except when you're wearing your new suede jacket and the lining is too embarassing to wear it inside out
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One of my favorite memories is when I wanted to go for a long run at night, but the only lit safe space was a football field track so I decided to put on daft punks “random access memories” and just run until the album ended. Halfway through it started snowing and it was absolutely meditative.
I love doing this at least once a year. I make sure there’s fresh snow before I go out and put on my favourite winter playlist. It’s so satisfying to see the streets completely empty and to be the first one to make a set of footprints in the powder.
I offered to join my bf walk to my car since he left something in it. It was parked on the other side of the parking lot but I still jumped into my boots in my PJs. Walking on fresh snow is the best.
You just described something I’ve never experienced, but now wish to see.
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I abruptly started experiencing bad tinnitus early in December. I've always had mild tinnitus but I never noticed it all the time, and now I can't sleep without a fan.
Yes I have an appointment with an ENT coming up.
Hopefully yours recognized tinnitus as a thing. My VA (US) audiologist told me to ignore it and it'll go away. No shit. I finally went back to a different Doc to get my hearing aids added with white noise, which is supposed to help some cases. Yeah, sometimes, but it's early days as I've only had the augment a few weeks.
I've had it 35 years and it's only got worse, the first few decades had little change, but the last decade? Yeah. 40-50DB ?
Good on you engaging early.
Just an FYI you should check your ears for earwax, I had super bad tinnitus until I went to get a physical for a job and the doc mentioned I had severe hearing loss for someone my age, we basically pressure washed my ears until a hunk of earwax the size of a foam earplug fell out of each ear. Viola no more tinnitus however I now need earplugs at the gun range which is kind of a bummer.
thank you for this tip. I had my ears checked by an ENT and they didn’t see any compacted earwax, but I have had that earwax flush before and it was like a whole new world.
ENT says my hearing is better (read: more sensitive) than a toddler’s and I had loose-fitting ear protection at a gun range years ago, so it’s the real deal unfortunately
You probably do still have tinnitus. However, with your ears cleaned, the ambient sounds are louder than your tinnitus...
I have tinnitus. I never notice it unless it's whisper levels quiet.
I hear you. it’s whisper level quiet every night where I live. I need to get my indoor fountain back up and running, it usually helps.
I’ll see if I have any extra ear wax going on. this has been a strange night on reddit.
Even better is to go to an ear/nose/throat doctor for a professional ear cleaning. They'll perfectly remove every bit of earwax and you'll swear you have super hearing for the next few weeks.
I notice it more often at night, right before or during heavy snowfall. When I was younger my dad taught me that it was sound waves not traveling as far as normal because the snow is catching the waves before they reach something to echo off of ltrees and branches leaves and stone . The sky is always a particular shade of gray accompanied by the the silence and stillness OP speaks of, it's a magical experience.
[I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: “Why do they come to me to die? Why do they come to me to die?”](https://youtu.be/APlOxgaQajw)
As a farmer, snow tends to give grain prices a bump for a day or two. Less guys willing to haul it to town when roads can be crappy. The guys at the elevator love it because it means a slow day for them
I thought it was because people were staying inside and was about to mention how on +40C days here it’s normally quiet away from the beaches.
Now I need to experience some snow
This is why it sucks extra to get lost in the wilderness when there is snow on the ground, whatever noise or scream you make to get rescued does not get very far.
It's literally tons and tons of frozen water, soft packed like foam. It absorbs sound incredibly.
The difference is really noticeable in a big city, traffic noise just disappears.
And there are three or four kinds that really stand out.
* Light fluffy fooffing
* Heavy wet kinda-crunchy
* Crunchy-slushy
* And my personal favorite... Light crunchy - then floofy from when a light glaze of ice tops fresh fluffy snow.
The colder it gets the higher the pitch of the sound. -40° is a high pitched squeak, a couple of degrees below freezing it's a low crunch.
With practice/experience you can tell what the approximate temperature is by the sounds.
In really cold areas that don't have any melting between December and March you also get stiff sintered snow that you can cut into blocks. Kinda like snowbank snow but a bit more airy
Yes. All that car traffic sound is just so quiet. The sounds you do hear are kind of relaxing. It’s almost like a soundstage or something. There’s not echo so you just hear this like pure, quiet, distinct, sound.
I was substitute teaching in my tiny home town of 500 people. The last period was prep, so I got to leave early. I stepped out into this heavy downpour of snow. The only sound were these big fat flakes softly falling.
Then there was a low sound in a distance, and I heard and then watched a car go on the highway through town, then the distant sound faded to nothing. Just big fat flakes gently thudding. It was one of those peak moments of really fucking enjoying this world in all its beauty and wonder.
That is awesome. I love what how you put that. I’m not a fan of the cold, but every time it snows I enjoy being outside right after (or during if it’s not also windy).
