San
Francisco's famous Golden Gate Bridge has started “singing” following recent
changes to bicycle-path railings that appear to make music as the wind blows
through them, residents have reported.
The sound
has prompted perplexed and even desperate reactions from locals.
“Can
someone explain me why has this sound been going on for an hour in San
Francisco?”,one Twitter user wrote Friday afternoon.
City
officials offered an explanation for the sound, which can be heard several
miles away.
Paolo
Cosulich-Schwartz, a Golden Gate Bridge, Highway &
Transportation District spokesperson, said : “The new musical tones are a
known and inevitable phenomenon that stem from our wind retrofit project,
designed to make the Bridge more aerodynamic under high wind conditions and to
ensure the safety and structural integrity of the Bridge for generations to
come”.
“We know the bridge will sing during exceptionally
high winds from the west, as we saw yesterday. We are pleased to see the new
railing is allowing wind to flow more smoothly across the bridge.”
“We can hear this in our house more than three
miles away from the bridge. It’s crazy,” one Twitter user wrote Friday evening.
However, others
who posted videos of the novel sound were more at ease. One described it
as “so peaceful”. Another said: “So crazy but also beautiful!!”
You can
also watch the video by clicking HERE
Article
from The Guardian (edited)
