Low frequency rumble like a distant diesel engine idling. Heard more inside house or inside car if turned off. Walls seem to pass the sound. Slightly directional. Oscillates randomly. If I g…
both described rumbling
62052 · 2019-01-31 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive
A low hun rumble that last for a few minutes at a time. My husband and sons hear it too. We live in the Midwest -country side- I'm 44, I've lived on this road (Indian Lake Rd, Jerseyville) since I was 12. This is a disruptive sound. We have heard it, turned the tv off and walked outside and can still hear it. Then eventually it fades away.
What they reported
First noticed: 2011
Pitch: Triangle
Loudest: Equal night and day
Where: Equal indoors and outdoors
Symptoms: Anxiety
Changes with weather: No
What stood out: rumbling
Low frequency rumble like a distant diesel engine idling. Heard more inside house or inside car if turned off. Walls seem to pass the sound. Slightly directional. Oscillates randomly. If I g…
both described rumbling
A constant low-pitched rumbling sound. Variously louder and quieter, but always present. Sounds like a generator or some other engine sound, but totally unable to trace a source - it seems t…
both described rumbling
low, steady background rumble I wonder whether my tinnitus hiss originated from computer cooling fans, and the ticking from my bedside clock, and the Hum from 50 Hz A/C circuits. I have hear…
both described rumbling
low frequency hum or rumbling Live within 2 miles of Great Lakes shipping channel (Lake Superior/Lake Huron) so thought at first was freighters or possibly jet plane overhead despite sound b…
both described rumbling
It sounds like a low, rumble from a worksite. I used to think it sounded like traffic but it is more a like the sound of large machinery working constantly. I am not actually sure when I sta…
both described rumbling
Low slightly pulsing rumble, like a huge engine at idle. Similar to a plane before takeoff or a helicopter without the chopping. The Hum is not stressful or frightening to me. I use it to an…
both described rumbling
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