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Fog horn

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    #32
    [Deleted User]
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    I heard it at the roundabout down by GMIT today. Though it was pretty eerie in the fog.


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    #33
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    I could hear it in Parkmore. Thought it might be a foghorn but didn't think the noise would carry that far from the docks, thanks to this thread I know different


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    #34
    DOTHEDOG
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    well what else did ya all think it was!!!

    after all there was heavy fog late last night and this morning :eek:


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    #35
    Edgedinblue
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    Heard one last week sometime, bohermore area. Sounded like a bomb alert!


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    #36
    westgolf
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    Some years ago before they got pagers and such like the fire station used to use a kind of wailing siren or air horn to alert on call fire brigade staff. The more noise it made the worse the call

    Westgolf


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    #37
    testicle
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    Storm 10 wrote: »
    That fog horn was from the oil tanker "Forth Fisher" that left Galway docks this morning, in thick fog they will sound the horn at regular times so that small trawlers etc that dont have radar are aware of the ships presence.

    You may have mentioned that 10 months and 3 days ago. Same ship too...


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    #38
    brianthebard
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    what the ****ity ****, I heard this before while leaving on merchants road but didn't think it would disturb my sleep in Rahoon, was so ****ing pissed off this morning with it!


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    #39
    apoeiguq3094y
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    Hyperbullet wrote: »
    I immediately thought of this upon reading the thread title:

    B00004CJGG.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

    Heard it a little while ago too, which is apt due to the dose of fog outside!

    Cue hour of watching foghorn leghorn clips...


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    #40
    JohnCleary
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    Storm 10 wrote: »
    As a person involved in sailing I can tell you there is no Fog Horn in Galway port, as stated above it was an oil tanker at anchor off Salthill that was blowing its own horn as they must do when at anchor or underway in heavy fog, they do this to alert smaller vessels such as fishing boats etc that may not have radar and it gives the other boats a rough direction of where the ship is so they can avoid it.

    The oil tanker docked in Galway this morning around 11 am

    Hope this helps

    AIS FTW :D


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    #41
    dafunk
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    It's a beautiful sad and lowly sound.

    Agree with Biko there, his right. Sorry, I mean he's right. ;)


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