Trump Administration Approves Airgun Blasting in Atlantic

[Anti Federalist]

The ocean threat you've never heard of, but Trump made easier
https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-b...lasting-the-ocean-threat-youve-never-heard-of


I wonder how close you would have to be in order for it to effect the human ear. Lets say you have no clue what is going on and are swimming off a boat or below deck in a sailboat.

The old systems (1960s - 1970s) used dynamite blasts.

The next gen systems used massive air bursts.

The current ones are quiet enough where I have passed within a mile or two and heard nothing at all.

 

[Swordsmyth]

You must spread some reputation around before giving it to AF again.


Someone please cover me.

 

[kahless]

The old systems (1960s - 1970s) used dynamite blasts.

The next gen systems used massive air bursts.

The current ones are quiet enough where I have passed within a mile or two and heard nothing at all.

Do you think it is fear mongering or is there something to what they wrote here?

Blasts are emitted about every 10 seconds, 24 hours a day. Testing can last for weeks and be heard for hundreds of miles.

A typical rock concert is about 120 decibels. The volume of seismic blasts is about twice that — ranging from 200 to 260 decibels. That’s loud enough to burst the human eardrum.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Do you think it is fear mongering or is there something to what they wrote here?

If you put your head right up next to one I suppose.

 

[Dr.3D]

Military sonar has about the same DB intensity. That's why they turn it off when there are divers over the side.