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Sound is a measurement of vibrations
The volume or pitch,
How loud or low or high is it?
And you can hear a sound starting at zero decibels
That’s really quiet stuff
Like sonic pillow fluff.

Let's start with the quiet sounds
End up really, really loud
And answer once and for all:

What is the loudest sound in human history?
What can it be?

A Baby’s breathe when they’re fast asleep
An eyelash flutter on a wooly sheep
A dry leaf falling all the way to the ground
These are all very nearly silent sounds

Little bit louder with a babbling brook
Pages flutter closed on very large book
Vacuum cleaner on the carpeted floor
A small dog’s bark or a big cat’s roar

Obviously not the loudest sound

Hairdryer working on a prom hair do
Blender with a smoothie that’s as thick as glue
A baby wailing that’s just been born
An angry driver leaning on their car horn

Motorcycle, marching band
An airplane coming in to land
Fireworks, Rock show
Dynamite and now here we go,.

Here comes the loudest sound
What is the loudest sound?

Krakatoa 1883
Volcanic eruption but how loud could it be?
You could hear it 3000 miles away
Like hearing NY when you sitting in LA
That’s the loudest sound in human history!
Wow it must have been so loud in 1883
That is the loudest sound in human history!


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