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Windsor's mysterious hum is real, says research

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Windsor's mysterious hum is real, says researcher


Misc CDN | 206893 hits | Aug 02 11:47 am | Posted by: Hyack
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A University of Windsor professor studying the Windsor Hum is convinced it's real after looking into it for months.

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  1. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:13 pm
    It's the sound of Detroit deflating, like a huge balloon going fffffffffffft.

  2. by avatar saturn_656
    Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:22 pm
    Of course it's real.

    Were people going around saying it wasn't?

  3. by avatar andyt
    Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:39 pm
    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 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", the "Taos Hum", or the "Bondi Hum".

    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.: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. However, amongst those who cannot hear the hum and some specialists, there has been skepticism about whether it in fact exists.

  4. by avatar saturn_656
    Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:41 pm
    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.

  5. by avatar Freakinoldguy
    Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:49 pm
    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. :D

  6. by avatar Freakinoldguy
    Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:49 pm
    "saturn_656" said
    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?

  7. by avatar saturn_656
    Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:55 pm
    "Freakinoldguy" said
    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.

  8. by avatar andyt
    Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:29 am
    So why is this hum heard worldwide? Doubt that Zug Island is broadcasting all over the world.

  9. by avatar saturn_656
    Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:31 am
    "andyt" said
    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?

  10. by avatar andyt
    Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:43 am
    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

  11. by avatar saturn_656
    Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:56 am
    "andyt" said
    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.

  12. by avatar andyt
    Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:59 am
    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.

  13. by avatar saturn_656
    Sun Aug 04, 2013 2:35 am
    "andyt" said
    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.

  14. by avatar commanderkai
    Sun Aug 04, 2013 2:39 am
    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.



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