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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Spud on June 25, 2015, 12:47:11 PM
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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. Hums have been widely reported by national media in the UK and the United States. The Hum is sometimes prefixed with the name of a locality where the problem has been particularly publicized: e.g., the "Bristol Hum" or the "Taos Hum".
Data from a Taos Hum study suggests that around two percent of the population could detect the Taos Hum. For those who can hear the Hum it can be a very disturbing phenomenon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hum
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Supernatural bees?
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I have a constant humming in my ears, particularly the left one, which is due to tinnitus. I have had it for over 30 years and more prominently in the last ten years!
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My dad was susceptible to the hum and I am in my old age. I reckon it is low frequency industrial noise that travels through the ground for miles. My dad retired to the coast where there were oil rigs way off shore. I heard this as I got older but couldn't years before this. I reckon it must be genetic or something that causes some in their old age to start to hear this stuff....?
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Thanks for sharing that, Jack. Good to know I'm not alone! I hear it at night, and sometimes I have to wear a pair of industrial mufflers. Even they don't cut the noise out completely. I am thinking that one way to reduce the noise might be to upgrade our single-glazed windows to double-glazed. I will need to check out whether that will work or not.
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I reckon it must be genetic or something that causes some in their old age to start to hear this stuff....?
I think it's over-sensitive hearing. My right ear over compensates for my left ear which is high-tone deaf. So I hear the hum with my right ear only.
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It seems to be entirely natural.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/have-you-heard-the-hum-mystery-of-earths-low-droning-noise-could-now-be-solved-10182111.html
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CRAZIES!!
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Two points regarding that article, Rhi and Rose. Firstly, why has it only been heard over the last forty years? There is no record of it being heard before that. Also, I don't hear it in the countryside away from the town- I would expect to if it was coming from oscillation of the earth.
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CRAZIES!!
Could you elucidate, please?
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I reckon it must be genetic or something that causes some in their old age to start to hear this stuff....?
I think it's over-sensitive hearing. My right ear over compensates for my left ear which is high-tone deaf. So I hear the hum with my right ear only.
From what you have said in your two posts I'm thinking it is an internal problem. Your hum sounds too loud to be 'The Hum'. I'm not a doctor so I'm only guessing - in this case you can't trust me.
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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. Hums have been widely reported by national media in the UK and the United States. The Hum is sometimes prefixed with the name of a locality where the problem has been particularly publicized: e.g., the "Bristol Hum" or the "Taos Hum".
Data from a Taos Hum study suggests that around two percent of the population could detect the Taos Hum. For those who can hear the Hum it can be a very disturbing phenomenon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hum
Fortunately no.
I haven't heard mention of " the Hum" for years. The Bristol hum was all the rage many years ago, when I was a teenager.
We also had the "bang" which turned out to be a plane, I think 😉
😀🌹
Just had a look at the bang is still around too
http://metro.co.uk/2014/11/30/loud-and-mysterious-bang-noises-heard-across-uk-4968058/
Have you heard the plop, Rose?
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This is interesting
"Submarines, as well as phone masts and gas pipes, were blamed for the hum Submarines, as well as masts and gas pipes, were blamed for the hum However, the search for the truth could now be over as researchers claim that microseismic activity from long ocean waves impacting the sea bed is what makes our planet vibrate and produces the droning sound.
The pressure of the waves on the seafloor generates seismic waves that cause the Earth to oscillate, said Fabrice Ardhuin, a senior research scientist at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France.
The continuous waves produce sounds lasting from 13 to 300 seconds. They can be heard by a relatively small proportion of people – who are sensitive to the hums – and also by seismic instruments.
“We have made a big step in explaining this mysterious signal and where it is coming from and what is the mechanism,” Ardhuin said of the study published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union."
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/have-you-heard-the-hum-mystery-of-earths-low-droning-noise-could-now-be-solved-10182111.html
If it's coming from the sea that would explain the plop as well.
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Two points regarding that article, Rhi and Rose. Firstly, why has it only been heard over the last forty years? There is no record of it being heard before that. Also, I don't hear it in the countryside away from the town- I would expect to if it was coming from oscillation of the earth.
Good point. I only heard it where my father lived. I can't say I hear it where I am now, though I do hear some strange sounds now and again at night when it is deadly quiet.
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Two points regarding that article, Rhi and Rose. Firstly, why has it only been heard over the last forty years? There is no record of it being heard before that. Also, I don't hear it in the countryside away from the town- I would expect to if it was coming from oscillation of the earth.
Good point. I only heard it where my father lived. I can't say I hear it where I am now, though I do hear some strange sounds now and again at night when it is deadly quiet.
