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The 'Windsor Hum': where is the noise plaguing a city of 210,000 coming from?
TheGuardian ^
| 7 Jun 2016
| Ashifa Kassam
Posted on 06/08/2016 8:25:07 AM PDT by shove_it
Its been compared to a subwoofer blasting Barry Whites greatest hits or an idling diesel truck.
Others say the low, rumbling noise that has stalked residents in the Canadian city of Windsor for years sounds like Star Treks Enterprise gearing up for warp speed.
Very destructive, is how Mike Provost, a 62-year-old retired insurance salesman describes the so-called Windsor Hum. If you think of thunder, and you take that thunder and constantly repeat it for hours and days, weeks, thats all it is.
Residents on the west and south side of Windsor a city of 210,000 people that sits just across the river from Detroit began complaining of a mysterious noise some six years ago, blaming it for rattling windows and trembling wall hangings.
You cant get away from it, says Provost. You go outside to work in your garden, you go outside to enjoy the sun, the noise is there. [...]
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:25:07 AM PDT
by
shove_it
To: shove_it
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:26:26 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: shove_it
Some type of seismic phenomenon?
I’ve heard of these kind of ambient noises in other areas as well, it seems to be a rare but real occurrence.
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:27:01 AM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: shove_it
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:27:12 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If an illegal-alien quarantine saves just one child's life, it will be worth it.)
To: shove_it
It’s coming from the dynamo. Dynamo hum.
/Frank_zappa>
CC
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:27:46 AM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: shove_it
it’s the sucking sound made by wind blowing thru the mosques in Dearborn
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:28:18 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: bigbob
It’s definitely not coming from the water treatment facilities.
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:29:46 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Her name is no longer is Hillary. It's Hilarity. Try it on for size, it's fun.)
To: shove_it
To: EQAndyBuzz
Could be feedback from an open mic used for call to prayer though...
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:32:06 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: shove_it; cripplecreek; rickmichaels; Squawk 8888
It's still humming ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3159589/posts
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:36:11 AM PDT
by
shove_it
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
To: shove_it
To: shove_it
maybe it’s humming since it doesn’t know the words.
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:38:14 AM PDT
by
shoff
(Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
To: Celtic Conservative
Hmm... "Dynamo hum, Dynamo hum, where's that Dynamo comin' from?"
I think you're on to something.
To: stars & stripes forever
Thanks, I forgot how to post a live link.
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:40:55 AM PDT
by
shove_it
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
To: shove_it
THIS would solve it if they were close to me :
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:43:14 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
To: Billthedrill
I think you're on to something. Do not forget your Zircon encrusted tweezers.
To: shove_it
I assume it is the underground repair station for the aliens spacecraft.
To: shove_it
IslamoNazis digging more invasion tunnels
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:49:09 AM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
To: minnesota_bound
I assume it is the underground repair station for the aliens spacecraft. That was my first thought too.
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:50:55 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: shove_it
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:58:51 AM PDT
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right)
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