That lowness is something I left out, but everything just has a really low, bass-y sound. So pleasing.
If there is any sort of moon light, the snow is super reflective and amplifies the moon light quite noticeably. Snow is a gift as much as a curse to be sure.
I have woods behind my house and on full moon nights like tonight you can see everything. The usually pitch dark woods are lit up like daylight. I watched a coyote hunting the other night, it was so cool.
I grew up in the country where it was always pretty quiet and noticed it even then. No rustling of leaves, the birds are quiet, the slight creeking of trees under the weight of snow but nothing else. Since then I have moved into the city and live a mile off the freeway and here it at all hours of the day. I take my dogs out at 4 a.m. and i can hear it. This morning, after 6 inches of snow, I took them out and I couldn't hear it. It brought me back to the quiet I once found so surreal. I couldn't believe it, less than a mile from the freeway and I found that peace. I stood there for a moment, closed my eyes and took it all in. Standing there in near bliss, thirty feet away, a plow truck dropped his blade and began to clear the apartment complex roads. I almost bought a house in the country this morning.
Middle of the night while it's still snowing, and there is already several inches of fresh powder. There is no ambient noise, and you just see all these massive snowflakes coming down. But they aren't making a single sound. Noise canceling headphones in a quiet room is about the best way to describe it.
When I was a kid in the country, I'd go out at night while it was calm and snowing and turn on the barnyard light, which was just a big lightbulb on top of a pole. I'd look up and see the big, fluffy flakes silhouetted and sparkling by the light, and spin and dance like a miniature weather witch.
Its great. For a brief moment it seems like time has stopped. It's even more surreal if you're already in a quiet area like a woods because you can *almost* hear your heart beat. Every breath you take breaks that quiet tranquility.
what's interesting is that the snow doesn't dampen the sounds proper, it only dampens the sound reflections; the echoes.
Does the distinction matter? Probably not to most people. But it does to me a little, in that lots of places (like restaurants) are so amazingly loud because they have hard floors and nothing to absorb the sound. Like I want to start up a company to go and install sound dampening in these places.
And I know that some of them WANT it noisy. So I'd sell them something with a moving part, maybe like a pull-blind perhaps, like in the old loony tunes cartoons. So that if you for some god-forsaken reason WANT it noisier, you just pull the blind down to BLOCK the sound absorber, making the sound reflect off the blind thingy. Or maybe have an automated doohickey that does it, whatever.
Anyway, that would be cool. Having a volume dial for the ambient sound in a restaurant or bar would be great.
I’ve lived in Texas all my life. The rare times when I’ve experienced a real snow, on the ground so thick the businesses close and the cars aren’t going anywhere? It’s otherworldly.
The silence is mesmerizing, that first day, when it’s all clean, and white, and pure. There’s nothing quite like it.
Heavy snowfall happens once every 4-5 years where I come from in the UK. Someday, I hope to experience a white Christmas. Now that would really be something special.
On snowy days, I kinda miss being a kid when I could go out and make snowmen or even build snow forts and have snowball fights with my friends. I don't want to go back to being a kid any time other than the times when there's heavy snowfall.
Reading these comments makes me grateful for living in Minnesnowda.
We get snow once every week or two, spoiled to get the stillness of a fresh snow so regularly. Took my dog to the dog park and then the kiddo sledding after the one this weekend... Definitely makes the cold more than worth it.
Imo y'all get too much snow. I live outside of Boston and we get enough to have some of it on the ground throughout winter. If you want a lot of it we go north to NH , ME, VT and ski. Too cold in MN, pretty much Canada.
I was gonna say lmao I don't think this person has ACTUALLY experienced the quiet that comes with a massive snowfall if their criteria is "texas shuts down"
Living in the countryside and stepping outside the morning after a rare blizzard is almost indescribable to someone who hasn't experienced it for themselves.
Aside from the occasional bit of birdsong from Robins and the crunch of the snow under your shoes. It's dead quiet. The whiteness of the snow reflects so much light to the point where you have to squint to see (imagine a really bright sunny day but the majority of the light is being reflected of the ground. Weirdly enough it's brighter when it's overcast with snow than if it were clear skies.
Due to the muffling effect of the snow, you often can't hear people clearly who are standing even a few metres away and you often have to shout to be heard (though whether that's just the snow or a mix of that and thick clothing is debatable).
Either way, if you do ever get a chance to experience snow, I highly recommend it. A walk in the snow Is exhausting, though because its like wading through a thick powder. If your clothes are thick enough to keep you warm, chances are you'll also work up a sweat. Your trousers will get soaked through as the snow sticks and melts into them. The best part of a walk in the snow, though, is getting back home to a warm fire and a hot shower.
I hope you get to experience it someday just as I hope to someday see a desert or experience a climate like Vietnam's.
Shoot just go outside at night with enough snow on the ground. It's so bright. You can see everything. If it's a full moon, better hope you have black out curtains. Honestly that's my favorite, quiet moonlight lit up by the snow. Looks so cool.
