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Fewer planes and much less noise

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Fewer planes and much less noise

Description (Dublin Core)

I was offered a job at Arizona State University at the last minute. How last minute? I had already started teaching on campus in my previous position when I got the official offer. We moved to Tempe, AZ in the offseason. The rental market was full of pricey AirBnBs, but not a lot of homes for rent. I have two kids and a dog, so we set our sights on a house. I also wanted to be close to ASU, preferably walking distance, but I knew that was a big ask. We did, however, find a home. It’s walking distance to Rio Salado, downtown Tempe, and ASU. The catch is that it’s in the flight path for the Phoenix airport. When a plane flies overhead it sounds like a long, dull roar. It’s so loud you can’t hear yourself talk or talk to anyone around you (if you’re outside). Before COVID, the planes flew in and out of the airport like taxis. I counted how often they flew overhead, and it was about every 54 seconds for most of the day. Sometimes it felt so loud you didn’t want to sit outside. Post-March, however, everything has slowed way down. There are fewer planes, and that means we sit outside a lot more and enjoy our outside space.

I recorded the sound of a plane passing overhead while I hung up laundry to dry. It gives a sense of how long the sound takes over the area.

Date (Dublin Core)

September 3, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Katy Kole de Peralta

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Katy Kole de Peralta

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

audio

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--Universities
English Home & Family Life
English Aviation
English Environment & Landscape

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

airplane
Arizona
noise
Phoenix
flight path

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

soundscape
airplane
airport
Phoenix
Tempe

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Environment

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Kathleen Kole de Peralta Biography Sheet

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

09/09/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

10/09/2020
04/16/2021
06/21/2022

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Covid 19
Arizona State University

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This item was submitted on September 9, 2020 by Katy Kole de Peralta using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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