Why a Humming Noise Is All the Buzz in This Connecticut Town?

A humming noise has taken over a whole town in Connecticut, just like how your toy vacuum cleaner buzzes when it's working hard.

Humming noise is like the sound of many tiny engines all running together, not one loud engine, but lots of little ones. In this town, there are power lines, which carry electricity from power plants to homes and schools. When a lot of electricity moves through these lines at once, it can make them vibrate.

Imagine you're holding a jump rope and spinning it very fast, it makes a buzzing sound, right? That’s kind of what's happening with the power lines in this town. They’re jumping up and down so much from all that electricity moving through them, they create a humming noise that can be heard by people nearby.

Sometimes, when you plug in too many devices at once, like your TV, phone charger, and game console, your house might feel a little bit buzzier. That’s because more electricity is flowing through the wires than usual.

In Connecticut, there are so many power lines and so much electricity moving through them all the time that they make a constant buzzing sound, just like a big, busy town full of tiny engines!