We have them in here Midwest as well. I'm surprised he didn't talk about them. I live in the same general he does I know he's heard them. I listen eagerly for them every summer, the soundtrack of my childhood.
Crickets are like a home alarm 🚨 if u live in rural area crickets are very common. When the crickets STOP chirping... It lets you know , something is else is near by
I am an American and I've experienced multiple tornados. There's a couple times that stand out in memory. first, when I was in grade school we had three of them flying about at the same time. One of those ended up taking off the side of a friend's house and we chatted about it during lunch the next day. The next most notable one was when I was a teenager and I was camping with some friends. The tornado touched down and we ran across a field until we got back to camp and wrapped ourselves against the underside of the truck we drove out with, as a sort of ballast to avoid getting sucked away.
Cicadas are the song of summer - they make their sound by rubbing their wings together. They synchronize their singing, and they can get LOUD. I’ve heard different explanations as to how they all know when to start and stop all at the same time - it’s fun to hear. The sound always takes me back to my happy simple childhood.
We had those in Indiana. They go REEEEEERRRRRRRR REEEEEEERRRRRRR REEEEEEERRRRRR for several mintues, then they all die down at once with REEEEEEEERRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrr. Then there's about five seconds of blessed silence before they start screaming together again. And yes, they are LOUD, like annoying jerk with a custom car stereo loud. Like, car horn loud, or screaming baby loud. And they never shut up all day.
As some of your commenters have already said, the red bird on the wire is a cardinal.They’re the state bird for several states. Laurence didn’t describe the sound they make, even though that was the theme of his video. Usually, when the bright red male bird is perched on a telephone wire, he sings what sounds like the word “pretty’ in rapid succession several times. It’s the mating call and cardinals mate for life. Also, they don’t migrate; it’s really beautiful when they appear in bare tree after a snowstorm. At that point, they’ve usually mated, so you see both the male and female together. Many people keep bird feeders to attract them. They’re also a favorite image for Christmas decor.
I’m still so annoyed that our football team is the Arizona Cardinals and yet I’ve literally never seen a cardinal here in my life. I wish they had changed our mascot when they moved here. Just sayin . . .😂😂😂🌵🌵😂😂
@@tammajammanever?? You need to get out more. Go to northern Arizona and they are all over. In Winslow at the cabin, we have a bird feeder and the Cardinals and Blue Jays are our most frequent guests.
@@tammajamma another fun fact about my home state of Arizona, we have more mountain tops than any other state. Yes we do have portions of the state that are desert, but more of the state is actually forest and mountains and gets more snow than people realize. Flagstaff averages about 8-10 feet of snow and the Grand canyon North Rim averages 12.5 feet of snow.
Funny thing about Cardinals, they're actually supposed to represent loved ones who are coming back to watch over their living family members. This one time I was at church with my family and we were sitting out in the lobby by the windows because there weren't enough seats inside to fit us. I hear this sudden thunk behind me and I turn. Right there next to the window is a Cardinal and he was tapping on the glass trying to get inside. He kept coming by the entire mass and tapping right behind us. I had a thought during mass "I wonder if that's my grandmother that died when I was 2 months old" And quite literally a minute later the musicians started playing her favorite church on, "On Eagles Wings." They very rarely play that song, I'll maybe hear it about 2 or 3 times a year. I was so surprised to hear it. What an incredible experience.
Yes. This is true. After my friends and family left and I was all alone after my Mom’s funeral a cardinal landed on my gutter and waved at me with its tale. Then I found the ring my Mom told me she was going to give me right after that in her ‘Cardinal jewelry box’. I know it was her.
So true, my grandma used to tell us it was our loved ones from heaven stopping by. Also idk if anyone said but the males are the bright red, females are brown with a tiny bit of red.
Where I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania our neighbor's farm had an aviary converted from a greenhouse. A small tornado broke it in the early 80's, releasing their collection of exotic birds. I grew up hearing peacock calls in the woods at night. It sounded like someone calling for help faintly, echoing in the dark forest. Awesome.
I live in central Florida and we have neighborhoods FILLED with wild peacocks 😂😂 they would be on roof tops and come down to follow us around the bus stops when I was in school 😂😂😂
Other animals will tell you, too, but that’s definitely a quick and easy one! The crows and ravens will tell you when your jerk neighbor is outside. They hate ‘em, too, haha…and call to warn each other. It’s helpful to me…
If you’ve ever heard a female cougar (the “mountain lion,” not your friend’s mom) in heat it’s exactly like a woman being attacked and screaming. People not used to the sound have called the cops saying someone’s being killed in the woods. Then the SWAT team shows up, it’s crazy.
OMG! The one and only time I ever heard one was in the holler in Kentucky. That sound sent chills straight up my spine. Needless to say I didn't stay outside long.
This is true. I, my sister, multiple cousins and one of our uncles were in the backyard of the family home place looking across the pasture. It was late evening just about to turn dark when all of us heard this horrifying sound from the distant trees. All the young girls went dead silent looking around in fear. I think almost every hair on my entire body tried to stand on end, I immediately looked at my uncle who was just leaned against a fence post real casual but staring real hard at the trees. His attitude pretty much told me what was going on but I asked him "Was that a cougar?" He looked at me nodded and said "Oh yeah that's definitely a cougar." To this day one of the most eerie and frightening sounds I have ever heard.
