ShadesOfMe
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Belfast
Vast Ambivalence
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The link makes page too wide to fit on my screen.
Anyway, I just (yesterday) figured out the tool on my mail to have news alerts emailed to me when there's story on the dx-and I saw this one. Enjoyed article, and look forward to the book it says she wrote (as yet unpublished) !
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wolphin
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| Quote: | | why the sound of electricity running through the cord from an appliance could keep her awake all night. |
Huh? Electricity doesn't make any noise at all. Unless the cord was damaged and it was sparking, in which case she's got _way_ more serious problems than the sound. |
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ShadesOfMe
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: |
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| wolphin wrote: | | Quote: | | why the sound of electricity running through the cord from an appliance could keep her awake all night. |
Huh? Electricity doesn't make any noise at all. Unless the cord was damaged and it was sparking, in which case she's got _way_ more serious problems than the sound. |
Yes it does. and many aspies can hear it. It's really annoying. I used to know when my brother was on the computer when I was little because i'd here the noise, and know the computer was turned on.
Sometimes it gets overwhelming if a lot of electronics are on, I can't stand to be in a radio shack, or computer store. |
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Diamonddavej
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I visited a row of houses in 1994, I was working at leafleting letter boxes with astronomy society info. The sound drove me mad, it was a terrible nauseating hum, made me feel sick.
The terrible low hum was at every house, almost infrasonic (sub 10Hz). Each house has a gas meter outside - it was coming from the gas meter.
Coincidentally that same month, I saw a news program about low hum annoying some sensitive residence of an estate in the UK, it was traced back to the gas supply. A new gas pumping station nearby created a very low frequency hum in the gas supply leading into the houses.
Interestingly, the person I was leafleting with could not hear the hum. |
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ShadesOfMe
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| Diamonddavej wrote: | I visited a row of houses in 1994, I was working at leafleting letter boxes with astronomy society info. The sound drove me mad, it was a terrible nauseating hum, made me feel sick.
The terrible low hum was at every house, almost infrasonic (sub 10Hz). Each house has a gas meter outside - it was coming from the gas meter.
Coincidentally that same month, I saw a news program about low hum annoying some sensitive residence of an estate in the UK, it was traced back to the gas supply. A new gas pumping station nearby created a very low frequency hum in the gas supply leading into the houses.
Interestingly, the person I was leafleting with could not hear the hum. |
thats actually really interesting. |
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DW_a_mom
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I love reading things like this, how simple knowledge, knowing what makes one tick, can change everything for the better. Such a breath of fresh air.
It is too bad that many had to face unecessary obstacles for far too long.
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