[SML] Decibels

[Richard Niederberg]

Dear Jeff,
I think that the decibels (whether on an 'A' weighted or 'C' weighted
scale) of the sound created by the Krakatoa volcano of 1883 may have been
on the high end these numbers, or even beyond...
/s/ Richard
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On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Jeffrey Kanyuck via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> An interesting things I’m doing is working on some safety paperwork for
> hearing in our shop and event facilities. I’m looking at a particular
> website http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html and it says:
>
> Death of hearing tissue 180dB
>
> Loudest sound possible 194dB
>
> I wonder what the dB level of a supernova would be. At 1m that isn’t just
> “death of hearing tissue”.
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> Jeff
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/s/ Richard
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