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chained_bear commented on the word acoustic shadow
A phenomenon noted during the U.S. Civil War, of people in a town or village near a large battle not being able to hear the artillery, while people in towns much further away could hear it. (I haven't read much about it, but I suspect it would have been due to variations in topography.)
February 21, 2007