints about Falmouth wind turbine noise are eerily similar to complaints that wifi gives people headaches. I don’t think they are founded in reality.
My parents lived up that way, and the amount of NIMBY-ism regarding offshore turbines is staggering. I suspect you may be right, and people just latched onto whatever claim got the turbines shut down.
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When I lived in Nob Hill, there was a quiet long beeping sound that could be heard every couple of minutes - imagine a quiet booooop and you're pretty much there. Definitely sounded electronic. The weird thing was I could actually hear it on quiet days in a large radius in Nob Hill. It didn't seem to be localized on my house. I was never able to identify it, and searching online gave me nothing.
chirping smoke alarm? Saw a YT clip of a dude hunting for annoying beep with army of audio recorders, turned out to be battery depleted fire alarm under the stairs.
Considered this too, but there are two reason I ruled it out:
1. The beep was very long - maybe a second or two - much longer than smoke alarms. 2. I could hear it blocks away from my apartment. No smoke alarm chirp would carry that far.
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#85I'm just glad they identified the source of the hum, many people are impacted for years by unexplainable sounds, and it is maddening. It took me and my neighbours a month to find the source of a hum that was resonating with our windows. It was torture, with midnight walks and lurking around potential sources, mapping nearby industrial sites, and questioning our sanity, while our windows were vibrating without a stop.…
Two unrelated anecdotes: 1. A few years ago I spent some time in Falmouth, MA and there was an ongoing battle over newly installed wind turbines. The humming sound was getting to people, including to the point where they were getting headaches. Some people heard it and others didn't. The locals were going to war with the initiative. This article reminded me of that and I checked in on the ordeal. Looks like they shut…
OK that grouse sound is very trippy considering the context. I would’ve been in the exact same mindset as you. Thank you for sharing.
Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
Two unrelated anecdotes: 1. A few years ago I spent some time in Falmouth, MA and there was an ongoing battle over newly installed wind turbines. The humming sound was getting to people, including to the point where they were getting headaches. Some people heard it and others didn't. The locals were going to war with the initiative. This article reminded me of that and I checked in on the ordeal. Looks like they shut…
That ruffed grouse video is great but does not really do justice to how startling that sound can be. Imagine walking through the woods, no one around, and all of a sudden it sounds like a lawn mower starting up very close to you. It is unbelievably startling, even if you know what it is.
As a horror film fan, I was thinking combustion powered chainsaw.
Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie
#87Lisbon also has a bridge that you can hear from miles away: one lane in each direction has a surface made of metal grating which makes a loud hum when cars drive over it. People who live nearby don't notice it (strange looks if you point it out) but I think it's sad that it's impossible to escape the constant noise in certain places.
Another relevant bit about Lisbon's 25 de Abril bridge is the common misconception that it was designed by the same company as the golden gate, as it looks similar and also has a red paintjob, when it was in fact the company that designed the Bay Bridge, which is even more similar (except for the colour).
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#88"In the future the most valuable thing will be silence" --Voltaire
"Escape From Noise"'s cover art is now even more appropriate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_Noise
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chirping smoke alarm? Saw a YT clip of a dude hunting for annoying beep with army of audio recorders, turned out to be battery depleted fire alarm under the stairs.
Considered this too, but there are two reason I ruled it out: 1. The beep was very long - maybe a second or two - much longer than smoke alarms. 2. I could hear it blocks away from my apartment. No smoke alarm chirp would carry that far.
Perhaps a UPS complaining that its battery is dying/dead?
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Your description reminded me of a similar sound on my first night on anchor with my first chartered yacht. Turns out it was a fan in our inverter that was somehow switched on and it completely drained both our batteries (wrong installation) overnight so we couldn't lift the anchor nor start the engine in the morning
how did you get out of that one?
Use the sails and lift the anchor manually? (I'm guessing, don't have a yacht).