Your story is very familiar. I began noticing the sound about 6 months ago (Central Texas). It does indeed sound like a diesel motor idling, and at times changes an octave up and down. I have spent hours trying to locate the sound; listened to the walls, floor, turned off everything electrical in the house. It's everywhere, but it's nowhere. Louder inside than out. I hear it at home and at work. My family thinks I'm crazy because they don't hear it. I don't CARE what it is necessarily, but would like to know WHAT it is.
On Jul 31, 10:00 am, Brad <[email protected]> wrote: > I live 22 miles south of Washington, DC, in Woodbridge, Virginia. > About 18 months ago I started hearing what sounded like a truck motor > idling down the street, or perhaps a neighbor playing music that > contained a lot of bass. The sound would normally be heard late at > night and into the early morning. > > After a couple weeks of this, I was annoyed enough to start > researching the source in earnest. I'm not too far from a major > highway (I-95) and there was a concrete plant and a marina near my > home. I noticed that the sound would change in terms of volume based > on what room of the house I was in. I could only hear the sound when > in my home. As soon as I stepped outside, it would become > indistinguishable from the background noise of the street. > > A couple months went by and I made no progress locating the source. > After doing some online research I finally came across a web site that > contained information on "the hum". I was shocked...what an unusual > occurrence for so many around the world to be experiencing! It was > around that time I also realized I could hear the sound from my > Mother's home, which was about 5 miles away. > > Two weeks ago I moved into a new home 6 miles south of my previous > rental where I began hearing the hum a year and a half a ago. After > being here a couple days, I realized I can still hear the hum clear as > day. When I started writing this a few minutes ago, the hum was quite > discernible, and then it abruptly stopped. > > I found this discussion group via the John Dawes web site; how many of > you are familiar with his theories surrounding the source of the hum? > > http://homepages.tesco.net/~john.dawes2/page1.htm > > It's nice to meet others who are affected by this. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hum Sufferers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hum-sufferers?hl=en.
