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Citizen complaint of the day: Mystery roar in Charlestown

A perplexed citizen complains:

There is a loud roar like a jet engine running 24hrs aday at or near the Medford street at Belmont street area. Can you look into this please and let us know what it is and why it runs all day and night.

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The sugar boats?

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Is that near the wind turbine testing facility?

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Doesn't Charlestown have like the highest rate of bank robberies per capita?

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the people who rob banks are from Charlestown, the robberies occur elsewhere. However, in truth, most of the robbers these days are from Southie or Quincy.

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nope - they are still from charlestown, they just moved to quincy and southie because they couldn't afford the skyrocketing rent

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Not sure why it would be running continuously - unless they are powering the building from it. We had something like that in the alley about half a block down from the bedroom window and it was LOUD - literally sounded like a jet engine. Someone told me it was a generator that was set to automatically test - about once a week on Friday or Saturday right around midnight. Very annoying. Guessing the city can and will do something about it.

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There is a power plant in the Longwood Medical Area that occasionally vents steam with a similar result.

http://www.matep.com/

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Whenever I see that thing from the Riverway, I'm surprised that anyone thought building a power plant in the middle of the city was a good idea.

Harvard thought they'd save money by building it, but it turned out to be a financial disaster. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/6/4/total-energy-to-total-disaste...

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Cement plant
LNG terminal (across the river, but the ships are huge)
Charlestown High School
other maritime stuff not seen from the roadway

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I recall that the MBTA uses jet engines to power a couple back-up generators for the system. Anybody know more about them and where they are? Or is that super secret to thwart terrorists?

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the Yuppie who heard cannon fire coming from the USS Constitution? What's with all the Charlestown noise?

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Charlestown Mothers Association wailing about John Connolly's loss?

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My guess is the power plant, directly across the river from the reported location:

http://goo.gl/maps/3yxL8

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This location is along one of my favored routes home from work via bike. Curious soul that I am, I had to go check it out.

Well, guess what: 24/7 and 24/7/365 are apparently different, and no roar was noted.

I do know that roar, however, so I pulled over to look around.

Major potential culprits are the actual jet engines (and their ancillary equipment) used by the generating station just across the water, or some sort of air handler that the cement silos put in after one of them,burst forth with white powder like the candycane centerpiece (ahem) in the Slutcracker.

Possible alternate: the air compressor keeping the giant land grub at the high school inflated.

It could also be something to do with the car port or the giant freaking LNG tankers as well.

Over and out.

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I do believe Muffy's new BMW hybrid makes an ungodly noise when idling outside the cafe'.

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Sounds like the Alpha Hogger on Block 8 to me.

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Actually it sounded more like the 'Alpha' Hogger on Block 9....

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