@@tonyneal910 Yeah, they sound like a woman screaming her bloody head off. Female foxes in heat can sound pretty scary too, then there are the Skinwalkers… 👹 😮
Especially when you have cats who spend all night chasing the cricket, and then sometimes catching it by a leg or something that you find later, sometimes in the laundry. No...I'm not making it up. I often found cricket legs in the laundry when I lived in Texas and had 3 cats. Found a couple small lizard tails around the house as well. What was comforting was knowing the cats were doing their job.
I worked in a fabric store back in the 80's that was right on the edge of a field. In fall the evening workers would leave after sunset and the entire parking lot was jumping. Occasionally one would get in and we would hear it chirp. The manager would hunt it down until she found it and killed it. They eat wool so we didn't want one anywhere near our wool fabrics. We still would unroll a bolt for a customer and, sure enough, there would be one a few yards in with a nice little hole.
I've seen tornados.. years ago in North Dakota.. from a distance. A few years ago a tornado came within a mile of my home in Mississippi. It was amazing loud, similar to having a railroad right next to you. Happened at night so didn't see a thing.
Don't know if anybody has already pointed this out but... About Lawrence's claim about tornado frequency in Britain, he did state an important qualifier. The most tornados PER SQUARE MILE. I heard a reputable source say once that 90% of all the tornados in the world occur in USA, but America is a wee bit larger than Great Britain.
so england gets dozens of twisters that can ruffle your hair and kick up some dust. but the us gets like one that can tear entire suburbs to shreds. so proportionally, the us gets far far more tornado damage, but technically there's a lot more of them in england.
same for thunderstorms in fla. were used to it, but its not as common in other states. ive heard the only place in the world that has as many storms as fla is somewhere in africa. considering thats where hurricanes are born i wouldnt be surprised.
Crickets and mockingbirds, in addition to lightning bugs and a spectacular pink and gold sunset are the best part of a beautiful summer evening in The South. Throw in a mason jar full of icy cold sweet tea and you’re in heaven. Every time I hear crickets it takes me back to when my granddaughter was little and she would come and stay with us for the weekend. I would take her out at sunset to sit on the front porch swing. We’d swing and talk awhile but after it became totally dark, I’d tell her to lie down and get comfy and “listen to the night.” After the first time we did it all I had to ask was “are you ready to “listen to the night?” It became our thing. She would lay her little head in my lap and I’d stroke her hair while we would swing and listen to our nightly symphony-the soundtrack of our nights. I am filled with gratitude for those memories. My granddaughter is grown now, she’s an RN and lives far away from us, so treasure every moment with those you love. It goes by in the blink of an eye.
There are places where people go to watch the “light shows” of synchronized lightning bugs at night in the summer. Then there are the “phosphorescent tides” on the coast when the waves in the ocean glow either green, yellow or blue. The plankton produces the same “cold light” that fireflies make. It’s really a sight!
It does. What a lovely memory. I miss my young grands so much. They have jobs and family now and I don’t get to see them much now. I do miss these days.
I'm a RR. One time years back, we got stopped by a thicket of trees. It was night. I had never seen so many lightning bugs at once! Billions of them. Spectacular. Out in the middle of nowhere. Complete blackness all around. Got to see the comet a few years back. When there is no ambiant light for miles and miles, no light pollution, you would just be absolutely stunned what the sky looks like at night. For 5 years I drove an old Bronco with no doors or roof. Looking up at the Milky Way was breathtaking.
Some of us in America even buy “white noise machines” to help us sleep. They’re small devices that often offer a selection of sounds: crickets (my favorite. It reminds me of camping or being outside at night), rain, thunder, frogs croaking, ocean waves crashing on the beach, and other soothing sounds (“soothing” being a very individualized concept). These machines can be very handy if one lives in a noisy area of a city, or, conversely, if it’s just “too quiet” and you have the type of mind that races and conjures up scary imaginings.
I miss camping, laying in the sleeping bag, bullfrogs croaking, the chirping of crickets and tree frogs....then a loud hiss from an alligator and.....silence.......I get the call of mother nature and I AM NOT GOING TO MOVE UNTIL DAYLIGHT!!!!! On second thought maybe I don't miss camping that much after all.
@@johnniewoodard648 Yeah, I did NOT like camping when I lived in Florida (besides the sand, the wild boars, mosquitoes 🦟- definitely the mosquitoes even though they seem to LOVE me!). And now that I’m older, it’s too much trouble to get up off the ground to go outside several times a night. (Old age sucks!)
im from the gulf coast of mississippi and ive lived thru 16 hurricanes. and honestly its not really that bad just another party day. i even drove my motorcycle home from work thru the 2020 hurricane
i like hearing coyotes and foxes yip at night, along side the little peeping frogs near water in the summer. also the all encompassing cicadas chirping during the day, and crickets at night. But the most memorable sounds of Canada for me are the sounds of the north: Ever heard an elk bellow or the crazy wail of the Loon Bird, or the for away echo of wood peckers digging at tree bark that legitimately sounds like automating weapons firing? Those are something else man. Other than those, every region have their own unique soundscape of bird calls, depending where you are. In the town its doves, robins, sparrows and the ear splitting shriek of grecals/starlings. In the forest its Jays, chickadees, finches and crows, the list goes on.
