If the worst sound you’ve heard so far today is your ALARM CLOCK . . . that’s not bad, even though it didn’t feel like it at the time. (And all the subsequent times the “snooze” went off.)
Someone on social media asked, “What’s a sound everyone should recognize as immediate danger?” And here are the best responses:
1. “If you are traveling on (or under) a slope with snow and you hear a deep whumping sound. Get the heck out immediately.” (There actually IS guidance on what to try to do during avalanches: “Quickly move to lower-angle terrain, less than 30 degrees, and avoid areas underneath steep slopes.”)
2. “Cracking of a tree branch or trunk.”
3. “The sound of a freight train or jet engine nearby if you’re in the middle of nowhere, like deep in the forest. It’s likely either a tornado or a wildfire.”
4. Someone said, “If you’re in the wild: Sudden, immediate silence. If you’re in the city: Anything that sounds too good to be true.”
5. “Someone you know speaking really weird gibberish making no sense and looking confused. Could be a stroke.”
6. “Fire alarm. You’d be surprised how many people don’t do anything when it goes off.”
7. “If you have children: The sound of silence means they are up to no good. Also, the sound of a little plastic step stool or a chair being dragged across the floor.”
8. “When your mom yells your WHOLE name. Or your wife.”
9. “The sound of a dog about to throw up in the middle of the night on a carpeted floor . . . or, for cat owners, if you hear those ‘techno beats,’ you’re about to have a bad time.”
10. “Lower intestinal gurgling.”
11. “An ‘Oops’ from the dentist, or a hairdresser.”
12. “A ‘Hey Girl!’ or ‘Hey Hun!’ from a high school acquaintance, who’s now a MLM distributor.”
13. “The sound of multiple Teams notifications in a row after-hours.”
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