SYMPATHETIC VIBRATIONS
Soldiers throughout history have known about sympathetic vibrations, as have certain opera singers like Caruso and jazz musicians like Ella Fitzgerald. Before soldiers cross a bridge, they break step. Why? Because their cadence gives off a frequency, a sound. If their marching song matches the frequency of the bridge, then there is achieved a technical state called “resonance,” in which there is a tremendous exploision of energy. Something’s got to give, and it isn’t going to be the song! Whether the bridge is built of stone or steel, that song bombs the bridge and essentially blows it up. What recently collapsed the Tacoma bridge? The wind created a double oscillation that matched the frequency of the bridge, and it came crashing down. Why is it forbidden to sing “Louie, Louie” at a Clemson football game? Because a few years ago the stadium began to crumble. University officials discovered it wasn’t because of defective architectural design or inferior construction work or materials; it…
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