Yo Captain: Can you shed any light on this??
WINDSOR, Ontario – Last month, Bob Dechert, a senior aide to Canada's foreign minister, was dispatched to Detroit with an important diplomatic mission: to stop a highly-annoying noise.
The so-called Windsor hum, described as a low-frequency rumbling sound, has rattled windows and knocked objects off shelves in this border community just across the Detroit River from the Motor City. Locals have said it sounds like a large diesel truck idling, a loud boom box or the bass vocals of Barry White.
Residents in Windsor, Ontario, have blamed the hum for causing illness, whipping dogs into frenzies, keeping cats housebound and sending goldfish to the surface in backyard ponds. Many have resorted to switching on their furnace fan all season to drown out the noise.
Even weirder, Americans cannot seem to hear it. Canadians find that suspicious -- especially since their research suggests the hum is coming from the Yankees' side -- and accuse US officials of staying silent over the noise.
"The government of Canada takes this issue seriously," Dechert said after his recent fact-finding trip, which included a visit to a heavily-industrialized area on the American side of the river that some Canadian scientists believe is to blame for the hum.
I'll give it a try...I'm no geologist,but heres my theory..the hum as its called these days really affects people on the west side and to the south of windsor.Both Johnny and myself live on the east side of the city so we don't really notice it much at all.Our studies have narrowed it to a 2 square mile area of River Rouge foundry around Zug Island.Windsor's west end is all salt mines under the city,so I'm thinking that it's acting like a speaker cabinet and amplifying the vibrations from across the river.It's a real annoyance for the west enders.River Rouge has no funds to investigate to pinpoint the actual cause,and our government has been in touch with the EPA to see if they can help,but I think we will have to pick up any tab to figure it out as it can only be heard on our side of the river....hope this helps