Coyotes, wolves, they all sound so soothing at night. Had coyotes outside my house in New Mexico and one time camping in northern New Mexico, I could hear them in the distance...beautiful sound.
Cardinals (the birds) are BRIGHT red. The crosswalk voice is for blind people. Only in cities...which I avoid. We don't have tornado sirens out in the country. We just have to be aware of the weather. The biggest tornado I experienced was as a kid - we pretty much drove through the edges. Dark as midnight, signs and sheet metal from barns blowing across the road, and 19 people died. Haha..a tornado doesn't sound like a "whoosh" sound. It sounds like a freight train rolling through your house. We have crickets and frogs singing at night. Also wolves, coyotes and foxes raising hell too, but that's beside the point.
it very much sounds like a train passing through, then you'll have something large smacking something else occasionally. If your in a storm shelter like i was, your ears pop like crazy and if its close enough it'll start flexing the heck out of the door, we had 3 big dudes trying to hold it down. F4s are no joke
@@bobhightower8822Yes, they are so big they no longer look like tornadoes. The dogtrack in Kansas caught a mile Long F4 on camera. It was just a wall of black. Totally wiped out a new home development, threw cars on top of buildings.... Truly frightening force of nature.
I think it depends on what part of the country you're in. The only time I have heard tornado sirens was in a rural area. In cities they rely on public alerts via TV, radio, or more recently cell phones.
Crickets outside are a very relaxing sound. Now if you have one lonely cricket in your house when you’re trying to sleep… the worst!! 😂almost as bad as a mosquito buzzing around your head in the dark. Another sound is the monthly siren test. At least in Minnesota. The first Wednesday of every month all towns have an emergency siren that they test. I think around 1:00 pm. They also test the tornado sirens every spring.
Here in Kentucky we have approximately 394 bird species. I love migration season(s). The sky is full of birds singing and geese honking and sometimes the bare trees have so many birds perched on them that branches sag and snap under the weight. It's an amazing thing to witness.
Many small towns in US still use the old air-raid sirens as fire alarms for local volunteer fire departments. Where I grew up there was a weekly test every Sunday at 10AM
Oh yeah the little town where my grandma lives still does that. They’re on the coast so it’s also the tsunami warning system. They test once a month so most people have the police radio. Still sends me into a panic every time I hear it.
Midwesterner here: As to Tornado sirens going off every 2 wks. That hardly ever happens due to the weather conditions. But from March thru October those sirens are tested every month. My area tests them on the first Saturday of the month at 10 AM; and the second Wednesday of the month at 3 PM. And the sound is more like the air raid siren sounds heard in Europe during WWII. Close to 50 now; I've only been thru 4 tornadoes; my husband has been thru 2.
6:33 We got one once every day, it's locally referred to as "the noon whistle". Once a day at precisely 12 noon, they blow it as a system check to make sure the ancient siren is still working. If you hear it and it's not noon, it means take shelter because your about to not be in Kansas anymore.
Moved next door to a fire station about a decade ago. Woke up one morning to an air raid siren going off and found out the hard way that they did a salute to first responders on 9/11, exactly when the planes struck.
yep my town has a noon whistle that began thanks to this being a mining town I believe. The in town mines are long tapped out but that whistle sticks around.
In the US there is this constant sound of electricity running and that is the white noise he is mentioning. It's part fan, part appliances running, a hum from the electrical lines, the sound of the neighbors' central heating and air units, etc. When power goes out in the whole neighborhood there is an ungodly eerie utter silence. Tornado sirens are a re-purposing of the air-raid sirens from WW2. They are tested once a week in most areas of The South usually at noon on Wednesday.
@@giftofthewild6665 with the tests or the electrical noises? The tests are because everyone knows to expect them. The electrical noises are like having a fan running all the time. It just becomes background.
@@SerraMorris Our tests are the first Wednesday of every month. Last year I was working from home and the sirens went off on a Thursday -- but exactly at noon. So I did a quick check and there was a problem with the previous day's test and they re-did it after they fixed the problem.
White noise is background noise, the kind you get used to and don't notice anymore. Bees buzzing in the garden, the ceiling fan in your bedroom, an airplane droning high overhead, the lawn mower down the street. Anything that once the noise stops, you might notice how quiet it is without it.
When it comes to white noise, I can NOT sleep in a quiet room, I have to either have a fan on, or a white noise machine running. Also as a Kansan I have seen a tornado. It was out in the middle of the fields, and was only an EF1 but it was mesmerizing! They’re scary when they’re near civilization but on their own they’re beautiful
I’m with you. I can’t sleep in a quite room either And I don’t like a totally dark room as well. So I usually fall asleep with the tv on. Sound turned down low and something that I’m not interested in so I don’t really watch it. So, my tv gives me my white noise and light too.
