scruffycat
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Just asking, because I have something else I have to do and I am avoiding it. So, I've been wondering this for a while. The reason is that when a police car passes me, siren blaring, it's not so bad. When firetrucks pass, sirens blaring, it's loud, but not piercing. When ambulances pass, sirens blaring, I HAVE to plug my ears with my fingers, because it is painfully piercing. I live in Texas, in San Antonio (so there are lots of occasions where emergency vehicles are passing by with sirens blasting). So.. are there certain regulations concerning the decibels of the different sirens? Or are my ears just weirdly sensitive? Or both?