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Originally posted by dalloway
I heard it too here in east central Wyoming last week, but I chalked it up at the time to a strange sounding jet overhead. It would have been last week on Thursday, March 17th near midnight. I was taking the dog out for the last time that night before going to bed. I am very much a skeptic and feel that the great majority of "unexplainable" things can indeed be scientifically explained quite well, but looking back at what I heard last Thursday, dammit, it was not just a jet and I shouldn't have shrugged it off.
First of all, the sound didn't seem to be coming from just one direction, and it did not wane like the Doppler effect of a passing jet should have. It was still going on a few minutes later when the dog and I went back inside. And honestly, it didn't really even sound at all like a jet. I have to admit that my initial reaction was a subconscious knee-jerk scientist's reaction instead of really listening to it and realizing it was not normal. The sky was overcast and it was not overly windy. It was only a rumbling sound, no shaking of the ground or anything. My dog seemed interested in the sound but did not act scared or startled.
Note to self: Pay attention and remember that as much as you hate to admit it, science does not have all the answers.
Originally posted by nunya13
Originally posted by dalloway
I heard it too here in east central Wyoming last week, but I chalked it up at the time to a strange sounding jet overhead. It would have been last week on Thursday, March 17th near midnight. I was taking the dog out for the last time that night before going to bed. I am very much a skeptic and feel that the great majority of "unexplainable" things can indeed be scientifically explained quite well, but looking back at what I heard last Thursday, dammit, it was not just a jet and I shouldn't have shrugged it off.
First of all, the sound didn't seem to be coming from just one direction, and it did not wane like the Doppler effect of a passing jet should have. It was still going on a few minutes later when the dog and I went back inside. And honestly, it didn't really even sound at all like a jet. I have to admit that my initial reaction was a subconscious knee-jerk scientist's reaction instead of really listening to it and realizing it was not normal. The sky was overcast and it was not overly windy. It was only a rumbling sound, no shaking of the ground or anything. My dog seemed interested in the sound but did not act scared or startled.
Note to self: Pay attention and remember that as much as you hate to admit it, science does not have all the answers.
Okay, you heard the EXACT same sound I did at the exact same time. I know it was last Thursday midnight because that was the night my boyfriend came home early and we actually had time to brush our teeth together (corny, I know), but it was also one of the only nights that we went to bed at the same time, my bedtime, and that is midnight. Everything else is exactly the same. You can see my post a ways back (I'll try to link it up if I remember). Sounded like a jet, but not, and it was not moving toward or away from me. I even used the exact words "no Doppler affect". What's even crazier is that you heard it about a state and a half away (I'm in Boise).
Noise from gas pipeline causes frustration, concerns
TAMPA PALMS - Brad Page has become accustomed to the rumble of traffic on Interstate 75, fronting his home in the Estates at River Park subdivision.
But he was ill-prepared for the deafening sound from a new natural gas pipeline being installed nearby.
A utility company representative apologized, saying the test is conducted infrequently but is necessary to ensure the integrity of the pipeline.
Florida Gas Transmission is running the pipeline adjacent to I-75 through parts of Tampa Palms Area 1, the TPOST Community Development District Area 3 and on Tampa Electric Co.-owned property adjacent to Area 1.
Page lives in Area 1 south of the junction to I-75 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.
An apparent pump used during testing of the FGT pipeline has rattled the neighborhood and unnerved nearby residents, including Page and his two young children, at least three times since March 4.
"It sounded like a jet engine," Page said, describing the noise he measured at about 95 decibels the evening of March 4.
The same night, Maggie Wilson, a consultant with the Tampa Palms Community Development District, recorded a reading of about 110 decibels near the construction site, she said.
Page suspects Wilson's reading was probably more accurate.
"It was outrageous," he said. Page took his children out to dinner to get away from the noise.
The high-pitch sound began about 4:30 p.m. March 4 and continued nonstop until about 11:30 p.m., Page said. Similar tests were conducted March 5 and 8, but the noisy periods were shorter.
Page said FGT representatives told residents the tests would produce a sound that would not exceed about 60 decibels during the day or 55 decibels at night and would end before 9:30 p.m.
Page expressed his frustration at the Tampa Palms CDD meeting last week. He also noted his displeasure with the removal of berms and native vegetation, which served to buffer the sound of interstate traffic.
FGT built a temporary sound barrier opposite Page's property on Yardley Way about three weeks ago to reduce noise at the construction site. "I'm sure it reduced it some" but not enough, Page said.
John Barnett, a spokesman for FGT, said the sound the residents heard was probably from a pump on the construction site during the testing.
FGT conducted hydrostatic tests on the pipeline over several days, Barnett said. Water was pumped into the pipeline and held with pressure to test the integrity of the pipe, to check for leaks or other potential problems before it goes into service.
"The tests itself is not that frequent," said Barnett, adding that the sound the residents heard should not be a reoccurring problem.
"If it (the high-pitch sound) went that late, we apologize," he said of the March 4 incident.
The project followed the CSX rail corridor through both Hernando and Pasco counties and along U.S. 41 before reaching Hillsborough County. It is part of a $2.4 billion expansion of a gas pipe, spanning 5,000 miles from Houston to South Florida.
The pipeline started in south Texas traveled north to the Florida Panhandle then turned south down the Gulf Coast en route to Manatee County, where it will head east toward Miami-Dade County.
Tampa Palms CDD Chairman Gene Field noted Page had "put the board on notice" to seek regular project updates.
For its part, the board of supervisors set aside about $216,000 for reforestation, pond and landscaping improvement projects on district-owned land used for the pipeline expansion.
The targeted site in Area 1 is a sliver of land between I-75 and Tampa Palms' Enclave village. It covers 2.74 acres of permanent easement and 1.6 acres of temporary construction easement adjacent to a district pond west of the interstate.
Last year FGT paid the district about $400,000 to compensate it for the loss of use of the property.