12-02-2010, 05:39 PM
quote:YurtGirl is suggesting that the tour copter companies provide funds for remediation of noise impact - this is generally done with the installation of insulation in neighborhoods around airport expansion areas.
Originally posted by hawaiideborah
MDD7000, you are suggesting insulation? as a solution? In Hawaii where we keep all the windows and doors open? Insulation to deal with helos? That's not why we live here, to stay inside and start insulating and shutting windows.
hawaiideborah
Yes, homes in Hawaii need insulation for a number of reasons.
Keeping the home from rapidly increasing or decreasing its' internal temperature helps keep out moisture from condensation, as well as reducing noise levels, even if your windows are open all the time (which they probably are not in upper Fern Forest where YurtGirl lives now that it is colder) Homes with metal roofing (which YurtGirl does not have) would have lessor sound levels from those darned copters as well, and YurtGirl doesn't have a metal roof either.
Coquis, tree frogs and cane toads, at night, are probably much louder than daytime copters. Spend the $20 and buy a Radio Shack decibel meter. Do all of your measurements from the same location inside the home.