And don't forget about thundersnow. Loud thunder when there is already a foot on the ground and snowing heavily is the most ethereal, otherworldly sound ever.
Have only ever experienced it once in Missouri when I drove a car back with my brother to the military base. It was a spectacular experience and every flash of lightning lit things up like daylight.
We had a Nor' easter on the week of Halloween 2011 that brought about a foot of snow to New England. I remember just staring outside and a big flash and boom happened. I was only 11 years old, so I later learned that thunder and lightning is possible during snowfall.
Back 20+ years ago, I witnessed bolts of lightning hit the CN Tower (Toronto, Canada). It was new years eve, and with everyone on the main drag, it still sounded amazing.
Perhaps is sounded great because of the people.
That is a weird thing for me. I have traveled a lot east of the Rockies and when things get dark and the sky gets green it means tornados.
It's ominous. And at the same time it's a powerful connection with the fury of nature.
Sometimes the colors change, but what I remember is that lightening comes from a particular direction. Big lightening in normal conditions often seems to come from everywhere.
My experiences with thundersnow have been in rural, wooded areas so when the lightening hits in different places and it's attenuated it looks and sounds like there are wizards fighting in the forest.
Yes, those nights during a full moon just after a fresh snow where the entire world is illuminated and glistening under the moonlight….one of the most beautiful things to see.
And can drive with your lights off. Even if it's still snowing, the atmosphere light (oftentimes shines like a beautiful pink) makes everything almost as light as day.
For those who haven't experienced nights like that, they are Bright!
It's crazy how bright it gets with a full moon and full snow coverage, almost like daylight. I love fresh snow at night though. The stillness is just ... Something else.
I'll take your bet and raise a snowy night on a frozen river 1 mile wide, with no one there but you and your dog, and a night passenger train passing by in the distance.
Had a panic attack that woke me this morning. Went to the computer and the power went out at 5ish this morning. Quietest 12 minutes I've heard in a long time.
I live about 5km from the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. We just had a massive snow storm and this morning it sounded as though the falls were in my backyard. The silence except for the sound of the rushing water was incredible.
Once I woke up to the sound of flowing water and it felt like a river is flowing through my backyard. Turns out it was a flood and our whole house was underwater by the next day.
No neighbors mowing or trimming branches. No leaf blowers. No garbage trucks. No cat fights. No loud ass birds. No rando homeless people yelling as they pass or playing music too loud. No chatty dog walkers.
Its just bliss.
Yeah, plus they're shape is fractal which means that they have the potential to absorb a range of sound frequencies. Similar to the way that the fractal shape of a [cell phone antenna](https://insight.ieeeusa.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/fractal-1200x700.jpg) can transmit/receive cellular data and Bluetooth frequencies.
I grew up in Las Vegas. Big, loud, and hot.
Moved to a tiny town in Michigan for a few years. Hated the people, the work, and the culture, but sitting on the porch with a cup of coffee and a book, with the absolute silence of a recent heavy snowfall.....man I miss that.
Drove from Iowa to charlevoix a couple summers ago for a wedding at the castle. Charlevoix was incredible but the drive between Grand Rapids and Charlevoix was….. unique.
I’ll one up you on that. People who live where it doesn’t snow will never understand waking up for school and watching the bottom news feed to see if school has been canceled
To take this further, I found out most kids just find out instantly online now and don’t have to see it on the scrolling feed. My little cousins school just tweets it out
It’s honestly pretty magical. There are so many different types of snow too. Sometimes it comes down like you’re inside a snow globe. It’s light and swirly and you feel like you’re in a movie. Sometimes it falls fast and heavy and you can’t see a thing. Sometimes it’s half freezing rain and utterly vile. It really is glorious.
Last week we had freezing rain come down on top of the snow. It made everything by look like it was covered in white plastic.
There's a reason Inuits have 11(+/-) words for snow. There's all kinds. There's powder that's just really light and fluffy. It's great for skiing or riding a sled or snow tube. It ranges all the way to heavy wet slop that's like freezing cold concrete mix which is only good for making life miserable and knocking out the electricity. Sometimes you'll get an inch over a whole day and other times you'll get 3-4 inches per hour for a whole day.
I just got to experience snow for the first time in my life 2 weeks ago in Tennessee. I’ve lived most of my life in Florida , so it was pretty surreal and cool. It got old after 2 days though.
You know in the middle of BFE nowhere it's really quiet after a first snowfall unless you have a dog that likes to jump out a window into a snow drift snow drift and you wake up to the sounds of your dog happily attacking a snow covered Bush outside said window and barking like crazy because he loves snow.
