A local Hum!!
Have you heard the Falmouth hum?
By
WBgdavies | Posted: July 05, 2016
A mystery hum is plaguing the life of residents near Falmouth.
The hum, which first appeared in May, is described as low frequency vibration which can be felt through the floor and even transmits via the furniture.
Emma Williams said the noise is present 24 hours a day and seven days a week.
"I find it very irritating," she said.
"It makes you weary because it's always there in the background.
"You can't even sit outside and enjoy the bird song of the quiet of the countryside.
"I can feel the vibration through the soles of my feet when I take my shoes off.
"The first month it was there, I couldn't sleep at all through it and at times it was quite tortuous.
"Earplugs don't block it out and neither do noise canceling headphones."
Emma said that although she could hear it, her husband could not.
However her daughter and other visitors to the house near Ponsanooth were instantly aware of the disturbance.
She knows the hum is local and has investigated it's extent by driving for miles within a radius of her home and checking whether it can still be heard.
"There was one night I couldn't sleep because of the noise so at about 4.30am I got in the car and drove to see how far away I could hear it," said Emma.
"It was bad at Glendurgan, Feock and Bissoe," she said, adding that at a range of about 12 miles it disappears.
Environmental health officers suggested she may be suffering from tinnitus, a ringing in the ears, however Emma said this would not explain why the noise stops abruptly at a certain radius.
Determined to see whether any of the man made structures in the area were responsible she contacted the owners of a nearby wind farm, among others.
"They were very helpful and invited me over to see. I went around inside and they turned off the turbines, but it didn't make any difference."
South West Water were also contacted and checked their pipes to see if there was a problem deep underground.
Emma also contacted the operators of nearby hot rocks project but found it was not in operation at present. Also, the owners of several quarries said their pumps do work, but only for a few hours at a time.
"I don't know what else to do and I would really like to know of anyone else has been affected by this," she added.
http://www.westbriton.co.uk/have-you-heard-the-falmouth-hum/story-29477572-detail/story.html
The headline is a bit misleading. - Ponsanooth is about 4 miles NW of Falmouth, although if the hum reaches 12 miles from Ponsanooth it should be heard here too. I've not heard it, or heard of anyone else hearing it. A pity the West Briton could not dig up more witnesses. Maybe this article will prompt some to come forward.
Some years back people in Mawnan Smith reported something similar which was eventually put down to noise from ships anchored in the bay.