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Wa State, California · 2024-03-09 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive

A low hum in Wa State, California

I have heard a low hum like the A/C or Heat Pump running for decades. I can hear it generally all the time , some times more than others, def very clearly at night and in bed. I have lived across the country and have heard it in every place. I have been traveling to Italy in the last 6 years and hear it there as well. Thank you for doing this. I have 30 years highest level corporate data management and display. If you need any help hit me up for a resume and I would love to help.

What they reported

First noticed: Before 1990

Pitch: 30 hz typically 25 hz all the time.

Loudest: During the night

Where: Equal indoors and outdoors

Changes with weather: No and for the last answer I have lived under a bridge, in a box in the woods, and in shitty houses and some of the finest and the hum is the same.

What stood out: a low hum

 

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2019-02-22

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2018-10-06

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2019-03-26

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2019-11-06

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2020-06-10

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2021-10-30

A continuous low frequency hum I am very happy to have heard of your census because I asked myself a lot of questions, for years without understanding what was happening to me. If possible,

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.