Indeed, for example this morning we had a system of low pressure an rain passing over the Pyrenees and the hum was very faint last night and this morning, the wind direction was South, now the wind is coming from a more Westernly direction, I can hear the hum more distinctly right now, it makes me think it could be coming from the Atlantic, yes, it could be the waves (that's what the scientist in Auckland said, why not?) but also some sort of sound coming from the Earth itself (magma movements etc.?) I can feel right now the pressure from the hum, on my left ear and the noise and again, the pressure are reduced if I put a cup or a bowl over my left ear, the hum is definitely not coming from my body. I live here in Pau (SouthWest France) in an area where we have earthquakes (right on the Pyrenees fault) and when I was younger I could hear a strange noise with my left ear just a few hours before an earhquake would happen so I guess my left ear must be more sensitive to lower frequencies. I thought the hum was coming from the fault itlsef, because when I go north to Bordeaux or Paris I no longer hear the hum, but I didn't hear the hum when I was in San Francisco (on the San Andreas fault which is more active), just once and it was hardly noticeable. When a high pressure system is blocked over my region I no longer hear the hum, or it's very, very faint, so I'm convinced it must be comming from the Atlantic, West from here, but strangely enough I never heard it in Bordeaux which is far closer to the sea, I should hear it there if ti was coming from the Atlantic ocean, shouldn't I? It would be interesting if you tried to compare the intensity of the hum with the weather conditions (Low pressure, high pressure systems) in your area, this could help you find some possible source or I guess direction from where you live. If we put in common our experiences and findings, I guess we could figure out things or at least explore some hypotheses or clues, what do you think? Unless of course the hum comes from different sources. The Internet is a wonderful tool, we could share what we know and find out, the scientists will not take us seriously, unless of course they themselves can hear it, people around me have never taken me seriously when I tell them about the hum, and I gave up and lived with it, until I watched a report about the hum on CBS News (in 1993 I think) I realized that other people could hear it too!!!! All the best from the sunny Pyrenees. JM
On 1 nov, 10:40, Trev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there JeanM- Good report, positive as to symptoms -and includes > some directtional data which is VERY hard to get with hum due to its > ubiqiutous nature. > The first thing that sprang to mind, then, was what I mentioned only > in my last post to Steve [Gas Pipes]- the issue of sea waves causing > some kind of resonance round the world . Certainly, a large enough > engine if the mechanism can be identified. > This may seem a cranky poke at the problem- but I like it ,as it is > BENIGN in origin and thus takes out some of the fear mongering with > other possibilities -which I also don't let 'off the hook', by any > means! > Does this promise to solve the hum? - Doubtful [very] - but untangling > cause and effect is the main function of us hum chasers... > > On Oct 30, 9:54 pm, f5obv <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > I started hearing the hum in SoutWest France (Pau) in the nineties (I > > was in my early thirties), there are some cities where I never heard > > it (I never, never, heard it in Paris or in Bordeaux) I heard it very > > faintly one night when I was in San Francisco CA USA during my second > > stay there. > > It seems that it is my left ear that hears it (sometimes it feels like > > some physical pressure following the modulation of the hum inside my > > left ear), if I put a cup or a bowl over my left ear it attenuates the > > sound and that fact has convinced me that the source of the hum is > > OUTSIDE my body and not inside, I sometimes hear it in the countryside > > and in the mountains and ost of the time it disappears when there is > > a high pressure system over my region., I've become convinced over the > > years that it comes from the air and sometimes it is louder when the > > wind comes from the West or the SouthWest, I heard it though at night > > when there was no wind at all, but a high pressure system seems to > > stop it, so it could be coming from the atlantic coast which is about > > 120 miles from here. > > What do you think? > > All the best from the sunny Pyrenees; > > Jean-Marc > > Ham radio call: F5OBV. -- 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.
