Article Link "The howling: Americans let it out from depths of pandemic"

Vintage VFer · 04-12-20, 12:46 PM

https://apnews.com/5f9c18b0003178b81b3858e6d52a6321

"DENVER (AP) — It starts with a few people letting loose with some tentative yelps. Then neighbors emerge from their homes and join, forming a roiling chorus of howls and screams that pierces the twilight to end another day’s monotonous forced isolation.

From California to Colorado to Georgia and upstate New York, Americans are taking a moment each night at 8 p.m. to howl in a quickly spreading ritual that has become a wrenching response of a society cut off from one another by the coronavirus pandemic."

Has anyone heard or done this? Any howling we hear is dogs and/or coyotes.

alisoncooks · 04-12-20, 01:00 PM

I heard about this on another forum. It's not happening in my area, though.

LAC · 04-12-20, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Vintage VFer

https://apnews.com/5f9c18b0003178b81b3858e6d52a6321

"DENVER (AP) — It starts with a few people letting loose with some tentative yelps. Then neighbors emerge from their homes and join, forming a roiling chorus of howls and screams that pierces the twilight to end another day’s monotonous forced isolation.

From California to Colorado to Georgia and upstate New York, Americans are taking a moment each night at 8 p.m. to howl in a quickly spreading ritual that has become a wrenching response of a society cut off from one another by the coronavirus pandemic."

Has anyone heard or done this? Any howling we hear is dogs and/or coyotes.

LOL. I am in upstate New York and there no howling going on around here that I'm aware of, although my husband did whimper a little the other day after the Governor mandated that golf courses close.

bee · 04-12-20, 02:43 PM

They are doing it here in the Santa Cruz mountains and some people report hearing a lot of other people doing it but the one night we tried we heard nothing. We're pretty remote. I also heard on the radio that they're doing it in Marin, north of San Francisco.

ealakey · 04-12-20, 02:59 PM

Oh, they are doing it in my neighborhood. The first night we thought the coyotes were extra loud.

~Beth

akaAnnie · 04-12-20, 03:16 PM

I'm in northern NY. Maybe it wasn't the coyotes after all!

Demeris · 04-12-20, 03:49 PM

No howling, but the neighbor who lives behind me goes out in his front yard and shoots his guns off every evening. According to the Sheriff's deputy who came out when we called, he can shoot his gun off all day long if he wants. I'm just hoping he keeps them aimed out at the federal land across the road from us.

Hazel Porter · 04-13-20, 05:54 PM

I live just west of Denver and this is indeed a thing some people are doing.

YetAnotherDeb · 04-13-20, 07:49 PM

After the day I had I just may give it a go. It's 7:45 here. I have 15 minutes to "suit up."

It's a very rural area so the only people who will hear me are my sister and her husband who are sitting in the living room. They already know I'm nuts.

_____
YADeb

antbuko · 04-14-20, 06:05 AM

It hasn't happened hear but I think it's a darn good idea!

I'm in isolation with my daughter. Thank God we have each other but it is boring as heck.

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04-12-20, 12:46 PM
Vintage VFer VF Supporter Join Date: Nov 2001	"The howling: Americans let it out from depths of pandemic" https://apnews.com/5f9c18b0003178b81b3858e6d52a6321 "DENVER (AP) — It starts with a few people letting loose with some tentative yelps. Then neighbors emerge from their homes and join, forming a roiling chorus of howls and screams that pierces the twilight to end another day’s monotonous forced isolation. From California to Colorado to Georgia and upstate New York, Americans are taking a moment each night at 8 p.m. to howl in a quickly spreading ritual that has become a wrenching response of a society cut off from one another by the coronavirus pandemic." Has anyone heard or done this? Any howling we hear is dogs and/or coyotes. __________________ Goal:250 / Done:91 POSTURE CHECK!

04-12-20, 01:00 PM
alisoncooks Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TarHeel country	I heard about this on another forum. It's not happening in my area, though.

04-12-20, 02:43 PM
bee VF Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008	They are doing it here in the Santa Cruz mountains and some people report hearing a lot of other people doing it but the one night we tried we heard nothing. We're pretty remote. I also heard on the radio that they're doing it in Marin, north of San Francisco. __________________ I am @summitbee on instagram.

04-12-20, 02:59 PM
ealakey VF Supporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Texas Panhandle	Oh, they are doing it in my neighborhood. The first night we thought the coyotes were extra loud. ~Beth

04-12-20, 03:16 PM
akaAnnie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New York	I'm in northern NY. Maybe it wasn't the coyotes after all!

04-12-20, 03:49 PM
Demeris Join Date: Dec 2006	No howling, but the neighbor who lives behind me goes out in his front yard and shoots his guns off every evening. According to the Sheriff's deputy who came out when we called, he can shoot his gun off all day long if he wants. I'm just hoping he keeps them aimed out at the federal land across the road from us.

04-13-20, 05:54 PM
Hazel Porter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Colorado	I live just west of Denver and this is indeed a thing some people are doing. __________________ http://members.aol.com/naconfer/images/hazel_hobbes.gif What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

04-13-20, 07:49 PM
YetAnotherDeb Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Eastern Oklahoma	After the day I had I just may give it a go. It's 7:45 here. I have 15 minutes to "suit up." It's a very rural area so the only people who will hear me are my sister and her husband who are sitting in the living room. They already know I'm nuts. _____ YADeb

04-14-20, 06:05 AM
antbuko Join Date: Jun 2004	It hasn't happened hear but I think it's a darn good idea! I'm in isolation with my daughter. Thank God we have each other but it is boring as heck. __________________ Helen K