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    AndyChisholm
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    I live in The Netherlands and normally, if I look up when the sky is clear, I can see anything between 6 and 20 vapour trails but, they have all gone. With them, the background low frequency rumble that is always present has gone as well. In its place you can hear bird song much more clearly. It's great. The last time this happened was when the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano blew up in 2010. Andy

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      I live in The Netherlands and normally, if I look up when the sky is clear, I can see anything between 6 and 20 vapour trails but, they have all gone. With them, the background low frequency rumble that is always present has gone as well. In its place you can hear bird song much more clearly. It's great. The last time this happened was when the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano blew up in 2010. Andy

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      Same here in the UK if I hear a plane, I go outside to marvel at the sight (only noticed one this week) Eyjafjallajökull - show off :laugh:

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        I live in The Netherlands and normally, if I look up when the sky is clear, I can see anything between 6 and 20 vapour trails but, they have all gone. With them, the background low frequency rumble that is always present has gone as well. In its place you can hear bird song much more clearly. It's great. The last time this happened was when the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano blew up in 2010. Andy

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          I live in The Netherlands and normally, if I look up when the sky is clear, I can see anything between 6 and 20 vapour trails but, they have all gone. With them, the background low frequency rumble that is always present has gone as well. In its place you can hear bird song much more clearly. It's great. The last time this happened was when the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano blew up in 2010. Andy

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            I live in The Netherlands and normally, if I look up when the sky is clear, I can see anything between 6 and 20 vapour trails but, they have all gone. With them, the background low frequency rumble that is always present has gone as well. In its place you can hear bird song much more clearly. It's great. The last time this happened was when the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano blew up in 2010. Andy

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            I live close to O'Hare International Airport[^] and under the center of three landing patterns, at any given time there are a dozen or more planes in the air, not this week. It hasn't been this quiet since 9/11, it's mighty eerie!

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              I live in The Netherlands and normally, if I look up when the sky is clear, I can see anything between 6 and 20 vapour trails but, they have all gone. With them, the background low frequency rumble that is always present has gone as well. In its place you can hear bird song much more clearly. It's great. The last time this happened was when the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano blew up in 2010. Andy

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              I read a report the other day saying seismologists are hearing earth tremors they've never been able to hear before. Humans are simply noisy and literally rattle the planet.

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                I live close to O'Hare International Airport[^] and under the center of three landing patterns, at any given time there are a dozen or more planes in the air, not this week. It hasn't been this quiet since 9/11, it's mighty eerie!

                "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                We're not so close to an airport; it must be truly amazing for those of you who are. A once in a lifetime opportunity to sell a house!!

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                  We're not so close to an airport; it must be truly amazing for those of you who are. A once in a lifetime opportunity to sell a house!!

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                  :laugh: Yes, you are right! Twice in a lifetime at this point.

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                    I live close to O'Hare International Airport[^] and under the center of three landing patterns, at any given time there are a dozen or more planes in the air, not this week. It hasn't been this quiet since 9/11, it's mighty eerie!

                    "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                    I used to live near DFW and on a clear night could count as many as 14 airplanes all strung out on the same approach.

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                      I used to live near DFW and on a clear night could count as many as 14 airplanes all strung out on the same approach.

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                      I can see 7 or 8 on the same approach, lesser on the other two. It is impressive to witness.

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                        I read a report the other day saying seismologists are hearing earth tremors they've never been able to hear before. Humans are simply noisy and literally rattle the planet.

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                        You can experience something similar under a power outage: The humming from the freezer and fridge stops, the hiss from the ventilation system, the fan in your home PC stops... You start hearing the creaking in the walls of your house, the dripping from that leaky faucet, the kids walking around upstairs. You may have some battery powered clock (with arms) that you never before knew were ticking. If you ever do "power drills" - similar to fire drills, but switching off the main power switch for the entire weekend to learn how well you would cope under a long lasting power outage - you will have almost the same experience, although you would probably hear some "electrical noise" from your neighbors'.

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                          You can experience something similar under a power outage: The humming from the freezer and fridge stops, the hiss from the ventilation system, the fan in your home PC stops... You start hearing the creaking in the walls of your house, the dripping from that leaky faucet, the kids walking around upstairs. You may have some battery powered clock (with arms) that you never before knew were ticking. If you ever do "power drills" - similar to fire drills, but switching off the main power switch for the entire weekend to learn how well you would cope under a long lasting power outage - you will have almost the same experience, although you would probably hear some "electrical noise" from your neighbors'.

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                          Member 7989122 wrote:

                          If you ever do "power drills" - similar to fire drills, but switching off the main power switch for the entire weekend to learn how well you would cope under a long lasting power outage

                          That's not a bad idea. I've suggested it to the missus, too, and, since it's Friday, she says she wants to tr

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                            I live in The Netherlands and normally, if I look up when the sky is clear, I can see anything between 6 and 20 vapour trails but, they have all gone. With them, the background low frequency rumble that is always present has gone as well. In its place you can hear bird song much more clearly. It's great. The last time this happened was when the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano blew up in 2010. Andy

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                            In Friesland, aircraft are pretty rare, but now that they're ferrying coronavirus patients to within a few miles of my house by helicopter, it's too damned noisy. The "visiting" patients are added to the tally where they come from, so my gemeente still only has 16.8 infected per 100,000 inhabitants (i.e. about half a dozen people).

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