Silence
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Last evening was eerie with no boats, the still grey sky, and the silence. It actually was a very pleasant way to start the best season of the year.
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Interesting. Almost 350 views and the only response has been.....well ..... silence!
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Let’s call it silent agreement……very peaceful……
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last evening, around 6 or 6:30 maybe, the sun was poking through the clouds over Meredith Bay. I stepped out on the deck to take in the scenery and a dude on an e-foil board went by my house. It was so quiet and the water so still, I could actually hear the "hummmm" of the electric motor on the board. It was awesome!
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Silence is Golden
We just don't want to wake up the bear!
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Why Would They Even Be Necessary on a Healthy Lake?
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go go eGO
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That was quickly followed by an eGo string trimmer, and an eGo hedge trimmer. They all share the same batteries, and although the mower won't complete the full lawn on a single charge (it lasts for an hour), it is the perfect time to take a break, eat lunch, and then go out an mow the remainder! next up... eGo leaf blower that has been getting great reviews, and means I won't be lugging the RedMax back and forth anymore The silence is deafening!!! What a beautiful day at the lake today -PIG |
Commercial-Grade Electric...
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I meant commercial leaf-blowers. Y'know, to replace those used by yard maintenance crews, who obliterate the lake's natural sounds two days before the absentee owners appear for the weekend (and set off fireworks). :rolleye1: |
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I have always found it interesting that some manufacturers refuse to build quality exhaust mufflers for their power equipment.
It is not a requirement that riding mowers and leaf blowers be loud! Have any of you heard a Honda Inverter generator before? They are crazy quiet and generate between 2000 and 7000 Watts of power so they are no slouch when it comes to power output. Same for modern high performance cars. Their exhaust is tuned to sound "healthy" when you punch the throttle, but some are oddly quiet when cruising down the highway at 70 MPH and still making hundreds of HP. Why backpack leafblower and such equipment doent have similar quality mufflers is an interesting question, but I'm willing to bet its on purpose! If I had to take a very cynical guess, it would be that the manufacturers believe consumers hear loud and think powerful and they believe thats what sells. So in some twisted marketing strategy, they engineer the exhausts to sound powerful, not quiet. Well clearly I am distrustful of the corporate giants motives, so even I question my theories, sometimes. Unfortunately too often I learn my suspicions were true or very close, so that only fuels even more distrust,,, I'm certainly open to other ideas about why some equipment is so loud and others (Honda generators being a really good example) are so quiet. And I dont believe for one minute it is necessary for such equipment to be loud. Sorry, not buying in. |
So I googled "New Hampshire towns that ban gasoline leaf blowers" and came up with "New Hampshire: Portsmouth is the only city in New Hampshire to limit leaf blower usage. Residents and commercial workers in this city cannot use a gas-powered leaf blower that is louder than 75 decibels.
Use of these tools is prohibited after dark." The Town of Brookline, Massachusetts has banned the use of gas-powered leaf blowers completely. Cambridge, Massachusetts allows for leaf blowers up to 70 decibels from 9am to 4pm. Texas: Use of gas-powered leaf blowers in Houston, Texas is limited to 70 decibels, and only from 9am to 5pm. Burlington, Vermont: April 17, 2021; http://www.bangordailynews.com/2021/...-leaf-blowers/ |
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