Mar 30 2011: Thunder cat!

Smokey, a gray and white tabby cat and owner Ruth Adams, in Northampton , England.

For cat lovers, there is nothing more soothing than the sound of their pet purring with contentment.
But when Smokey kicks off, it’s time to reach for the ear plugs.

A gray-and-white tabby by the name of Smokey has cat-apulted to fame with purring so loud it has been recorded at a potentially record-setting 73 decibels.

A British community college says it has a recorded a house cat whose lawnmower-like purr hit 73 decibels, 16 times louder than the average feline. Northampton College in central England said Wednesday, March 30, 2011, that it had dispatched a music team with specialist sound equipment to record 12-year-old Smokey. The recording has been submitted to the Guinness World Records.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/423463...s_and_animals/

And your username matches the content... thanks coolcat!

As I looked at this, I heard Gaines meowing his little head off. I thought "i got your decibels right here!" But purring? He's a laid back purrer. He's Mr Cool, if you know what I mean, coolcat.

Thanks for the picture and story.

A weird purr too. I love cats' purrs, it's such a comforting happy sound.

I love it when a cat sits on your chest and their purr reverberates through your chest cavity. Would the rib cage be able to the amount of purring that that cat generates though?

pussies... vibrations....

NO! NO! Don't go there!

A chart is always helpful. So this cat is three times as loud as a normal conversation.

The problem with measuring sound is that the db chart is a futz. They measure the cat at 6 inches away and they measure the lawnmower from 10 feet and the 737 from a hundred yards. It's a valid measurement but we can't compare properly.

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...well it sure as hell feels like Friday....

So those numbers at the bottom of the chart are wrong?

It's hard to say what they mean by "relative loudness." It seems to indicate doubling intensity every 10 dB, which is wrong. An additional 10 dB is ten times as loud. Here's a good rundown of everything you never wanted to know about it.