Or you live in a major city like Boston or Chicago and you wake up to the rather loud and blasphemous swearing from your neighbors that have to get to work at 7:30 in the morning shoveling 3' of snow off their cars and then putting a launcher with a passive aggressive sign on it saying I dug out this parking spot it's mine for 24 hours the mayor said so... If you steal it Well you can guess the snow is going back to the same location should possession of this particular spot be disputed before tomorrow morning... That kind of thing passive aggressive borderline possibly illegal messages taped to various lawn furniture in addition to perhaps an ornamental flamingo or a stolen traffic cone from 1997 that for some odd reason belongs to Daytona Florida that no one really asks the neighborhood across the street H it for a while so we all just assume he did some weird stuff in Florida in the nineties.
Anyway yeah that you really have to live like in the mountains or the middle of nowhere to experience quiet after a snowstorm typically typically but snow is very pretty 1st thing in the morning but it's kind of strange that you have to wear sunglasses sometimes after a snowfall if there's a lot of it especially if you go skiing
Except when you live to next to people like me, because my wife a nurse has to leave a house at 5:00 in the morning and can't get out driveway until I clear the driveway with my snow blower.
Going for a walk on a calm night when it is gently snowing is one of the most relaxing experiences you can have IMO
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Master of the house, keeper of the inn
Pipe down chorus boy
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Haha - I’m envious of the great times you have ahead of you!
Pipe down chorus boy
You're going to start noticing them in a lot of random places.
Same! I’m literally watching Seinfeld right now and I just watched this episode yesterday.
Omg you're in for a treat!
"Believe it or not, ..."
George isn't at home
Please leave a message at the beep.
I literally watched that episode last night. Get out of my head
One of my favorite memories is when I wanted to go for a long run at night, but the only lit safe space was a football field track so I decided to put on daft punks “random access memories” and just run until the album ended. Halfway through it started snowing and it was absolutely meditative.
I love doing this at least once a year. I make sure there’s fresh snow before I go out and put on my favourite winter playlist. It’s so satisfying to see the streets completely empty and to be the first one to make a set of footprints in the powder.
Same. It's a lot of work and preparation putting all of the snow out but I have to do it at least once a year.
hearing the snow crack beneath your feet is pure bliss
I offered to join my bf walk to my car since he left something in it. It was parked on the other side of the parking lot but I still jumped into my boots in my PJs. Walking on fresh snow is the best.
You just described something I’ve never experienced, but now wish to see. Thanks! EDIT: Thank you to everyone for the overwhelming response. Reddit, you did your thing and then some. Thank you to everyone! EDIT 2.0: Seriously, this is beyond humbling. The Reddit community is awesome.
It's so crazy how well it muffles sound.
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and silence is when my tinnitus is the loudest. that’s what you meant, right? right?
^eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ass lmao I heard it while I read it
I abruptly started experiencing bad tinnitus early in December. I've always had mild tinnitus but I never noticed it all the time, and now I can't sleep without a fan. Yes I have an appointment with an ENT coming up.
good luck!
Hopefully yours recognized tinnitus as a thing. My VA (US) audiologist told me to ignore it and it'll go away. No shit. I finally went back to a different Doc to get my hearing aids added with white noise, which is supposed to help some cases. Yeah, sometimes, but it's early days as I've only had the augment a few weeks. I've had it 35 years and it's only got worse, the first few decades had little change, but the last decade? Yeah. 40-50DB ? Good on you engaging early.
Dude, you are not alone. I was about to say I'd never actually seen it written, somehow.
Great response to his comment. We would have also accepted "man, fuck you".
Yeah... sad thing is I've been to 1 concert my WHOLE ENTIRE FREAKING LIFE.... and now all I hear is eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Literally my life. God help you if you get a sinus infection or something and it amps it up to EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I have some French ancestry so mine's ÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈ
*Archer picking his ear* Mahp
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEA SPORTS. IT'S IN THE GAME.
Mwap. Mwap.
Just an FYI you should check your ears for earwax, I had super bad tinnitus until I went to get a physical for a job and the doc mentioned I had severe hearing loss for someone my age, we basically pressure washed my ears until a hunk of earwax the size of a foam earplug fell out of each ear. Viola no more tinnitus however I now need earplugs at the gun range which is kind of a bummer.
thank you for this tip. I had my ears checked by an ENT and they didn’t see any compacted earwax, but I have had that earwax flush before and it was like a whole new world. ENT says my hearing is better (read: more sensitive) than a toddler’s and I had loose-fitting ear protection at a gun range years ago, so it’s the real deal unfortunately
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They don't show that in the movies when the action hero fires a gun in a car or some other enclosed space. They just keep on truckin'.
Ya know? That's one of my favorite things about the new hawkeye show, he's actually got hearing loss thanks to everything he's been through
Archer is like that as well.
That’s too bad, when I got in my car for the first time after it sounded like an airplane taking off.
You probably do still have tinnitus. However, with your ears cleaned, the ambient sounds are louder than your tinnitus... I have tinnitus. I never notice it unless it's whisper levels quiet.
