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Title: Windsor's mysterious hum is real, says researcher
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2013-08-02 11:47:57
Canadian

[Jabberwalker]

It's the sound of Detroit deflating, like a huge balloon going fffffffffffft.

[saturn_656]

Of course it's real.

Were people going around saying it wasn't?

[andyt]

$1:

The Hum is a phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving 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[1] and the United States.[2] The Hum is sometimes prefixed with the name of a locality where the problem has been particularly publicized: e.g., the "Bristol Hum", the "Taos Hum", or the "Bondi Hum".[3]

Data from a Taos Hum study suggests that a minimum of 2% and perhaps as many as 11% of the population could detect the Taos Hum and the Daily Telegraph in 1996 likewise reported a figure of 2% of people hearing the Bristol Hum.[4]:575 For those who can hear the Hum it can be a very disturbing phenomenon and it has been linked to at least 3 suicides in the UK.[5] However, amongst those who cannot hear the hum and some specialists, there has been skepticism about whether it in fact exists.[6]

[saturn_656]

Government agencies determined the source of the Windsor hum to be Zug Island back in 2011.

We already knew it was "real" back then. Anyone saying otherwise is either poorly informed or owns stock in whatever companies operate on Zug.

[Freakinoldguy]

Not being able to hear the hum is just another benefit of getting old. Now the only hum I talk about is the one that happens around 08 double buffalo every morning.

[Freakinoldguy]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

Government agencies determined the source of the Windsor hum to be Zug Island back in 2011.

We already knew it was "real" back then. Anyone saying otherwise is either poorly informed or owns stock in whatever companies operate on Zug.

What's on Zug Island to cause the hum?

[saturn_656]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

saturn_656 saturn_656:

Government agencies determined the source of the Windsor hum to be Zug Island back in 2011.

We already knew it was "real" back then. Anyone saying otherwise is either poorly informed or owns stock in whatever companies operate on Zug.

What's on Zug Island to cause the hum?

Heavy Industry.

[andyt]

So why is this hum heard worldwide? Doubt that Zug Island is broadcasting all over the world.

[saturn_656]

andyt andyt:

So why is this hum heard worldwide? Doubt that Zug Island is broadcasting all over the world.

Who says the various hums have to have the same source?

[andyt]

Because Taos NM, for instance has no industrial complex nearby, neither do other sites. If you get the same hum all over the world, surely the source should be of the same type - ie a certain type of industrial activity, windfarms, what have you. But there doesn't seem to be a common denominator like that for this hum. Seems to me it's more likely to be geologic in origin.

2 History
2.1 London and Southampton, United Kingdom 1940s
2.2 Bristol Hum, Bristol, Britain 1979
2.3 Largs, Scotland 1980s
2.4 Taos Hum, Taos, New Mexico, USA 1992
2.5 Kokomo, Indiana, USA 1999
2.6 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada pre-2003
2.7 Woodland, County Durham, England 2011
2.8 Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2011
2.9 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2008
2.10 County Kerry, Ireland 2012
2.11 Seattle, Washington, USA 2012
2.12 Wellington, New Zealand 2012

[saturn_656]

andyt andyt:

Because Taos NM, for instance has no industrial complex nearby, neither do other sites. If you get the same hum all over the world, surely the source should be of the same type - ie a certain type of industrial activity, windfarms, what have you. But there doesn't seem to be a common denominator like that for this hum. Seems to me it's more likely to be geologic in origin.

2 History
2.1 London and Southampton, United Kingdom 1940s
2.2 Bristol Hum, Bristol, Britain 1979
2.3 Largs, Scotland 1980s
2.4 Taos Hum, Taos, New Mexico, USA 1992
2.5 Kokomo, Indiana, USA 1999
2.6 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada pre-2003
2.7 Woodland, County Durham, England 2011
2.8 Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2011
2.9 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2008
2.10 County Kerry, Ireland 2012
2.11 Seattle, Washington, USA 2012
2.12 Wellington, New Zealand 2012

Your assuming that there is only one hum being experienced all over the world (no supporting evidence for this) as opposed to the hums being a result of local conditions.

The NRC performed seismic testing and localized source of the Windsor hum to a one square kilometer area of Zug Island, which is loaded with heavy industrial machinery.

[andyt]

They can easily be the result of local conditions, but likely conditions that are the same or similar worldwide. To me that makes more sense than that these many hums all have completely different sources.

[saturn_656]

andyt andyt:

They can easily be the result of local conditions, but likely conditions that are the same or similar worldwide. To me that makes more sense than that these many hums all have completely different sources.

It may make more sense to you, but again there is no evidence of a geological cause as of yet.

[commanderkai]

My apartment isn't all that far, although I don't think I ever remember hearing a hum. Then again, I'm rarely ever somewhere quiet.