I have the same problem. I prefer green noise, which I didn't even know was a thing until I started using the calm app a few years ago. There is also brown noise etc. Etc.
Southern California here, was in a tornado about 30 yrs ago. Yes, they happen here, but there are no sirens. So I was outside with 4yo son, and it was lightly raining. We had umbrellas and we're marching in circles saying "tut tut, it looks like rain" (Pooh), and all of a sudden the rain came down like mad - sideways! We ran into the house and it sounded like we were being hit by a freight train. That tornado pulled massive pines out of the ground and threw them into the streets.
I'm 86 years old and saw a tornado actually in progress in my twenties. Others came close to use. We live in tornado alley, but sirens don't go off every two weeks for an actual warning. It's more frequent in the summer. The sirens are tested once a month so we hear them then. Crickets are in rural areas, mostly, or in a park.
We have crickets in the city, urban homes. A little yard and they’re there. A big yard and they’re there en masse. At 86, you’ve surely seen a lot of tornadoes, especially in the notorious alley.
In southern Arizona, you hear the buzz of hummingbirds. More so if you have feeders out. To my Texas and Oklahoma friends, they sound like a wasp attack 😂
@@janpotts4767 I think some people have had good results getting rid of tinnitus by eating carnivore. Videos on Dr. Shawn Baker Podcast youtube channel.
As an American, the most annoying thing to hear is an amber alert. It means a child was abducted but DANG is it annoying. Like what am I supposed to do? Get up and go be Batman? This ain't Gotham bro. I also hear the same sound for tornado warnings.
Ya, it’s LOUD and could have some other less bone-jarring sound. Sure, if I’m out and about, I’ll watch for the vehicle/people, but indoors, unless they headed into my area, not much I can do. If they ARE headed into my area, and I’m near or in my car, ya, sure, I’m willing to use my car as a road block for a missing kid. Anytime. Or follow them discreetly, maybe PIT the car if I got the chance. I would. If it were MY loved one, I’d appreciate the same. And I’m super protective of all kids, and (nearly, haha, I can think of a few exceptions), any defenseless person. But western American parents are LAX (not the airport), lazy asf, and I always see them way too far from their kids and inattentive. If your kid is priceless to you, ACT like it, ffs. They’d never let a suitcase with a million dollars get that far from them in public…but their kid can wander ahead or trial behind 100’. Snatchers will take your kid from your arms and relay your kid to a waiting car. So, stay at arm’s length.
Yeah ive always thought that they should find a less startling and annoying sound for those amber alerts because for most people that sound is so awful that their reflex to it is to turn it off as quickly as possible. This prevents people from reading the message.. and once its gone its gone.
And those alerts always come in just as you fell asleep or in the middle of the night when you are in a deep sleep. One tornado warning sound was enough for me, I moved out of tornado alley (Tulsa, OK)...lol
Cardinals are beautiful. I love them in winter, they really stand out in the snow 7:38 I live in Wisconsin, we've had a few tornadoes but I've never personally seen one, ever. Tornadoes aren't really something we think or worry about. However I do know what to do in a tornadoe if I ever end up experiencing one. We have drills all the time. Work, school, at home, ect 11:41 it's a mating call. Trying to find a partner. The sound isn't crickets getting it on
For a lot of animals, thankfully, fucking is pretty quiet. For birds and humans, unfortunately, this is not the case. (Side note: bird mating calls and bird fucking noises are different noises)
Severe thunderstorms are more common, and a pretty accurate feel of what getting hit by a tornado would be like without actual lethal risk. However, the eerie stillness of the air and being able to look out the front and back of a home and see sunny sky with clouds on one side, and a green sky with massive dark clouds on the other, and the next town over is crippled will be an experience I wont forget. Nov. 17 2013, Illinois. Tons of Tornados across the state
I'm in Ohio. I've never seen a tornado in person but we had one in the area a few weeks ago and apparently there is evidence that "tornado alley" is shifting eastward.
I grew up in really rural Washington on the coast, the ocean noise is always there. A constant distant roaring noise or the wind rushing through the trees, birds especially swallows but also crows, ravens, owls, sparrows, etc. Even bats, squeaking their high pitched squeaks at night haha. In front of our house we could see the ocean and behind us was rising hills that we call Thunder Hills because of the way sound rolls off of them. Lots of rain, thunderstorms, etc. I didn't realize how much I relied on this constant noise until I moved to London(yes in England haha) and wondered what the hell was missing. The ocean was a much more constant noise than I ever realized. On the coast we have tsunami sirens - once a month they do a test. The siren itself was 200ft down from my house it was so freaking loud and then it would talk, it was like God speaking to you it was so loud haha.
Complete sidenote: I was told if you were sick a cardinal is common to appear. Being from the Midwest I was told that it was the spirit of a dead loved one watching over you. I know it sounds silly, but when I had major surgery , there was a cardinal at my hospital window EVERY day I was in hospital. When I had a very serious bout of COVID, a cardinal was sitting at my window every day until I recovered. Believe it or not it’s the truth. Strange…
I heard the same about hummingbirds. Saw one the day a buddy in another state died. It was about 2 weeks early. Didn’t see another hummer for a few weeks.
