Rumbling noise at night

pueblo

Has anyone noticed a constant low sort of rumbling/vibration type noise over recent weeks? I only notice it (or it's only happening) in the evening...

I am in KK city.

Bongalongherb

Probably from fracking.

pueblo

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Probably from fracking.

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Bongalongherb

Check the airport flight times at the time you hear it, it could be a propeller aircraft from a distance. Does it last a few minutes or a few hours ?. Could it be aircraft engine testing as they usually do that at night but have to keep the decibels at a certain rate.

Does it sound anything like the one in the video below ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FGYbEX6owA

pueblo

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Check the airport flight times at the time you hear it, it could be a propeller aircraft from a distance. Does it last a few minutes or a few hours ?. Could it be aircraft engine testing as they usually do that at night but have to keep the decibels at a certain rate.

Does it sound anything like the one in the video below ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FGYbEX6owA

No, it's not aircraft, it last hours...it is a similar type sound to the video you posted but not as loud....lower, deeper too. I can hear it now (11.55am)

Maybe I'm just going la la...:eek:

catbear

Which side of kilkenny?

Thargor

Is there an Aldi or Lidl near you? There deliveries at this time were driving us nuts until we complained, bizarre rumbling sounds every night that we didn't even associate with them for weeks, it was them sliding big trollies around, went on until 2am sometimes.

dub45

It would help if you described your location. Are there any sources of likely low noise near you. For example I unfortunately live close to an "energy centre" (glorified boiler house) and there is a very big problem from low rumbling generated by it.

icv1111

It's from Irish rail cargo trains. Always really loud rumbling at night time.

catbear

icv1111 wrote: »

It's from Irish rail cargo trains. Always really loud rumbling at night time.

That would make sense if you're on the south side of town, out towards the old Dublin road.
It was the same when cargo trains used to be shunted around the sidings at kilkenny station.

pueblo

I am not far from the Brougemaker on the Comer Rd...nothing I can think of that would be producing that hum...it's not traffic because it's more pronounced when things are quieter late at night...

kikel

pueblo wrote: »

I am not far from the Brougemaker on the Comer Rd...nothing I can think of that would be producing that hum...it's not traffic because it's more pronounced when things are quieter late at night...

Somebody running a generator?

miece16

aliens

ergonomics

pueblo wrote: »

I am not far from the Brougemaker on the Comer Rd...nothing I can think of that would be producing that hum...it's not traffic because it's more pronounced when things are quieter late at night...

I'd be echoing icv1111's comment so. I used to live up past O'Loughlin's and you'd hear the trains rumbling away at night.

icv1111

ergonomics wrote: »

I'd be echoing icv1111's comment so. I used to live up past O'Loughlin's and you'd hear the trains rumbling away at night.

bothered me for years before I finally realised what it was. This video shows what I mean. You hear it from miles away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EEP_1Y3pAU

pueblo

icv1111 wrote: »

It's from Irish rail cargo trains. Always really loud rumbling at night time.

I obviously don't know....but it seems to be too constant to be trains....it's literally going on all the time as far as I can tell...

Captain Havoc

Send me a PM (I'll get it instantly on my phone) next time you hear it and I'll go outside.

citykat

pueblo wrote: »

I am not far from the Brougemaker on the Comer Rd...nothing I can think of that would be producing that hum...it's not traffic because it's more pronounced when things are quieter late at night...

AFAIK the only work going on at night at the moment is the work on Dean st for the CAS. It's hardly that - too far away. I don't think there's anything going on in the mart site especially at night. Could it be something at the brewery site?

dodderangler

miece16 wrote: »

aliens

It's only his stomach making the noise

Sky King

Sounds like OP has tinnitus to me.

ergonomics

icv1111 wrote: »

bothered me for years before I finally realised what it was. This video shows what I mean. You hear it from miles away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EEP_1Y3pAU

We live about 200m from the train tracks now. The whole house shakes when the cargo trains go through.

catbear

citykat wrote: »

AFAIK the only work going on at night at the moment is the work on Dean st for the CAS. It's hardly that - too far away. I don't think there's anything going on in the mart site especially at night. Could it be something at the brewery site?

The Brewery site seems quite as a mouse at night whenever I pass.

Could it be anything in army barracks?
Night training that involves machinery perhaps.

Edit: just read "the 53rd mechanised infantry company and contingent support group comprises 190 personal, with the core-some 84 troops - coming from Kilkenny". They been prepping for overseas and I wouldn't be surprised if it might be related.

Captain Havoc

catbear wrote: »

The Brewery site seems quite as a mouse at night whenever I pass.

Could it be anything in army barracks?
Night training that involves machinery perhaps.

Edit: just read "the 53rd mechanised infantry company and contingent support group comprises 190 personal, with the core-some 84 troops - coming from Kilkenny". They been prepping for overseas and I wouldn't be surprised if it might be related.

That's a good shout because I have seen army vehicles fairly late in the evening.

pueblo

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Send me a PM (I'll get it instantly on my phone) next time you hear it and I'll go outside.

Thanks will do now.

Sky King wrote: »

Sounds like OP has tinnitus to me.

Could very well be that.

catbear wrote: »

The Brewery site seems quite as a mouse at night whenever I pass.

Could it be anything in army barracks?
Night training that involves machinery perhaps.

Edit: just read "the 53rd mechanised infantry company and contingent support group comprises 190 personal, with the core-some 84 troops - coming from Kilkenny". They been prepping for overseas and I wouldn't be surprised if it might be related.

Possible

pueblo

I am hearing it now..........anyone??