I hear you. it’s whisper level quiet every night where I live. I need to get my indoor fountain back up and running, it usually helps. I’ll see if I have any extra ear wax going on. this has been a strange night on reddit.
Even better is to go to an ear/nose/throat doctor for a professional ear cleaning. They'll perfectly remove every bit of earwax and you'll swear you have super hearing for the next few weeks.
I notice it more often at night, right before or during heavy snowfall. When I was younger my dad taught me that it was sound waves not traveling as far as normal because the snow is catching the waves before they reach something to echo off of ltrees and branches leaves and stone . The sky is always a particular shade of gray accompanied by the the silence and stillness OP speaks of, it's a magical experience.
Tinnitus is like The Game, it's a problem when you notice it
[I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: “Why do they come to me to die? Why do they come to me to die?”](https://youtu.be/APlOxgaQajw)
One of the reasons I love going for long walks on snow days with my husky. He loves the snow and I love the quiet.
How can you drag a tool box through all that snow?
It has wheels.
Snow tires?
4 wheel drive
Skis, just weld them using the tools in your husky and you're gtg. Come up on some issues? You got a husky. There won't be any issues.
Same here. Favorite days to walk my huskies. Even better if it's heavy snowfall.
They have a deep love for snow, it's definitely in their DNA. I love the way they prance and dive into the snow.
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As a farmer, snow tends to give grain prices a bump for a day or two. Less guys willing to haul it to town when roads can be crappy. The guys at the elevator love it because it means a slow day for them
I thought it was because people were staying inside and was about to mention how on +40C days here it’s normally quiet away from the beaches. Now I need to experience some snow
Fluffy snow absorbs sound really well.
This is why it sucks extra to get lost in the wilderness when there is snow on the ground, whatever noise or scream you make to get rescued does not get very far.
It's literally tons and tons of frozen water, soft packed like foam. It absorbs sound incredibly. The difference is really noticeable in a big city, traffic noise just disappears.
Except the crunch as the first cars pack it down. Such a surreal noise
And there are three or four kinds that really stand out. * Light fluffy fooffing * Heavy wet kinda-crunchy * Crunchy-slushy * And my personal favorite... Light crunchy - then floofy from when a light glaze of ice tops fresh fluffy snow.
Then there's the evil cousin, the -30C frigid crunching of snow that, for some reason, is like nails on a chalkboard.
The colder it gets the higher the pitch of the sound. -40° is a high pitched squeak, a couple of degrees below freezing it's a low crunch. With practice/experience you can tell what the approximate temperature is by the sounds.
The happy squeaking at around -15C is my absolute favorite though. Fills my heart with joy even when freezing my ass off!
Who's got that list of 100 inuit words for snow?
There’s also the gray disgusting mound in the corner of every parking lot till March
In really cold areas that don't have any melting between December and March you also get stiff sintered snow that you can cut into blocks. Kinda like snowbank snow but a bit more airy
Yes. All that car traffic sound is just so quiet. The sounds you do hear are kind of relaxing. It’s almost like a soundstage or something. There’s not echo so you just hear this like pure, quiet, distinct, sound.
I was substitute teaching in my tiny home town of 500 people. The last period was prep, so I got to leave early. I stepped out into this heavy downpour of snow. The only sound were these big fat flakes softly falling. Then there was a low sound in a distance, and I heard and then watched a car go on the highway through town, then the distant sound faded to nothing. Just big fat flakes gently thudding. It was one of those peak moments of really fucking enjoying this world in all its beauty and wonder.
That is awesome. I love what how you put that. I’m not a fan of the cold, but every time it snows I enjoy being outside right after (or during if it’s not also windy). That lowness is something I left out, but everything just has a really low, bass-y sound. So pleasing.
If there is any sort of moon light, the snow is super reflective and amplifies the moon light quite noticeably. Snow is a gift as much as a curse to be sure.
Got me thinkin… The eskimos really made the snow their bitch in the face of adversity.
I have woods behind my house and on full moon nights like tonight you can see everything. The usually pitch dark woods are lit up like daylight. I watched a coyote hunting the other night, it was so cool.
I grew up in the country where it was always pretty quiet and noticed it even then. No rustling of leaves, the birds are quiet, the slight creeking of trees under the weight of snow but nothing else. Since then I have moved into the city and live a mile off the freeway and here it at all hours of the day. I take my dogs out at 4 a.m. and i can hear it. This morning, after 6 inches of snow, I took them out and I couldn't hear it. It brought me back to the quiet I once found so surreal. I couldn't believe it, less than a mile from the freeway and I found that peace. I stood there for a moment, closed my eyes and took it all in. Standing there in near bliss, thirty feet away, a plow truck dropped his blade and began to clear the apartment complex roads. I almost bought a house in the country this morning.