The winter I was recovering from open heart surgery there were a ton of cardinals in the tiny patch of dirt & trees behind our townhouse. I took quite a few pictures. Sometimes there were around 20--that was in 2017, can't remember it very well. If it happened before I turned 17 or 18, I'm sure it would be a crystal clear memory! LOL
I live in Tornado Alley and I’ve been through 4 tornadoes in my life. It’s one of the most awe inspiring and exciting things you can ever witness. They aren’t scary unless they’re coming towards you. Starting in March, the tornado sirens are tested every Wednesday at noon as long as the weather is clear. That way EVERYONE knows it’s just a test and there isn’t actually a tornado. Most places tell you to immediately find shelter when you hear a tornado siren but where I come from everyone goes outside to watch the tornado because it’s easier to tell which way the twister is going. No need to get in the shelter unless it turns towards you.
We have crickets and tree frogs. Tree frogs sound very similar to crickets - faster, higher, and louder. Add in a bull frog and you have an evening symphony.
I'm sure they exist in Europe as well but one of my favorite sounds growing up was Mourning Doves calling when the sun comes up. It brings me a lot of peace.
I live on the coast of SC. No tornado sirens here but an alert is posted on TV if there is a warning. We have plenty of severe thunderstorms that could potentially produce a tornado, but it is rare. Hurricanes can produce them too and that is also a concern here. That being said, a few years ago a small tornado touched down about 10 miles from where I live. It did minor damage.
Oklahoman here. That tornado siren is sick. 😂 it needs to grow up a bit. Here we literally have siren poles that will have a great number of air raid sirens on the top. When they go off if you live by one it can be deafening even inside your home. We have tornadoes alot here. During the moore tornado year, that spring we were dealing sometimes with upwards of 40-70 tornadoes in a day with half on the ground or getting ready to touch down. We didn't have a shelter and had no choice but to run from them. These things will make you know you're small and insignificant and give you a big respect for nature's power. That year one day got particularly bad and my kids and I had to run. We had a clear path from our town to another town that could help me get to yet another area where the tornadoes weren't as bad. However once we got on the road where there were no turn offs two other tornadoes started coming out of the sky so we had tornadoes on three sides of us and only one way out in a direction that we couldn't go. The three were heading toward each other and getting ready to merge. We had enough information to know that if we stopped right where we were we would most likely be okay but if we moved from there we would most likely not be okay. so we just pulled off the road halfway in between the towns the tornadoes went around us and merged on the other side it was absolutely terrifying because tornadoes can jump and Skip depending on the type. All we could do was pray and sweat it out. Currently in Oklahoma they have shut down most public storm shelters so many people who cannot afford a personal storm shelter are being told they have better chances of staying in their homes during a tornado and just getting in an internal room or in the bathtub. But a lot of the homes here in Oklahoma are wooden and there are a lot from the 1950s and 60s which don't withstand a very strong tornado. so if you get an F3 or above and you're in one of these homes you're screwed. It is absolutely a ridiculous advice. But either way running or not, you stand a chance of getting hurt or dying in a tornado if you can't get underground or in a shelter. There have been many people moving into Oklahoma lately for what reason I have no idea LOL. I guess they enjoy the idea of possibly getting sucked up into the sky every Spring, fall, and occasionally summer. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for family. But with so many people moving into Oklahoma, it worries me greatly for the people that do not have personal shelters and do not have a place to run. Because if there are too many cars you can't run. You bottleneck and then become a Sitting Duck just as much as sitting in your house. It's just insane. If you've not experienced living through a tornado especially multiple tornadoes every spring or fall I do not recommend it! Enjoy your peace and keep your sanity! LOL 😅
I’ve seen a tornado. I got caught out in a storm, driving down a dirt road, trying to get to the safety of my house when a tornado touched down about two miles to my left. I drove parallel to it about 3 miles before I hit my driveway, grabbed the baby, and RAN to safety. Don’t want to do that again!
Fun story. I was at Cedar Point, literally at the top of the Millenium Force back when it first came out. We were stopped and not going down the very first drop. And as we sat there, of course it was me to cry out "Look! Waterspouts!" As two aquatic tornados, quite a ways away but not that far away spiraled around one another out on Lake Erie. I don't think this did anyones' nerves any favors. But eventually the ride got moving again and I think quite a few people went home early.
Our tornado sirens are tested every Friday at noon. Last week we had 9 tornadoes in Ohio, which is crazy in March! My mom woke me and my nephew up at 4am (our phones went off twice with an emergency warning but we slept through it) and she told us to get down to the basement: the tornado sirens were going off for real! We were half-asleep, trying to find our shoes and ran down the basement stairs. Luckily we didn't get hit by a tornado and lived to tell the tale!
Lewis, we do have crickets in the UK hun, loads of them. What you hear when you’re abroad is probably cicadas, similar to crickets and they can be very loud!