Captain Havoc

pueblo wrote: »

I am hearing it now..........anyone??

I'm in Cork

catbear

I\ve had too many beers. sorry, hip...* § ~

pueblo

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I'm in Cork

at a time like this???

catbear wrote: »

I\ve had too many beers. sorry, hip...* § ~

Well that's just careless....I need you to stay alert! :P

It's humming loud now... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Autosport

I'm out in the country and no noise here

screamer

Could be tinnitus OP stick your fingers in your ears of you can still hear it it's tinnitus.

Bongalongherb

Go outside and record it on a microphone and upload it to here so we can hear this noise.

pueblo

screamer wrote: »

Could be tinnitus OP stick your fingers in your ears of you can still hear it it's tinnitus.

I'm coming round to the view it may be tinnitus after all...

catbear

Ok, I think in my inebriated state I somehow managed to snatch a recording of a low level hum emanating from over that side of town.

I've analyzed it and I think there's a message in the noise.
Sped up the low hum sounds like "vooooooote joooooooooohn mcguuuuuuuuinessssss."

Interesting.

Bongalongherb

Well here's one for you. I was speaking to the mother yesterday and this hum/rumbling noise the OP speaks of is what my mother gets every night she said. She is the only one that can hear it, her husband cannot hear anything.

She says that it is a very low frequency hum noise and it has been annoying her for a few years now. I said to her that the airport is 1 mile away so it has to be that from aircraft engine testing, Dublin airport that is. She told me that she has to wear ear-plugs every night because of it. When she heard it again she asked me to listen but I couldn't hear anything and I have very good hearing, but she said she can hear it clearly and it's like a light vibration as well in her body.

I done a bit of research on this hum noise from the UK as well and it says that some sensitive hearing folk can hear it but many cannot, but scientists/engineers cannot track where it comes from using electronic equipment to track it.

It really seems that the minority of folk can hear this annoying sound and vibration but the majority don't. It would be interesting to track it down if possible in the near future just to see what it is exactly. Either that or the OP and my mother have super exceptional hearing. They could both be Aliens.

Seriously though, some folk just seem to be able to hear and feel frequencies others cannot.

catbear

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Seriously though, some folk just seem to be able to hear and feel frequencies others cannot.

I can concur with this phenomena, far off car alarms that are barely audible to my wife can keep me awake yet when she talks about clothes or shoes I suddenly can't hear anything.

Autosport

Could the noise be the sound of the generators over at the mart?

ergonomics

Speaking of strange noises in Kilkenny, did anyone hear a siren or klaxon yesterday evening? I heard it just before 8pm down near the Castle and it seemed to be coming from the train station/Army barracks direction. Could hear it for about 15 minutes on and off.

pegasus1

ergonomics wrote: »

Speaking of strange noises in Kilkenny, did anyone hear a siren or klaxon yesterday evening? I heard it just before 8pm down near the Castle and it seemed to be coming from the train station/Army barracks direction. Could hear it for about 15 minutes on and off.

Every barracks would have a general alarm siren...

punisher5112

Op is there an esb transformer near by or a Telecom's hub?

These all hum away and are quite noisey at night.
Also gas sub station.

pegasus1

punisher5112 wrote: »

Open is there an esb transformer near by or a Telecom's hub?

These all hum away and are quite noisey at night.
Also gas sub station.

Even the electrical wires on top of poles can hum and buzz

punisher5112

I can here them sounds in Wicklow.

pueblo

punisher5112 wrote: »

Op is there an esb transformer near by or a Telecom's hub?

These all hum away and are quite noisey at night.
Also gas sub station.

Not that I'm aware of...

pegasus1

maybe you should get a Drone detector...If they existed of course...Big Brother is watching....and listening...;)

Captain Havoc

pueblo wrote: »

Not that I'm aware of...

Actually, if you're where I believe you are, I think there is one near you.

pueblo

Captain Havoc wrote: »

pueblo wrote: »

Not that I'm aware of...

Actually, if you're where I believe you are, I think there is one near you.

I'm not sure if I am where you believe I am but where is the one that is near where I might be?

granturismo

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Go outside and record it on a microphone and upload it to here so we can hear this noise.

Yes, please record the sound.

Captain Havoc

pueblo wrote: »

I'm not sure if I am where you believe I am but where is the one that is near where I might be?

The lane

pueblo

granturismo wrote: »

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Go outside and record it on a microphone and upload it to here so we can hear this noise.

Yes, please record the sound.

Just tried but it's not being picked up on phone, the sound is more like a vibration.

Captain Havoc wrote: »

pueblo wrote: »

I'm not sure if I am where you believe I am but where is the one that is near where I might be?

The lane

Forgot about that......Lovers Lane...:)

catbear

Seeing as you say it is a vibration I wonder if it's something like a water treatment facility. I'm going on ancient memory here but I think the Newpark Hotel had some kind of system at its rear at one time.

eoinfitzokk

catbear wrote: »

Seeing as you say it is a vibration I wonder if it's something like a water treatment facility. I'm going on ancient memory here but I think the Newpark Hotel had some kind of system at its rear at one time.

The Newpark Hotel has a large external boiler outside at the rear carpark.
ESB substation underneath the old railway line at Gas House Lane.
The large Army Scania Trucks at idle.

All of these could make that low hum.

Pablo Escobar

There's often a helicopter going at night. I woke up one night and heard this vibrating sound. I went all over the apartment trying to find the source. Eventually I went out and it was the same volume outside. I think I heard somebody had gone into the river. That was about 6-8 weeks ago. I've heard it a few times since. I'm in KK too btw.