The Extinction of Quiet

[crimethink]

http://spiritualityhealth.com/articles/extinction-quiet

[Serpo]

Where I live and can live are nice and quiet generally but I agree with the post , noise is pollution and spreading .

[crimethink]

Inadequate research has been done to determine the extent of the effects of a lack of silence. Constant noise is likely just as dangerous as electromagnetic pollution.

One of my cherished moments was in the middle of the night Thanksgiving Day, 1993, near Rice, Minnesota. Very cold night, with endless stars, and absolute, I mean absolute silence.

[Hitch]

Constant noise is likely just as dangerous as electromagnetic pollution. .

I think about this, and the affect it probably has on my health, because of my job. I go 7 days with constant noise and vibrations. Sometimes things are so loud and shaking so bad, it's like an earthquake. Folks ask my how I could have slept through a 'real' earthquake, and it's just because I am used to it and it's normal.

When I do have my off time and it's quiet, it's surreal. I can hear every sound.

[crimethink]

I think about this, and the affect it probably has on my health, because of my job. I go 7 days with constant noise and vibrations. Sometimes things are so loud and shaking so bad, it's like an earthquake. Folks ask my how I could have slept through a 'real' earthquake, and it's just because I am used to it and it's normal.

When I do have my off time and it's quiet, it's surreal. I can hear every sound.

Is the noise from diesel engines?

I believe that effects only on the ears/auditory system is not the limit of the dangers of noise pollution. The vibration in general is a threat. I know how I feel around bass and other penetrating noise. Penetrating noise, in particular, affects heart rhythm.

[Hitch]

Is the noise from diesel engines?

I believe that effects only on the ears/auditory system is not the limit of the dangers of noise pollution. The vibration in general is a threat. I know how I feel around bass and other penetrating noise. Penetrating noise, in particular, affects heart rhythm.

Yup diesels and you can feel the vibrations, as well as hear them. Not as bad as those bass booming thug dudes though. It's not a jolt on the system but a constant rhythm. Still can't be good for you.

[BrewTech]

Inadequate research has been done to determine the extent of the effects of a lack of silence. Constant noise is likely just as dangerous as electromagnetic pollution.

One of my cherished moments was in the middle of the night Thanksgiving Day, 1993, near Rice, Minnesota. Very cold night, with endless stars, and absolute, I mean absolute silence.

I encountered absolute silence only once in my life... off highway 6 just into Nevada... I believe we were standing on Boundary Peak looking out across at Mammoth. No people, no cars, no planes overhead, and zero wind. Dead silence. It was amazing.

[Libertytree]

The more quiet the better but it does depend on what type of noise.

What I can't handle are vibrations, especially the low ones that might not be accompanied with a lot of noise. It gives me great anxiety and fills me with a sense of impending doom...I fucking hate it!

[Dogman]

Forgotten what quiet is, with the ringing in my ears.

We do pay for the sins of our past! Most of my jobs and hobby's were very high noise mostly, banging on steel rings with 16 lb hammers (boilermaker/pressure vessels), jet engines/turbines, loud music , shooting, etc !

I have to have something going in the background (radio/tv) to try and ignore the ringing. Only once in a very blue moon the ringing stops, and I wish I knew the whys and hows on the ringing stopping but it never stops for long.

Protect your hearing, silence is golden !

[old steel]

I encountered absolute silence only once in my life... off highway 6 just into Nevada... I believe we were standing on Boundary Peak looking out across at Mammoth. No people, no cars, no planes overhead, and zero wind. Dead silence. It was amazing.

Now if we could get rid of all the light pollution it would be an amazing experience at night too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pollution

[Rubicon]

IMO, Great Basin National Park (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Basin_National_Park) and the surrounding area is a pretty decent place to experience silence:

no noise pollution
no chem-trails
no light pollution
clean/crisp refreshing air
no airplane noise
few tourists when I was there
cattle roam freely

this is how it should always be
simply driving there is a pretty solitary experience

[old steel]

IMO, Great Basin National Park (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Basin_National_Park) and the surrounding area is a pretty decent place to experience silence:

no noise pollution
no chem-trails
no light pollution
clean/crisp refreshing air
no airplane noise
few tourists when I was there
cattle roam freely

this is how it should always be
simply driving there is a pretty solitary experience



Beautiful

[milehi]

I had quiet all day hiking Mingus Mountain but the Arizona sky is full of chemtrails.

[Neuro]

At my bug-out location I have no artificial sounds, apart fro occasional high flying jets and the bells of goats sheep and cows. In Istanbul you can usually not hear even the low flying jets because of the ambient soundlevel!

[Hitch]

IMO, Great Basin National Park (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Basin_National_Park) and the surrounding area is a pretty decent place to experience silence:

no noise pollution
no chem-trails
no light pollution
clean/crisp refreshing air
no airplane noise
few tourists when I was there
cattle roam freely

this is how it should always be
simply driving there is a pretty solitary experience

Thanks, if I have time, I will check that out. I'm at the Colorado National Monument right now. Finished hiking, and I found quiet. Views rival the grand canyon, but no people, no sound. Beautiful when time stands still like this.

[crimethink]

Now if we could get rid of all the light pollution it would be an amazing experience at night too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pollution

The Sun may yet provide...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859

[Tumbleweed]

In 1989 I was in the Yellowstone back country with some friends. We traveled from the east entrance around the lake to the south entrance. I believe it's about a 65 mile trip. I don't recall seeing any aircraft and never heard any motors. No signs of civilization at all. In the middle of that trip we were about 30 miles from a road in any direction. Their were five of us horse back and we had six pack horses.

Where I live is sparsely populated so it's not uncommon to experiance only the sounds of nature.