2 ms·
> It is ... way beyond.. loud. Um, I don't know how often this happens but any chance of that damaging your hearing? Because I wouldn't know of any sound I'd e
by lucb1e 6y ago
> It is ... way beyond.. loud.
Um, I don't know how often this happens but any chance of that damaging your hearing? Because I wouldn't know of any sound I'd even describe like that.
The part about it frying motherboards in your house makes me wonder how the cell tower copes with it. I assume it has a lightning rod but so close to that rod as the tower's equipment is, compared to how close your house is, it must fry everything on the tower? Do they come and replace all electronics on it every time?
- kqr 6y agoFortunately, hearing damage is a function of both pressure and time, so your hearing can survive loud bangs as long as they are very brief.
- lucb1e 6y agoI know that it needs time as well, but as the pressure goes up the time might become so short that you could get hearing damage from just that momentary bang. Especially if if's so loud that they describe it with words I would not know to apply to any sound. Hence my question.
- wahern 6y agoThat sounds right, according to the famous toilet lid story: https://twitter.com/DrPhiltill/status/979583605637877760 https://twitter.com/DrPhiltill/status/979583605637877760 > 13. This is just conservation of energy. The initial potential energy was mass times height times gravity. Divide by the 1/20th second that it "rings" out the pressure waves (the sound), and that is acoustic power. Divide by surface area of the toilet bowl lid to get energy flux.