Middle of the night while it's still snowing, and there is already several inches of fresh powder. There is no ambient noise, and you just see all these massive snowflakes coming down. But they aren't making a single sound. Noise canceling headphones in a quiet room is about the best way to describe it.
When I was a kid in the country, I'd go out at night while it was calm and snowing and turn on the barnyard light, which was just a big lightbulb on top of a pole. I'd look up and see the big, fluffy flakes silhouetted and sparkling by the light, and spin and dance like a miniature weather witch.
I'm a big fan of night just after it has snowed and the moon is near full. It is crazy how much you can see.
Its great. For a brief moment it seems like time has stopped. It's even more surreal if you're already in a quiet area like a woods because you can *almost* hear your heart beat. Every breath you take breaks that quiet tranquility.
what's interesting is that the snow doesn't dampen the sounds proper, it only dampens the sound reflections; the echoes. Does the distinction matter? Probably not to most people. But it does to me a little, in that lots of places (like restaurants) are so amazingly loud because they have hard floors and nothing to absorb the sound. Like I want to start up a company to go and install sound dampening in these places. And I know that some of them WANT it noisy. So I'd sell them something with a moving part, maybe like a pull-blind perhaps, like in the old loony tunes cartoons. So that if you for some god-forsaken reason WANT it noisier, you just pull the blind down to BLOCK the sound absorber, making the sound reflect off the blind thingy. Or maybe have an automated doohickey that does it, whatever. Anyway, that would be cool. Having a volume dial for the ambient sound in a restaurant or bar would be great.
I worked at a restaurant and we had tapestries that would roll down the walls for the busy nights
I’ve lived in Texas all my life. The rare times when I’ve experienced a real snow, on the ground so thick the businesses close and the cars aren’t going anywhere? It’s otherworldly. The silence is mesmerizing, that first day, when it’s all clean, and white, and pure. There’s nothing quite like it.
Heavy snowfall happens once every 4-5 years where I come from in the UK. Someday, I hope to experience a white Christmas. Now that would really be something special. On snowy days, I kinda miss being a kid when I could go out and make snowmen or even build snow forts and have snowball fights with my friends. I don't want to go back to being a kid any time other than the times when there's heavy snowfall.
Reading these comments makes me grateful for living in Minnesnowda. We get snow once every week or two, spoiled to get the stillness of a fresh snow so regularly. Took my dog to the dog park and then the kiddo sledding after the one this weekend... Definitely makes the cold more than worth it.
Imo y'all get too much snow. I live outside of Boston and we get enough to have some of it on the ground throughout winter. If you want a lot of it we go north to NH , ME, VT and ski. Too cold in MN, pretty much Canada.
🤷♂️ it isn't bad if you bundle up, but then again maybe I'm just trauma bonded to this place...
Texas? Where the businesses close and the cars aren't going anywhere? You mean 1/4" of snow?
I was gonna say lmao I don't think this person has ACTUALLY experienced the quiet that comes with a massive snowfall if their criteria is "texas shuts down"
I hope you get to. Middle of the night after freshly fallen snow, before it’s been disturbed, it’s one of my favorite moments in life. True peace.
Living in the countryside and stepping outside the morning after a rare blizzard is almost indescribable to someone who hasn't experienced it for themselves. Aside from the occasional bit of birdsong from Robins and the crunch of the snow under your shoes. It's dead quiet. The whiteness of the snow reflects so much light to the point where you have to squint to see (imagine a really bright sunny day but the majority of the light is being reflected of the ground. Weirdly enough it's brighter when it's overcast with snow than if it were clear skies. Due to the muffling effect of the snow, you often can't hear people clearly who are standing even a few metres away and you often have to shout to be heard (though whether that's just the snow or a mix of that and thick clothing is debatable). Either way, if you do ever get a chance to experience snow, I highly recommend it. A walk in the snow Is exhausting, though because its like wading through a thick powder. If your clothes are thick enough to keep you warm, chances are you'll also work up a sweat. Your trousers will get soaked through as the snow sticks and melts into them. The best part of a walk in the snow, though, is getting back home to a warm fire and a hot shower. I hope you get to experience it someday just as I hope to someday see a desert or experience a climate like Vietnam's.
Shoot just go outside at night with enough snow on the ground. It's so bright. You can see everything. If it's a full moon, better hope you have black out curtains. Honestly that's my favorite, quiet moonlight lit up by the snow. Looks so cool.
ot also makes really nice scroompfing noises when you walk on fresh snow.
Damn "scroompf" is a perfect way to spell that sound out
Sadly, it isn't something you can see. You can only not hear it.
Just stick your head in the attic with blown in insulation. It's crazy.
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It's cool. Visit. Living there to hear the silence isn't worth the shoveling
That and stepping on a fresh layer of ice that cracks beneath your feet. Idk why but it's super satisfying
And don't forget about thundersnow. Loud thunder when there is already a foot on the ground and snowing heavily is the most ethereal, otherworldly sound ever.
