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I know that, but what is considered noise pollution? Is there a decibel limit?
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To give just one jurisdiction as an example, in Chicago, boom cars that can be heard from 75 feet are subject to seizure and their owners may be fined $615. Noise pollution certainly is measurable in distance and decibels. Human pain threshold is 120 dB, standing next to a 747 engine would be 150dB. The loudest boombox was 48000 watts installed a few years ago in a Ford Bronco - max of 175 dB. If the car's owner cranked it up, he would die. Sound loud enough or deep enough is literally a weapon capable of liquefying internal organs.
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The acoustical weapons generate a low frequency sound (below 50 Hz) that can disorient or cause nausea in personnel. The distress is reported to be temporary and stops when the acoustic source is stopped. At high power settings, these weapons may have an anti-material capability if 'tuned' to the appropriate frequencies.
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http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cst/csat3.pdf
I enjoyed this tangent because frankly the whole Howard Stern thing is creepy. A few jumps back, Stern supported Bush and he miraculously stayed on air. Now he's opposed - and also mysteriously a legal liability, despite the fact that his actual act has barely changed.
ON top of that, we have a Clear Channel (36 stations in 1996 - 1200 today) vice chairman who bought the texas rangers from George W Bush, a Attorney General Joe Ashcroft who thinks dancing is sinful and a House Majority Leader who believes in the rapture.
These are strange times...