In Kentucky where I live, there are sirens in parks and open spaces throughout the city to alert us to weather issues, etc. First, the Westminster chimes are played and then a recording comes on directing us to connect to local news sources to get more information. The closest siren to my house is a mile away and I can hear it from inside my house! 😮
There’s a Florida sound I know you don’t have. When the weather starts heating up in the spring, you can hear the gators’ mating call at night if you’re near the water. Then after the babies are born, you can hear them chirping at night too. They’re more vocal than you’d imagine and it’s a very cool sound. Look it up if you get the chance.
@@BTinSF If you hear the baby gator’s “distress chirp” nearby you need to evacuate. They’re calling for their momma because they feel threatened. Alligator’s & crocodiles will defend their young and you don’t want beef with one. 😱
The sounds of life beginning in the morning in NYC, the way it amplifies in the street, before things really get bustling, is calming; and the traffic, occasional horn or even the occasional shout with possible expletives, (funny when it isn’t you), and sirens every few minutes, also in NYC, is also calming to me, especially at night. There’s something comforting about knowing the cops and firemen are out doing their job. I’m kinda hypervigilant, so it’s like handing it off to someone else for a while. The sounds of NYC… And yes, I’ve watched a tornado come in even out west, where the mountains almost always break them up. Pretty rare out west, past Texas. But they’re infamous for hitting trailer parks back east, and of course the region known as Tornado Alley…
I had a tornado in 2004 during Hurricane Ivan here in Pensacola, Florida. It took my roof off of my house and subsequently destroyed everything I owned. The FEMA department and the Red Cross set up a travel trailer in my front yard. I lived in it for 3 years as my house was rebuilt. The benefits of insurance and Federal taxes.
Yes, the AC makes a continuous white noise, in the summer there is a horrible thing that will wake you from a dead sleep, the sudden silence which means the power has gone off. It is suddenly so quiet that you can't sleep and you know it's just going to start getting hot. When the power comes back on and the AC starts back up it makes you so happy you can get back to sleeryp. Living in Dallas, Texas my entire life I am very used to hearing tornado sirens. Dallas is in Tornado Alley a path up the center of the United States up to the Midwest where most of the Tornadoes occur.
I live in the south and we get several tornados every year, and our tornado sirens go off for tests at 10am on the first Wednesday of every month, but only if it’s nice weather (if it’s bad weather they don’t run the test because it could be mistaken for an actual emergency). But I did see something recently that said that Americans can be divided into groups based on what natural disasters happen in their area and they all think the others are absolutely crazy and can I say as someone who was born in flood/blizzard region but who grew up/lives in tornado/hurricane region, can confirm that I think earthquake and wildfire Americans are absolutely BONKERS.
I have a cardinal that steals cat food off my porch every day. Also a hummingbird that dive bombs my head in the spring. Also a small tornado went right over my house once, but it never touched down. My son was standing on my front porch about two meters away from the door waiting for the school bus and I had to yell for him to get inside because it was so loud he could barely hear me. Another time I was driving home from a trip to Detroit and I ended up driving right through a forming tornado. I just thought it was smoke from a fire until I felt my car lift a tiny bit, like when you go over a big bump and go a little airborne. I didn't know why everyone on the northbound lanes were flashing their lights, but it was to warn about the tornado.
I live in the Midwest, Michigan, 80 years old, never seen or been in a Tornado . Thank goodness! But they have hit here I just haven’t been in those areas. 😊
The Audubon Society has all kinds of regional bird books. I've never seen a tornado, but one did touch down about a mile from my house in Kentucky. It sounded like thunder that just kept going and going.
I've been in the middle of one tornado in Kentucky & have seen one tornado forming & hitting ground from a far in Southern Canada. Multiple experiences seeing the dark clouds of tornados from miles away. Once in the middle of a hurricane in Miami Florida.
3:30 That is a male cardinal, they are bright red, females are dull browns and grey with bits of dull red. Like almost all bird species the males are bright colors and females are dull. 8:05 Remember its per square mile. England is small compared to the USA and other countries that have tornadoes on a regular basis. And no most Americans have never seen a tornado. Pretty much all the tornadoes you hear about in the USA are in whats called Tornado Alley. Which traditionally is a strip of the Great Plains area going north to south covering the states of South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas. But more long term studies and plotting of tornadoes shows it to be more of a donut shape with Missouri as an odd hole in the middle. That being said my mom has seen at least 3 tornadoes from the entrance of the family farm's storm shelter, a.k.a. a hole in the hill, as a kid. Nothing serious that damaged the farm. But I lived on that same farm for many years and have been in the area on the Mississippi river most of my 36 years. All I've seen is a few clouds that were tapering down into the shape of a funnel that could become one but none ever did. If you plot all the recorded tornadoes from 1880 to 2019 you basically cover everything from the eastern border of Indian to the eastern border of Wyoming. Also including Georgia and North and South Carolina. But in my town I hear the sirens the first Wednesday of every month when they do their test.
So far, I've only seen about 2 or 3 tornadoes from the age of 5 -16 years of age. Tornado sirens On the other hand, it's at least 3 or more every summer.
we have a bird here in the south Florida/Georgia area that has creeped me out ever since I was a kid. My mom used to say if I wasn't home by the time these birds started their call, they would attack me. The bird is called, Chuck-will's widow. They have the creepiest sound.
