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Kinda nutty- people complain about fire sirens, but then they complain when quieter, less frequently sounding fog horns get installed! Go figure.
Maine Residents Alarmed as Coast Guard Changes Foghorns
BY PATRICK WHITTLE ON DEC 31, 2014
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
YORK, Maine (AP) — For Tom Bradbury and his neighbors, the town foghorn is more than just a familiar, wistful noise — it represents something greater, like peace itself.
“There’s a sense that someone is on guard, watching over those who are on the water,” Bradbury said. “We find it a very pleasing, comforting sound.”
That’s why Bradbury, of Kennebunkport, and hundreds of New Englanders are sounding the alarm over a Coast Guard plan to convert old-style foghorns to newer technology. The Coast Guard is converting Maine and New Hampshire foghorns that are automated to activate in the presence of fog. It says newer technology activated by mariners via marine radios — which tends to result in fewer of the foghorns’ familiar blasts — is safer and more cost effective.
The move has proved unpopular in some Maine communities, and the Coast Guard will soon start a yearlong campaign to inform the public about the conversions. Coast Guard officials said its plan is for the conversions to eventually leave Maine with no more of the old-time foghorn activation systems.
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The sound of a fog horn is one of the most pleasurable sounds, and as the person quoted points out, provides a sense of peace and comfort. I really hope this doesn’t happen in Massachusetts!
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I remember lying in bed on a foggy night as a little boy in the 1930s, hearing the foghorn on Baker’s Island. I think it was steam-driven, and it sounded like a dying sea-serpent — or at least as I would imagine one. The blast would start out on a high note, then slowly die away as the pressure faded. An eerie, romantic sound. No cheesy electronic bleat.
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People who like fog horns are probably not the ones who complain about fire sirens and train whistles. I have not heard Rockport fog horns in years and miss the sound. No one seems to know why.
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If your ever lost out in fog on the water it’s music to your ears…:-) Dave
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