Ben-Nadav Hafri
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The classic fire siren sound, like what you hear in your head if you imagine a fire truck right now, is called the Federal Q2B, and it's a whopping 123 decibels at 100 feet away. There's an actual corporation that makes the siren, Federal Signal. Fans post videos about the siren online. Here's what it sounds like. Maybe turn your volume down.
The classic fire siren sound, like what you hear in your head if you imagine a fire truck right now, is called the Federal Q2B, and it's a whopping 123 decibels at 100 feet away. There's an actual corporation that makes the siren, Federal Signal. Fans post videos about the siren online. Here's what it sounds like. Maybe turn your volume down.
According to a helpful chart from Yale University, 123 decibels is just two decibels lower than the point at which, quote, pain begins. This would all be fine, except I kind of need my ears for my job. And this is why I began the log. The log has fields for all relevant data. Date, time, branch of emergency service, location in the house from which we have heard the siren.
According to a helpful chart from Yale University, 123 decibels is just two decibels lower than the point at which, quote, pain begins. This would all be fine, except I kind of need my ears for my job. And this is why I began the log. The log has fields for all relevant data. Date, time, branch of emergency service, location in the house from which we have heard the siren.
There's also a field for reporter, Ben slash Julia, and another for notes. And then what is the final column?
There's also a field for reporter, Ben slash Julia, and another for notes. And then what is the final column?
This is the only field that matters. You see, there's a dog in my neighborhood who howls almost every time the siren goes off. And he sounds like this. A dog who, by the standards of people on my blog, is practically famous. Have you heard a dog who howls every time the sirens go off?
This is the only field that matters. You see, there's a dog in my neighborhood who howls almost every time the siren goes off. And he sounds like this. A dog who, by the standards of people on my blog, is practically famous. Have you heard a dog who howls every time the sirens go off?
do something about it it starts really low and guttural i thought it was like a werewolf or something i decided to take a two-pronged approach to my siren problem plan a i had to see if i could prove that the sirens in my neighborhood were dangerously unnecessarily loud and plan b i needed a sympathetic face for my cause Nobody really cares about podcasters, but everybody cares about dogs.
do something about it it starts really low and guttural i thought it was like a werewolf or something i decided to take a two-pronged approach to my siren problem plan a i had to see if i could prove that the sirens in my neighborhood were dangerously unnecessarily loud and plan b i needed a sympathetic face for my cause Nobody really cares about podcasters, but everybody cares about dogs.
And I had to assume that that dog was howling along with the siren because he was, like me, in serious pain. So, find the dog, stop the siren. It'd be that simple. Except the dog was not immediately forthcoming. So I pushed ahead with plan A, noise research, which led me straight to Dr. Arlene Bronzaft.
And I had to assume that that dog was howling along with the siren because he was, like me, in serious pain. So, find the dog, stop the siren. It'd be that simple. Except the dog was not immediately forthcoming. So I pushed ahead with plan A, noise research, which led me straight to Dr. Arlene Bronzaft.