In true Meldrevian tradition I do not hear the hum therefore it cannot exist.
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Two points regarding that article, Rhi and Rose. Firstly, why has it only been heard over the last forty years? There is no record of it being heard before that. Also, I don't hear it in the countryside away from the town- I would expect to if it was coming from oscillation of the earth.
Good point. I only heard it where my father lived. I can't say I hear it where I am now, though I do hear some strange sounds now and again at night when it is deadly quiet.
In true Meldrevian tradition I do not hear the hum therefore it cannot exist.
"HUMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
Did you hear that, Vlad?
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This is interesting
"Submarines, as well as phone masts and gas pipes, were blamed for the hum Submarines, as well as masts and gas pipes, were blamed for the hum However, the search for the truth could now be over as researchers claim that microseismic activity from long ocean waves impacting the sea bed is what makes our planet vibrate and produces the droning sound.
The pressure of the waves on the seafloor generates seismic waves that cause the Earth to oscillate, said Fabrice Ardhuin, a senior research scientist at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France.
The continuous waves produce sounds lasting from 13 to 300 seconds. They can be heard by a relatively small proportion of people – who are sensitive to the hums – and also by seismic instruments.
“We have made a big step in explaining this mysterious signal and where it is coming from and what is the mechanism,” Ardhuin said of the study published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union."
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/have-you-heard-the-hum-mystery-of-earths-low-droning-noise-could-now-be-solved-10182111.html
If it's coming from the sea that would explain the plop as well.
Perhaps that's the scientist falling in 😉
Well, he/she must have been very fat!!! ;D
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Apparently, down in deepest Lincolnshire they can hear the cauliflowers growing.
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Mysterious-creaking-noises-Lincolnshire-growing/story-26773269-detail/story.html
In Cornwall too
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/beware-cauliflower-creak-vegetables-ghostly-5949107
Nah. That's a very old man, with stiff joints, walking along the flat ground.
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Apparently, down in deepest Lincolnshire they can hear the cauliflowers growing.
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Mysterious-creaking-noises-Lincolnshire-growing/story-26773269-detail/story.html
In Cornwall too
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/beware-cauliflower-creak-vegetables-ghostly-5949107
Nah. That's a very old man, with stiff joints, walking along the flat ground.
The peripatetic Rigid Spliff Man!
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Sure Harrowby, my pleasure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQ9HquDNEM
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Sure Harrowby, my pleasure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQ9HquDNEM
I'm sorry, Johnny, I understand neither the connection with this thread nor the observations of an animator on the behaviour of cats has to do with your single word contribution in your earlier response.
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Sure Harrowby, my pleasure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQ9HquDNEM
I'm sorry, Johnny, I understand neither the connection with this thread nor the observations of an animator on the behaviour of cats has to do with your single word contribution in your earlier response.
JC, like his "God", moves in mysterious ways. :)
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Sure Harrowby, my pleasure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQ9HquDNEM
I'm sorry, Johnny, I understand neither the connection with this thread nor the observations of an animator on the behaviour of cats has to do with your single word contribution in your earlier response.
JC, like his "God", moves in mysterious ways. :)
Nothing mysterious about your ways, though. We just need to guess which template is coming out today.
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Sure Harrowby, my pleasure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQ9HquDNEM
I'm sorry, Johnny, I understand neither the connection with this thread nor the observations of an animator on the behaviour of cats has to do with your single word contribution in your earlier response.
JC, like his "God", moves in mysterious ways. :)
Nothing mysterious about your ways, though. We just need to guess which template is coming out today.
Yes dear, you're right of course, as always! :-*
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"HUMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
Always thought that hum was the sound of the trains (passenger and coal) that pass 50 yards from our house every 15 - 20 minutes.
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"HUMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
Always thought that hum was the sound of the trains (passenger and coal) that pass 50 yards from our house every 15 - 20 minutes.
Poor you! :(
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Yes you do Harrowby, you are not slow. You are trying to be anal retentive though. Sorry fella but I find this hum to be CRAZIES dude!
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"HUMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
Always thought that hum was the sound of the trains (passenger and coal) that pass 50 yards from our house every 15 - 20 minutes.
Poor you! :(
Not really. With the exception of a few passenger trains with poor brakes, they are all remarkably quiet. In fact what worries me is the nights I'm away and I don't feel the place I'm staying shaking at 10.30pm and 3am when the loaded coal train goes past our house.
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"HUMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
Always thought that hum was the sound of the trains (passenger and coal) that pass 50 yards from our house every 15 - 20 minutes.
