Sunday, January 3, 2021

hearing things

 Last night I happened to be awake about 1:00am.  I was in bed but reading a good book when I realized I was hearing a really loud weird noise.  Sort of a very loud droning sound.  I knew it wasn't a train, at least not like any I usually hear.  It wasn't the downtown siren that they test at noon on the first Wednesday of every month. It wasn't the fire alarm in my building.  While I listened (it went on for several minutes) I recalled recent reports I've heard on the news about strange howling noises heard in some far away parts of the world and began to wonder if this was going to go on for hours or days.  The thought crossed my mind that it might have something to do with work on the deep tunnel.  Finally it faded away and I fell asleep.  I didn't think anything more about it until I heard a report on this evening's news.  Evidently several people reported hearing the noise which I found very reassuring.  It's good to know I wasn't imagining things.  Unfortunately no one seems to have any idea about what it was.  Perhaps by tomorrow we will have an answer or maybe it will remain a mystery.  Either is fine as long as I don't need to listen to it again. 

PS it was not my Roomba run amuck. 

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