Just had a tornado yesterday. More common in tornado alley. A few states in middle of America. You also get warnings via your phone. Lots of colorful birds here. They start making noise at about 5 am. Rural areas have lots of crickets. More cities have traffic noise, suburbs have crickets, foxes, cicadas, lightning bugs, etc.
Here is Austin, TX the cross walk sign has a TX accent, and says “Y’all can cross now!” When I lived in Dallas, we were very familiar with tornado sirens and tornadoes, as well.
On the topic of tornado sirens. The area he talks about (Chicago) tests their sirens on the first Tuesday of every month. So, at least in his area, he'll hear them 12 times a year. Americans test so many of their warning signals (fire alarms, tornado sirens, active shooter drills, etc.) so often that most Americans become numb to them. Numb to the point where any time the fire alarm goes off at my work, people look around wondering if we're evacuating.
I have not seen a tornado, but did experience a rare one. In 2001, in Maryland a tornado went through my neighborhood (College Park). We had had many tornado watches in my childhood, but at this point, I was 40 and NEVER had a tornado near my home. We did not have tornado warning signals. Where I live now, we have a signal that tests the first Wednesday of each month. (I moved to Georgia two years ago).
We had a tornado in our neighborhood of Highlands Ranch, Colorado last summer. It was only rated an F1, yet the powerful winds tore up more than 1,400 trees, roots and all and took down wood fences, damaged several buildings, mostly windows and roofs. I can't imagine being in one rated F2-F4. The winds we experienced were frightening enough. We rarely get tornados here because the mountains breaks up those weather pattern. However, we get them more in eastern Colorado, on the flat plains.
We also have a lightning siren near some of our children’s parks here in Texas. But yes, I have seen 4 tornadoes, heard a few tornado sirens, and the cicadas are so loud. It’s almost deafening in the summertime.
I love hearing the Katydids during the summer night. Cicadas during the day and Katydids at night. Also, the Mockingbirds., which is like having 15 songbirds inside one bird who is determined to sing every song he’s ever heard. Normally they only sing during the day, but in the summer during a bright full moon, they will sing on through the night. I love hearing the coyotes at night, and the owls, and the incredible whip-poor-wills. That is another night bird, and it’s like this little bird has a megaphone. Another favorite are the spring peepers, this little frog that apparently always has a HUGE group of friends, all calling out at the first hint of warm weather in the spring.
I'm in North Central Tx. (Dallas). We live in a section of the country that stretches from Central Tx. all the way up to Illinois, called, "Tornado Alley". Each Spring, and sometimes in the Fall we'll get days where, it's stifling hot, no wind, oppressive heat, then out of nowhere, dark green cumulo-nimbus clouds appear, the daylight turns to almost evening. News stations start reporting tornado watches, and warnings (Watch means be on the lookout, Warning means tornados on the ground coming for you). Then you hear rumbling like 10 freight trains, you see stuff lift off the ground. We usually don't worry unless we see the wood picnic table in the backyard, flip over. The damn thing weighs almost 90 lbs. The most tornados I've seen at once was 2 that came two hours apart back in '87, around the Palestine area in east Texas.
I used to live in western Kansas. The place has unusually violent weather. I've seen dozens of tornados, and experienced dozens more, without seeing them, from the relative safety of our storm cellar. I've only been close enough to actually hear and smell them a few times. They sound like the rush and roar of a very loud freight train but with no diesel noises or wheels-on-tracks-going-clackity-clack. And they make the air smell like it smells right after lightning hits nearby, whether lightning has hit nearby or not.
Living in the mountains here in Northern California, it's so quiet 😊!! One noise that's been heard here is the eerie mating call of the mountain Lion 😮!!
For air conditioning in the US, we have central air, window units, split units, stand alone units, hotel units, etc. I don't know about split units, but window units make noise. It's just a blowing noise. Not all window units sound the same. The size, brand, condition, age, etc. can have a lot to do with how loud a window unit is. Central air is quiet. It comes up through ducts in the floor and the motor that drives the air conditioning system is outside. So you really don't hear anything. It's the most efficient way to cool the house, but it's the most expensive to buy and install. Window units are way cheaper to buy, but cost more to run because they consume more electricity. Split units have become more popular in the last 15 years, but you still see a lot more of the central air or window units. The air conditioning units in hotel rooms are different from what's in both residences and businesses. Stand alone units are basically the same thing as window units, except that they don't go in a window. Instead, they're portable units that are sitting on casters that allow them to be rolled wherever you want them to be placed in a room. They make noise like a window air conditioner. They have a long hose that exits the back of the air conditioning unit and goes into a plate like thing that screws into the bottom of a window. This plate like thing does two things... It diverts hot air outside and it allows you to have the equivalent of a window air conditioner without having a big ugly thing sticking out of your window. It's hot and humid here. Summers are miserable unless you live in a state that has a few cities where the weather is nice year round. I can't think of a state that doesn't need air conditioners at least somewhere in the state. All states need air conditioning... just some more than others.
