[chasd00]

on a tangent, I was living about 15min SW of DFW airport when 9/11 happened. When the FAA grounded all air traffic i remember going outside and thinking how strange it was not hearing planes in the sky. I had become acclimated to all the air traffic and when there was none it was pretty eery.

[MikeSchurman]

Another tangent, I went on a trip to LA. The drive to airport was noisy, airport was noisy, airplane was noisy, city was noisy, air conditioner in room was noisy. This went on for the whole week. I didn't really notice.

But when I got dropped off at my car after the flight home, to get in my car it was late at night in a small town. And I noticed it. The silence. I stood there, beside my car keys in hand for a good 5 minutes, just taking it in.

I had no idea how noisy it had been for the past week until then.