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Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by the_pwner224 » Sat, Jun 06, 2020, 9:53 PM UTC

Gibbon1 wrote: post #185

Dahoon wrote: post #159

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What makes it epic compared to other bridges? Well except being in many films so more people knows about it.

It's universally considered to be a beautiful bridge. Compare and contrast with the old eastern span of the bay bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%E2%80%93Oakland_... You have to admit the old eastern span was just ugly.

I also don't understand why the Golden Gate is considered beautiful. I've seen it in person.

Paint the old one orange and it'll look the same.

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by tejtm » Sat, Jun 06, 2020, 9:56 PM UTC

chubot wrote: post #109

dylan604 wrote: post #38

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2) It's amazing how perspective changes with more information. It is very odd how much that sounds just like a mower having difficulty starting, and is exactly the conclusion I would have jumped to it being. Glad you were able to get a better answer.

Are the birds imitating sounds they heard in the forest? Mimicry is a powerful thing

It's a mating call that predates combustion engines most likely by millennia(s)

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by 1propionyl » Sat, Jun 06, 2020, 10:01 PM UTC

joebergeron wrote: post #183

dustym wrote: post #24

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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…

1. Very funny to be reading this. I grew up in Falmouth, and lived there until 2014 when I graduated highschool. I obviously wasn't incredibly attuned to this issue, but as I recall, the only people opposed to the installation of the turbines were a very small, very vocal, and very, very, wealthy minority of people who owned mind-bogglingly expensive beach houses and lived there two months out of the year. I'm fairly…

In truth, the real reason for the disparity in perception is... supernatural in origin.

You see... it's the Curse of Chappaquidick. The sound isn't just the breeze passing through turbines. It's the wailing of the immortal soul of Mary Jo Kopechne, her soul mercifully freed from the watery depths but bound to the wind.

Her soul, unable to find rest so long as the negligent and wealthy haunt her resting place, now eternally floats upon the wind... from Chappaquidick into the Vineyard Sound... across Penzance Point... into the Bay, and back out to sea.

But her spirit is not unkind or unfair. She has no discontent for teachers, scientists, artists, or sailors. They cannot hear her. They say... that only the truly wealthy can hear her cries.

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by Falloodude » Sat, Jun 06, 2020, 10:04 PM UTC

Holy moly I can hear this from the Inner Richmond at night, WHILE IN MY BED. I thought my tinnitus was doing something new, but it's the freaking bridge!

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by thombat » Sat, Jun 06, 2020, 10:05 PM UTC

Drdrdrq wrote: post #175

alias_neo wrote: post #165

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I forgot about the part where you would have a phone and can call for help! Why is the landing part hard, is it about maneuvering and slowing?

In the marinas you have limited maneuvering space and with sails you are limited in which directions you can go - directly against the wind is not possible, you need to zig-zag. Slowing is also a bit more difficult. To add to trouble, marines are often built in places with less wind (of course) and wind might change direction during landing. Note that it's still quite possible, just more challenging, risky too I gues…

Extending this comment, before motors it was routine to have to wait for favourable winds, especially in harbours and confined waterways. Here's the famous navigator James Cook setting out from London on his second voyage:

"I sailed from Deptford, April 9th, 1772, but got no farther than Woolwich, where I was detained by easterly winds till the 23d, when the ship fell down to Long Reach, and the next day was joined by the Adventure. Here both ships received on board their powder, guns, gunners' stores, and marines."

[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/e00044.html]

So the "Resolution" managed about 8km on the day of departure from the London naval dockyard, then remained anchored in the river for 13 days waiting for the wind to change direction, finally managing 16km to the victualling dock.

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by sgt » Sat, Jun 06, 2020, 10:07 PM UTC

dessant wrote: post #14

I'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.…

Sound disturbances can cause health problems. Imagine living next to noisy neighbors and how that would affect you long term.

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by Gibbon1 » Sat, Jun 06, 2020, 10:10 PM UTC

baby wrote: post #200

Gibbon1 wrote: post #185

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It's universally considered to be a beautiful bridge. Compare and contrast with the old eastern span of the bay bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%E2%80%93Oakland_... You have to admit the old eastern span was just ugly.

the bay bridge at night is not bad https://www.google.com/search?q=bay+bridge+at+night&sxsrf=AL...

Talking about the old eastern span, the new span looks a lot nicer.

https://seaonc-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/05/Old-E...

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by emmelaich » Sat, Jun 06, 2020, 10:13 PM UTC

sah2ed wrote: post #128

emmelaich wrote: post #117

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The lyrebird can imitate a chainsaw -- among many other things. This is from the BBC's Life on Earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

That’s amazing, thanks for the share! I’m one of today’s lucky 10,000.

Excellent! I thought everyone had seen this, indeed.

Don't fall for the parody though ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFy8QkNWWs

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by emmelaich » Sat, Jun 06, 2020, 10:16 PM UTC

emmelaich wrote: post #117

alias_neo wrote: post #86

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As a horror film fan, I was thinking combustion powered chainsaw.

The lyrebird can imitate a chainsaw -- among many other things. This is from the BBC's Life on Earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

Note that there is a bit of subterfuge in this -- some or all of the lyrebirds mimicking were in captivity and would have heard these unnatural sounds much more than the typical wild bird.

https://theconversation.com/lyrebirds-mimicking-chainsaws-fa...

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Post by rewtraw » Sat, Jun 06, 2020, 10:17 PM UTC

dustym wrote: post #24

dessant wrote: post #14

I'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…

When I thru hiked the Appalachian Trail I nearly went mad trying to identify that “drumming” sound. It was so deep that it felt like it was coming from inside my body, and I was concerned that it was some strange condition.

Finally, at one point I asked a group of other thru hikers if they had experienced it, and they all excitedly nodded, but none of us knew the source. Finally, some local day hiker said “oh, it’s probably just a grouse”. And the mystery was solved. Many of us were very confused for months!