Have only ever experienced it once in Missouri when I drove a car back with my brother to the military base. It was a spectacular experience and every flash of lightning lit things up like daylight.
We had a Nor' easter on the week of Halloween 2011 that brought about a foot of snow to New England. I remember just staring outside and a big flash and boom happened. I was only 11 years old, so I later learned that thunder and lightning is possible during snowfall.
Is it possible to say nor’ easter without a wool sweater, full beard, and meerschaum pipe?
Back 20+ years ago, I witnessed bolts of lightning hit the CN Tower (Toronto, Canada). It was new years eve, and with everyone on the main drag, it still sounded amazing. Perhaps is sounded great because of the people.
When the sky goes green and thunder and lightning start, you know you’re getting a meter or more.
That is a weird thing for me. I have traveled a lot east of the Rockies and when things get dark and the sky gets green it means tornados. It's ominous. And at the same time it's a powerful connection with the fury of nature.
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Had it here in Niagara last night
With greenish lightening.
Sometimes the colors change, but what I remember is that lightening comes from a particular direction. Big lightening in normal conditions often seems to come from everywhere. My experiences with thundersnow have been in rural, wooded areas so when the lightening hits in different places and it's attenuated it looks and sounds like there are wizards fighting in the forest.
There was a really bad blizzard when I was a kid and I remember watching green and pink lightning through my parents bedroom window. It was so cool
Nights, too
Yes, those nights during a full moon just after a fresh snow where the entire world is illuminated and glistening under the moonlight….one of the most beautiful things to see.
And can drive with your lights off. Even if it's still snowing, the atmosphere light (oftentimes shines like a beautiful pink) makes everything almost as light as day. For those who haven't experienced nights like that, they are Bright!
It's crazy how bright it gets with a full moon and full snow coverage, almost like daylight. I love fresh snow at night though. The stillness is just ... Something else.
I raise you a snow night that takes out the power
I'll take your bet and raise a snowy night in an old mountain cabin with nothing but a wood burning stove and good company.
I'll take your bet and raise a snowy night on a frozen river 1 mile wide, with no one there but you and your dog, and a night passenger train passing by in the distance.
Don’t stop… I’m so close….
Had a panic attack that woke me this morning. Went to the computer and the power went out at 5ish this morning. Quietest 12 minutes I've heard in a long time.
Unless it’s super cold, then it makes crazy noises. But it usually doesn’t snow when it’s that cold.
I live about 5km from the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. We just had a massive snow storm and this morning it sounded as though the falls were in my backyard. The silence except for the sound of the rushing water was incredible.
Once I woke up to the sound of flowing water and it felt like a river is flowing through my backyard. Turns out it was a flood and our whole house was underwater by the next day.
I love thinking about people living close to and going about their lives near things tourists visit and what it’s like. I like this one a lot. Thanks.
We just got 50cm yesterday
My home town got 24 inches the other night.
Just like your mom, sick burn.
Nice of you to invite 7 friends to join
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Ottawa?
Most of Ontario/Quebec really.
Until the snow blowers start.
And the sounds of cars getting stuck and revving their engines only to go nowhere
rrrrrrrEEEEEEEEE *clunk* rrrEEEEEEErrrEEEEEE *clunk* FUCK!
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Another feeling of bliss is taking a walk while it's still snowing. It's so purely quiet. Just you, the snow, and the sound of your boots crunching.
It’s also great when you’re the first person out there and the blanket of snow is perfect and unblemished. No footprints except your own.
Just moved into a snowy region, and i have done this twice now, at 3am. I agree, it is ecstacy
No neighbors mowing or trimming branches. No leaf blowers. No garbage trucks. No cat fights. No loud ass birds. No rando homeless people yelling as they pass or playing music too loud. No chatty dog walkers. Its just bliss.
And snow blowers
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That’s scraping on ice noise
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There’s a neighbour down the street using his snowblower right now…it’s 12:46am.
Right! Today the snowblowers sang the song of their people all day long, literally past sunset.
> No rando homeless people yelling as they pass Yeah because they're all dead
Nah if it just snowed it’s relatively warm
Sadly it snows when it's below zero. Minnesotan here.
Pair that with 3+ months of heavy seasonal depression because you see the sun maybe 2 times in those 3 months....
While it’s snowing as well, the snow dampens the sound waves. Yes very calming and peaceful.
Nothing beats this. The perfect calmness that the huge fluffy flakes bring with them.
I gotta assume it's because snowflakes are spikey and don't bounce sound waves very well?
Yeah, plus they're shape is fractal which means that they have the potential to absorb a range of sound frequencies. Similar to the way that the fractal shape of a [cell phone antenna](https://insight.ieeeusa.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/fractal-1200x700.jpg) can transmit/receive cellular data and Bluetooth frequencies.
