‘the hum’ is back. Are you experiencing this as well?

[Blackcat119]

I haven’t seen a mention of the West Seattle ‘Hum’ here for quite awhile but I believe it is back! We live next to Madison Middle School and are hearing the pulsating hum all day long – it’s driving us crazy. Is anyone else hearing this?

It became more noticeable about 4 weeks ago.

For those that haven’t experienced this, it’s best described as a low frequency sound that occurs in a very slow pulsating pattern. Aka ‘the hum’.

Would love to know if others are experiencing this and your location. Thanks!

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[mackerelthecat]

I’m experiencing this as well. Because I’ve dealt with this all over the country, I have an app on my phone called Spectroid that shows frequency peaks—at least where I am, it’s registering as a 70 Hz hum/buzz sound. Someone mentioned it could be CalPortland and the industrial mega vacuum that they use, or something to that effect. Whatever it is it’s causing a bit of insomnia for me and I’m not happy about it… I’m going to give noise canceling sleep earbuds a try and see how that goes.

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[CarDriver]

Must be a location issue. I live by the Homestead and have never heard it.

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[alicekuder]

I live near the Southwest Community Center (Westwood Village area), so I’m sure I’m not hearing the same hum you are, but I discovered years ago that the huge ventilation fans on the roof of the center create the kind of noise you are describing. About once a year, the maintenance team would go up and clean them and inadvertently changing the direction in which the fans faced. When they face east, there’s not much of a problem because there are fewer homes in that direction, on that level, but when they face west, they really disturb those of us whose homes are directly across the way. I suggest you look for similar circumstances in your area. I.e., commercial buildings with mega-fans on the roof. I hope this helps you locate the source of your hum.

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