01.05.08
The lonliest sound in the world
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Ancona is a port town, and in the winter we get a lot of fog. One of my favorite sounds is the fog horn (growing up in the Midwest, a fog horn is a pretty new concept). Click play above and about 17 seconds into the recording, you’ll hear three soft beeps. It’s this amazing, almost spooky sound that reverberates through the valley in the center of Ancona. A dense fog makes it even more mysterious. It sort of blends in with the background and yet you still know that it’s there. It really is one of my favorite quirks about living in Ancona.
Ryan said,
01.08.08 at 1:24 am
Did you record that or did you find a recording of it?
Just curious,
Ryan
Brian Rotert said,
01.09.08 at 3:43 am
Recorded it myself, from right outside my house. Pretty cool, huh?
Tracy said,
01.16.08 at 9:59 am
Very cool sound. Being from the mid-west I have never heard an actual fog horn. Thanks Brian
Roxanne said,
02.24.08 at 4:32 pm
Thanks for sharing this, Brian. It fits in well with Jason Casey’s most recent blog entry which I read last night, (Febr. 23rd, 2008,) which deals, in part, with fog.
How is your family since the loss of your father? Difficult times to go through.
Blessings,
Roxanne