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**Vobomei** · 06-23-2007, 03:40 PM

Almost all the news sources called it "squealing", but I listened to it again, and you're right, it's "shrieking".

The neighbors who complained about the noise and the Town of Bayville missed the point: it is about the children. If neighbors are used to hearing shrieking, then if one of the girls is really in trouble, how will they know?

This has been one of the ongoing problems with my neighbors who live diagonally behind me. In 2002 they built an "extended jungle gym" (read: "playground") in the back corner furthest away from their house -- practically on top of the property belonging to my neighbor and me. Children play on it all the time, and blood-curdling screams are a regular occurance.

When it was first built, I found myself running outside every time I heard a scream to find out if the children were OK. Concerned neighbors and I repeatedly tried to explain to the parents that the children were "crying wolf," but we were met with such hostility that we stopped. With some people, you have too much to lose if you confront them or report them to the authorities.

I've checked up on the children's screams less and less over the years; at this point, even if a child were being raped or bludgeoned to death, it would probably go unnoticed by the neighbors. One more reason I'm happy to be leaving this town.

06-23-2007, 03:40 PM	#3
Vobomei Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 489 Senior Member	Almost all the news sources called it "squealing", but I listened to it again, and you're right, it's "shrieking". The neighbors who complained about the noise and the Town of Bayville missed the point: it is about the children. If neighbors are used to hearing shrieking, then if one of the girls is really in trouble, how will they know? This has been one of the ongoing problems with my neighbors who live diagonally behind me. In 2002 they built an "extended jungle gym" (read: "playground") in the back corner furthest away from their house -- practically on top of the property belonging to my neighbor and me. Children play on it all the time, and blood-curdling screams are a regular occurance. When it was first built, I found myself running outside every time I heard a scream to find out if the children were OK. Concerned neighbors and I repeatedly tried to explain to the parents that the children were "crying wolf," but we were met with such hostility that we stopped. With some people, you have too much to lose if you confront them or report them to the authorities. I've checked up on the children's screams less and less over the years; at this point, even if a child were being raped or bludgeoned to death, it would probably go unnoticed by the neighbors. One more reason I'm happy to be leaving this town.
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