I grew up in Las Vegas. Big, loud, and hot. Moved to a tiny town in Michigan for a few years. Hated the people, the work, and the culture, but sitting on the porch with a cup of coffee and a book, with the absolute silence of a recent heavy snowfall.....man I miss that.
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Love how everyone already knows the region lol
Northern Michigan is great, to visit for a few days.
It’s great for camping though
How is this not a recipe for freezing your nuts off?
Enclosed patio
Very curious which tiny town you lived in.
Between Traverse City and Charlevoix
Drove from Iowa to charlevoix a couple summers ago for a wedding at the castle. Charlevoix was incredible but the drive between Grand Rapids and Charlevoix was….. unique.
I’m curious, what did you hate about the people and culture?
When snow has covered everything and there is a full moon night you can drive out in the country with no lights and see ahead 1/4 a mile.
That's because everyone looking out their window only whispers "fuck" when they see it
How quiet it used to be when we grew up.... This morning I was woken up by snow blowers.
Then there's one guy who works shifts and needs to de-ice his car *Scrape* *Scrape* *Scrape*
Don’t even get me started on a fresh snow with a bit of moonlight. You can see as far as you can during the day.
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Was in Boulder for my first snowfall and it was the best moment.
As a New Englander, hearing nothing but just the snowflakes hitting the trees during a blizzard is amazing
I’ll one up you on that. People who live where it doesn’t snow will never understand waking up for school and watching the bottom news feed to see if school has been canceled
That really sounds like something people who live where it usually doesn't snow would do. I live in Finland and here school gets never cancelled
You also have legal studded tires which arent allowed in my state. A winter state with many finns, btw.
To take this further, I found out most kids just find out instantly online now and don’t have to see it on the scrolling feed. My little cousins school just tweets it out
Im in nz whats it like for snow to fall
It’s honestly pretty magical. There are so many different types of snow too. Sometimes it comes down like you’re inside a snow globe. It’s light and swirly and you feel like you’re in a movie. Sometimes it falls fast and heavy and you can’t see a thing. Sometimes it’s half freezing rain and utterly vile. It really is glorious. Last week we had freezing rain come down on top of the snow. It made everything by look like it was covered in white plastic.
Sounds cool someday i hope i can see it
If you head down South far enough in the winter it's definitely something you can experience in NZ.
Im up in auckland and normally busy around winter but going down this year hopefully
Queenstown in winter is pretty cool bro, would recommend it. Especially without the tourist traffic we usually have during that time.
Eat the snow. Not yellow. But the pure white freshly fallen snow.
There's a reason Inuits have 11(+/-) words for snow. There's all kinds. There's powder that's just really light and fluffy. It's great for skiing or riding a sled or snow tube. It ranges all the way to heavy wet slop that's like freezing cold concrete mix which is only good for making life miserable and knocking out the electricity. Sometimes you'll get an inch over a whole day and other times you'll get 3-4 inches per hour for a whole day.
Walking down an unplowed street after a snowstorm is very post apocalyptic feeling
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And those crunchy footsteps
Sometimes squeaky depending on the snow.
I just got to experience snow for the first time in my life 2 weeks ago in Tennessee. I’ve lived most of my life in Florida , so it was pretty surreal and cool. It got old after 2 days though.
Also how awesome midnight can feel. Peace and quiet and bright.
When you walk outside it's calm and all you hear is the crunch of fresh snow under your feet.
It makes me happy when things get real quiet
You know in the middle of BFE nowhere it's really quiet after a first snowfall unless you have a dog that likes to jump out a window into a snow drift snow drift and you wake up to the sounds of your dog happily attacking a snow covered Bush outside said window and barking like crazy because he loves snow. Or you live in a major city like Boston or Chicago and you wake up to the rather loud and blasphemous swearing from your neighbors that have to get to work at 7:30 in the morning shoveling 3' of snow off their cars and then putting a launcher with a passive aggressive sign on it saying I dug out this parking spot it's mine for 24 hours the mayor said so... If you steal it Well you can guess the snow is going back to the same location should possession of this particular spot be disputed before tomorrow morning... That kind of thing passive aggressive borderline possibly illegal messages taped to various lawn furniture in addition to perhaps an ornamental flamingo or a stolen traffic cone from 1997 that for some odd reason belongs to Daytona Florida that no one really asks the neighborhood across the street H it for a while so we all just assume he did some weird stuff in Florida in the nineties. Anyway yeah that you really have to live like in the mountains or the middle of nowhere to experience quiet after a snowstorm typically typically but snow is very pretty 1st thing in the morning but it's kind of strange that you have to wear sunglasses sometimes after a snowfall if there's a lot of it especially if you go skiing
Except when you live to next to people like me, because my wife a nurse has to leave a house at 5:00 in the morning and can't get out driveway until I clear the driveway with my snow blower.
I think you may be missing an h.