Plane noise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who are bothered by plane noise seriously bother me. Especially being that far out.

I walk/run by DCA several days a week - it's about 1.5 mile from my home on paths, and considerably shorter if you draw a direct line. It's white noise. And you physically FEEL takeoff and landing sometimes.

Not a big deal, but a tradeoff for living in the neighborhood we choose to live in.

If you're that abnormally sensitive, move elsewhere and don't complain about not having an airport you can get to easily.

The airport is 1.5 miles from your house?

Another poster who has never been to DC or NoVa.

I didn't understand the "I run by DCA several times a week." Why is that important? Isn't the more important part where the person lives and whether the house is under a flight path.

[Anonymous]

It’s always someone trying to deflect from the real issue. That people should stop buying in these areas or if they do get it for cheap because you’ll pay in chronic disease, stress etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s always someone trying to deflect from the real issue. That people should stop buying in these areas or if they do get it for cheap because you’ll pay in chronic disease, stress etc

Classic DCUM. There are no bad polices and there's never a reason to fight to improve the status quo. It's all about people who made poor choices and their problems aren't deserving of attention.

[Anonymous]

Excuse me? I thought it wasn’t an issue?! It was the one crazy lady or abnormally sensitive crazy person fond of their health, what a loser.

Come on. These areas are passé

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s always someone trying to deflect from the real issue. That people should stop buying in these areas or if they do get it for cheap because you’ll pay in chronic disease, stress etc

Classic DCUM. There are no bad polices and there's never a reason to fight to improve the status quo. It's all about people who made poor choices and their problems aren't deserving of attention.

Whose neighborhood do you want to send planes over instead?

[Anonymous]

The recent listserv said no dice until after Statehood happens.
So it ain’t coming to Arlington (more than is). Caveat Emptor,
meanwhile buy where there is a ban — anywhere near POTUS or VP residences. I’ll hold onto my Chevy Chase DC investment, thanks, left Palisades in a hurry (it is a shame and I emphatize, but stop gaslighting, realtors and neighbors).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who are bothered by plane noise seriously bother me. Especially being that far out.

I walk/run by DCA several days a week - it's about 1.5 mile from my home on paths, and considerably shorter if you draw a direct line. It's white noise. And you physically FEEL takeoff and landing sometimes.

Not a big deal, but a tradeoff for living in the neighborhood we choose to live in.

If you're that abnormally sensitive, move elsewhere and don't complain about not having an airport you can get to easily.

The airport is 1.5 miles from your house?

Walking distance? Yes. Drawing a straight line? Like .5-.75 miles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who are bothered by plane noise seriously bother me. Especially being that far out.

I walk/run by DCA several days a week - it's about 1.5 mile from my home on paths, and considerably shorter if you draw a direct line. It's white noise. And you physically FEEL takeoff and landing sometimes.

Not a big deal, but a tradeoff for living in the neighborhood we choose to live in.

If you're that abnormally sensitive, move elsewhere and don't complain about not having an airport you can get to easily.

The airport is 1.5 miles from your house?

Another poster who has never been to DC or NoVa.

I didn't understand the "I run by DCA several times a week." Why is that important? Isn't the more important part where the person lives and whether the house is under a flight path.

Uh, because it means I get there from my house. I live less than .75 miles from the airport. I am clearly prone to flight paths. It's like white noise and no big deal at all.

[Anonymous]

NBD.

Ultrafine particles are associated with:

• asthma
• allergies
• respiratory disease
• heart attacks
• strokes and dementia
• cancer

[Anonymous]

See you in 20 years

[Anonymous]

Blame Congress, they chiseled away at the plane limitations at National over the passed decades. One reason, I could never support John McCain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I found this very useful when moving to the area. There are noise sensor networks for both DCA and IAD.

https://webtrak.emsbk.com/dca

https://webtrak.emsbk.com/iad

You can watch (not in real time, delayed by about an hour) the noise levels rise and fall with planes on various flight paths in the area. Historical data is also available, beyond that data feed, so you can look at different times of day.

Once I had the dB levels, I googled to find charts of what a certain number of decibels equated to in noise levels. (As loud as a normal conversation? As a drill? etc.).

This stuff is out there, it's public. As someone who was looking at buying in the area, once I picked up from the forums here that there were places where airport noise was an issue, I started googling and that's how I came across the sensor network info. (I also looked at flood maps and other historical flood data, tornado records, water treatment/sewage plants in the area, etc.) I know that most people don't do that level of due diligence, but it certainly helps avoid some things.

Even with the level of research I did, though, I didn't realize there are still helicopters from Mt. Weather that frequently fly over so low that my house shakes. It's very, very difficult to catch every possibility of something disruptive, when you don't live in an area already.

These web sites are very interesting. It does explain some of the differences in experience here. I used to live in Old Town Alexandria, and the plane noise never bothered me. However, if I look at this web site, the planes in Alexandria are in bound and thus much quieter than the out bound planes in NW DC. Makes sense when you think about it. There also seems to be something about the geography and acoustics of the area that makes the noise louder on the DC side of the river.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blame Congress, they chiseled away at the plane limitations at National over the passed decades. One reason, I could never support John McCain.

Used to have a rule about planes after 10pm. Used to have a rule about lower sizes of planes. Used to have a rule that had max miles planes could fly from DC- they have inched that up over time.

Call your Congress Critter and demand the old rules.

[Anonymous]

Can’t. World moved on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:See you in 20 years

Or not (sorry, a bit morbid)