In the eastern US, we have a bird called the whippoorwill. Their call is very distinct - there's no mistaking it for anything else. It sounds cool. Except they're nocturnal and relentless. You're usually ok if you're at home and there's not one right outside your window. But if you go camping or otherwise sleep outside, you won't get any sleep if one is near. At night and especially very early morning when it's still dark out, they do not quit. Going to sleep to the sound of crickets, rain on the roof, and cicadas is actually quite nice. Whippoorwills are a different story. They can drive a person mad. Oh, and I'm glad you enjoyed the photo of the cardinal. The males really are that wonderful scarlet color. The females are brown, but have bright orange beaks.
I live in a small town in western New York. Our crosswalk signs make different sounds so blind people can cross safely and know where they are. I have seen a couple of tornadoes and waterspouts in my life.
The sounds i hear in my neighborhood are Planes, Helicopters, Fighter Jets, Mini Guns which sound like farts in the sky, Machine Guns, Explosions that rock my windows at least 5 times a year. I honestly have no clue what they are detonating but it's loud enough to trigger car alarms. I stopped hearing crickets a long time ago.
I live in New England and have never experienced a tornado in my life. We’ve had tornado warnings rarely, but never really personally witnessed one. We are more apt to just have blizzards and threats of hurricanes here and there. I consider myself in a pretty weather lucky area compared to other parts of the country. At least after a blizzard, I still have a house. Ask for crickets, they drive me nuts when I’m trying to sleep at night. I wear earplugs to bed just to block out the sound. I sleep best with total silence.
I live in Dallas, TX on the edge of “Tornado Alley”. I’ve never seen a tornado but I’ve experienced lots of tornado warnings. We had a tornado tear through a very upper income neighborhood here in Dallas a few years ago. He did a lot of damage to homes and businesses.
The noise from A/C and heaters isn’t always constant. You can turn on a fan to circulate the central air but mine only turns on as needed. It’s not very loud. We actually have a zone called “Tornado Alley,” where most tornadoes hit. I was less than a mile from one but I was in the basement so we didn’t see it. Another time, a tornado touched down about 5 miles from us. It was oddly quiet. Then pieces of insulation, siding, plywood and corn stalks starting floating down from the sky (it tore up some buildings and scattered pieces for over 8 miles). I’ve never seen anything like it! Also, we have weekly tornado siren tests on Tuesdays (late morning and only when the weather is nice - to avoid confusion) so we hear them often! Also, I believe the cricket sound is just the mating call 😅
I live in Texas and when I was in the 7th grade a tornado touched ground in front of our house sucked back up then touched down again behind our house taking our horse barn (a small 2 horse barn) but don't worry the rule of thumb when a tornado is possible is to turn your horses out of the barn so our horses were fine! We had no basement so I was in the bathroom with my dogs, cats, mother and brother. My dad was on the porch because you know, we're Texans lol. Love your channel and much love from TX❤!
Seen a tornado while catering for a wedding reception out yonder. The lights went out... and we continued serving people while watching the tornado. Once done, we went back home, but home was where the tornado hit. It was hard to get home because of the downed trees and the like. When we got to our neighborhood, so many houses were destroyed (not completely). Luckily, it jumped over our house, and we only had a bunch of debris from other houses. I believe it was almost unprecedented as 22 tornadoes apparently touched down all over North carolina in one day. It's kinda crazy that I'm more afraid of a tornado than a hurricane.
Fun stuff about crickets. The speed in which they chirp directly relates to the barometric pressure, humidity, and temperature. Im native floridian and i can tell you what the temperature and how likely its honna rain tomorrow.
I live in East Orlando, Florida. We have a lot of wildlife here and the bird that I love the most here is the sandhill crane. You need to look that up and listen to what they sound like.
I live in middle Indiana and was raised in the country. No alarms so we had to rely on the local TV station to sound the alarm. Once we knew which area the tornado was in and the direction it was moving, my dad would take us outside to watch them move across the horizon and go up and down in the clouds.
I lived in Nebraska and Iowa when I was very little and remember that our family experienced many tornadoes. The scariest one I recall living in a house with no basement and my parents grabbed my big sister and I, threw us between their mattress and the box spring while my mother laid on top in an attempt to hold it down on us. I could see out of the end and watched my dad trying to keep the front door closed and nearly losing the fight. But the sound was one of my most horrifying memories of my entire life. This is why my parents were our heroes! ❤️❤️
I havent seen a tornado in person but came scarily close to one driving home when i was younger, we drove past where it crossed the road not too long after it had touched down. It took the tops off of a bunch of trees and a barn.
I've lived in North Dakota, Colorado and Minnesota. In ND and MN I've seen tornadoes. It's not common this far north in the upper midwest US, but they happen. Typically a few tornado warnings (when they fire off the sirens) per summer. Typically it means heavy rotation and/or funnel starting to form when they sound the sirens.
Used to live in the Midwest, firefighter/EMS. Every time a storm rolled in, we'd take certain trucks out of town and sit and watch for tornados. I miss doing that.
