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<blockquote data-quote="awalbert88" data-source="post: 160921" data-attributes="member: 545461">The thing that causes you to &quot;stick&quot; to the source is because the electricity causes your muscles to contract, just like the electrical signals from your brain.&nbsp; Have you ever electrocuted yourself with a 110V source?&nbsp; I&#039;ve done that a few times, though only through one arm (thank God), so it never got to my heart.&nbsp; But I could feel it &#039;flowing&#039; (right term?) up my arm, and my arm began to contract, which actually caused it to pull away (the source of the electricity was a PC power supply that I was repairing), and I grabbed the cord with my other arm to yank it away.&nbsp; Hurt like a ***** for a few days, and I learned my lesson from that - unplug the **** thing, and don&#039;t rely on the main switch, because power still comes through that cord at some location!Anyway, I&#039;m still not totally convinced that sound waves are strong enough to cause the heart to stop (it&#039;s a **** strong muscle) in a human.&nbsp; At least not at the pressure levels attainable in 1ATM.&nbsp; Afterall, the pressure of the sound must travel through multiple layers to reach the heart, and that reduces its strength a bit.&nbsp; Try putting your hand around an SPL mic sometime and see how it affects the db readings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="awalbert88, post: 160921, member: 545461"] The thing that causes you to "stick" to the source is because the electricity causes your muscles to contract, just like the electrical signals from your brain. Have you ever electrocuted yourself with a 110V source? I've done that a few times, though only through one arm (thank God), so it never got to my heart. But I could feel it 'flowing' (right term?) up my arm, and my arm began to contract, which actually caused it to pull away (the source of the electricity was a PC power supply that I was repairing), and I grabbed the cord with my other arm to yank it away. Hurt like a ***** for a few days, and I learned my lesson from that - unplug the **** thing, and don't rely on the main switch, because power still comes through that cord at some location! Anyway, I'm still not totally convinced that sound waves are strong enough to cause the heart to stop (it's a **** strong muscle) in a human. At least not at the pressure levels attainable in 1ATM. Afterall, the pressure of the sound must travel through multiple layers to reach the heart, and that reduces its strength a bit. Try putting your hand around an SPL mic sometime and see how it affects the db readings. [/QUOTE]

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