Thread by @marcusdipaola

This thread will document the volume of the music at Trump rallies. Reporters have long complained about the music and it's... honestly not great. Some people wear ear protection. Some don't. The music for the past three hours has been a steady 80ish dBs. Permanent hearing damage

Note that this music has the volume is turned way down and it's going to get louder as Trump's arrival nears. Here's the peak decibel reading of Nessun Dorma. 90dB.

Volume hovering around 90-100dBs now as Dead of Night plays over the speakers. The volume causes hearing damage after 50 minutes of exposure.

I'm told the decibel meter reading from the area around the stage hovers around a consistent 90-95dB level.

The YMCA song at this rally hits up to 90dBs and hovers right below that

Michael Jackson - Beat It hovers around 90dB. Peak 93.6

As ACDC's Thunderstruck plays, decibels hover around 100dB, peak of 105dBs.

Mike Pence's walk-on song: 97dB

A LOT of the press has discovered over the course of the past four years that ear protection is mandatory. Here's one network photographer with earpro. I'm wearing mine too.

As President Trump gets up on stage to God Bless the USA, volume of the music hovers around 109dB and hits a peak of 111.1 dB. Permanent hearing loss at this level occurs within five minutes.

Trump's speaking volume is surprisingly sane. 84.5dB.

My meter has a feature that flashes the screen when dangerous decibel levels are reached.

When Trump blasted @IlhanMN, the booing from the crowd reached a peak of 93.3dB.

The Trump crowd is chanting "Send her back" regarding @IlhanMN at 96dBs.

The booing for @RashidaTlaib only reached 92.3dB. Rep. Ilhan Omar remains in the lead.

Trump invokes @AOC's name, the crowd boos LOUD, up to a peak of 100.8dB, which shatters @IlhanMN's previous booing record. The Trump crowd's booing for AOC is also the loudest thing to come out of this rally other the walk on song, which hit 111.1dB.

Trump takes a break from slamming congresswomen to teach the crowd how to pronounce @PeteButtigieg's name. I'm not joking. He did a mini-lesson and tried to get the crowd to say it. It was REALLY funny.

Trump crowd booing for @AyannaPressley only reaches 90.3dB.

Trump cracks a joke about @ewarren's Native American thing. Crowd laughter and cheering hits 94dBs. Higher volume than the booing for @AyannaPressley but lower than @AOC.

Air Force One was supposed to be wheels up at 8:35pm. It is now 8:51pm and look who's still on stage.

Trump is now off stage, almost 45 minutes after his planned departure time. Peak dBs hit 108.5.

This chart shows the volume of Trump's crowd's displeasure at the Dem congresswomen mentioned last night, expressing themselves in boos, chants, and in Warren's case, laughter

@AOC / 100.8 dB
@IlhanMN / 96.8 dB
@ewarren / 94.1 dB
@RashidaTlaib / 92.3 dB
@AyannaPressley / 90.3 dB