Vibration and rolling clanking sounds are heard again in the western part of Windsor.
“The sound is like a loud rumbling,” says Scott Shepherd, who lives at 3800 Birch Street. "In the last six or seven months, it has increased significantly."
The mysterious noise is reminiscent of the so-called Windsor Goole, which became a source of concern for residents of the western and southern parts of the city several years ago. The nighttime vibrations attracted international attention and puzzled residents, political leaders and academics alike, but the source of the noise was never identified.
Mike Provost has been observing the Windsor Rumble for almost 4 years and feels that it has become more frequent in the last three months.
After countless complaints, federal government officials investigated the issue in 2014 and linked their concerns to the work of the US Steel Corporation on Zug Island. But the specific source was not named, as the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade was not allowed on American territory.
Provost, fixing the manifestations of the Gul, reports that the loudest sound is heard at 8 pm
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Experts speculate that explosions in US Steel furnaces are the source of the sound.
Shepherd notes that the Windsor Buzz didn’t bother him before, but now this production is really loud and annoying. "This sound is like explosions," he says, "you go outside and the sky beyond the river may glow orange and even red."
The Ontario Minister of the Environment, charged with monitoring industrial noise complaints, did not respond to our request.
Mike Provost, retired from 3800 Hillcrest Boulevard, has been capturing industrial sounds in the neighborhood for years.
“There was a real explosion on Saturday,” he recalls, attributing the event to the pressure drops in US Steel furnaces on Zug Island. - “Everything was shaking. The noise was terrible. As if they are hammering you into the wall."
The man noticed that the sound is best heard at 8 pm.
Residents of the town, enraged by the renewed uproar, continue to write letters to federal ministries, demanding to intervene and name the source of concern on the other side of the Detroit River.
"But is it possible to stop production?" - Provost reflects. “They employ 1,800 people. We can only hope that they will come up with a way to make the noise quieter so that we can get at least some kind of night's rest."