Poor you! :(
Not really. With the exception of a few passenger trains with poor brakes, they are all remarkably quiet. In fact what worries me is the nights I'm away and I don't feel the place I'm staying shaking at 10.30pm and 3am when the loaded coal train goes past our house.
I used to live next to a line, and I got used to it, even the vibrations. Still better than lots of traffic.
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I used to live next to a line, and I got used to it, even the vibrations. Still better than lots of traffic.
When I was a child living in Oxford, we could hear the mainline trains running the other side of the Isis (the river that joins ther Cherwell in the middle of Oxford and creates the Thames). That was over half a mile away!!
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I pity people that have had wind farms built in their areas.
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Sure Harrowby, my pleasure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQ9HquDNEM
I'm sorry, Johnny, I understand neither the connection with this thread nor the observations of an animator on the behaviour of cats has to do with your single word contribution in your earlier response.
JC, like his "God", moves in mysterious ways. :)
Nothing mysterious about your ways, though. We just need to guess which template is coming out today.
Yes dear, you're right of course, as always! :-*
Why, thank you: compliments are always welcome, whatever the source.
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I pity people that have had wind farms built in their areas.
I know a couple of families who live near such places. After the initial shock - because of the changed circumstances - most people get used to them, in the same way that people who live close to main roads, railway lines - even airports - get used to them.
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Hope,
It is a fact that the number of health complaints from those living near wind farms is growing. Some may get use to it but more and more are not. Farmers are even seeing a change in their livestock.
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Hope,
It is a fact that the number of health complaints from those living near wind farms is growing. Some may get use to it but more and more are not. Farmers are even seeing a change in their livestock.
I must admit I quite like them. I find them very soothing.
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I like wind turbines and would have been happy to have seen them in the 'miracle' field at our previous property, which was in an elevated position. However, I suspect the neighbours might not have been too enthusiastic!
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Hope,
It is a fact that the number of health complaints from those living near wind farms is growing. Some may get use to it but more and more are not. Farmers are even seeing a change in their livestock.
What 'health complaints'?
What 'changes in livestock'?
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You can start by reading up on wind turbine syndrome.
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Hope,
It is a fact that the number of health complaints from those living near wind farms is growing. Some may get use to it but more and more are not. Farmers are even seeing a change in their livestock.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wind_Turbine_Syndrome
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How foolish to depend on wiki. It blatantly lies.
Check the facts duh! Dr. Pierpont's book, Wind Turbine Syndrome, was indeed peer reviewd. And then have a cookie.
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You want a real hum then go for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO53YqA0D9M
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Hope,
It is a fact that the number of health complaints from those living near wind farms is growing. Some may get use to it but more and more are not. Farmers are even seeing a change in their livestock.
I must admit I quite like them. I find them very soothing.
Me too,
I just wish the blades were attractive, like the rainbow effect on a cd
As I drive through France I see many places where there are wind turbines. I find them rather stately and magnificent. Where I see them in clusters, in areas like the Beauce, I think that they add interest and provide a focus in an otherwise boring vista.
I don't find them intrusive, like Victorian railways they often integrate themselves into the landscape.
And as for Wind Turbine Syndrome, here is a summary of a multidiscipline (psychology, engineering, built environment) peer-reviewed report from the University of Nottingham.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2013/march/personality-clue-to-wind-turbine-syndrome.aspx
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How foolish to depend on wiki. It blatantly lies.
Check the facts duh! Dr. Pierpont's book, Wind Turbine Syndrome, was indeed peer reviewd. And then have a cookie.
The detail of why it is not lying is covered in the article, the claim to be peer reviewed is invalid and the study is useless for the reasons in the article.
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Hum?? Aliens :o
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Hope,
It is a fact that the number of health complaints from those living near wind farms is growing. Some may get use to it but more and more are not. Farmers are even seeing a change in their livestock.
I must admit I quite like them. I find them very soothing.
Me too,
I just wish the blades were attractive, like the rainbow effect on a cd
As I drive through France I see many places where there are wind turbines. I find them rather stately and magnificent. Where I see them in clusters, in areas like the Beauce, I think that they add interest and provide a focus in an otherwise boring vista.
I don't find them intrusive, like Victorian railways they often integrate themselves into the landscape.
And as for Wind Turbine Syndrome, here is a summary of a multidiscipline (psychology, engineering, built environment) peer-reviewed report from the University of Nottingham.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2013/march/personality-clue-to-wind-turbine-syndrome.aspx
A similar thing might be said of Heathrow if you are only passing it by but it is another issue for those living nearby who have endure it each day.