United States, Nyack · 2021-01-04 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive
A low hum in United States, Nyack
It is a consistent super low frequency drone I hear at night when indoors that I have described to my wife and kids (none of whom hear it themselves!) as an idling truck engine nearby—not close by, but around a block or two away. We live along the Hudson River, and with the shipping lane we get the occasional tub boat chugging its way up or down river, as well as the Metro North train line running on the West shore of the Hudson. At first, I assumed noise was mechanical hum from our heating system (pipe vibrating against a floor joist, or the compressor from the fridge) and after ruling them out, I assumed it was from Diesel engine drone from the tugs or from the train. But due to its incessant nature, I ruled those options out as well.
Then I turned power off in the house and it was still there, which is when I kicked off a Google search to see if others in my town here hearing and complaining about the noise, assuming it was some other issue with power plant, electrical grid, generator, or even the New NY Bridge vibrating the bedrock.
I didn’t find any other local instances but found this Hum Map!
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A very low decibel intermittent hum. Almost like a long drawn out Morse code. Hum, then one second silence, then hum. No particular pattern. But constant. Night. Day. But only notice when I …
A very low decibel intermittent hum. Almost like a long drawn out Morse code. Hum, then one second silence, then hum. No particular pattern. But constant. Night. Day. But only notice when I …
A very low decibel intermittent hum. Almost like a long drawn out Morse code. Hum, then one second silence, then hum. No particular pattern. But constant. Night. Day. But only notice when I …
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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This is a Hum report from Dr Glen MacPherson's World Hum Map, an open, worldwide record of people who hear an unexplained low-frequency hum. Reproduced with permission and with thanks; the project is at thehum.info. We remove anything on request. Location shown is approximate.
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