Like several of us, I watched the live stream of the vatican blackout event this morning. One thing that most people have neglected in talking about this event is that you can hear the bells ringing near the end of the blackout. I had commented on it right away, but I think my comments haven't been noted.
I found a link that show a clip of the live feed where you can here the bells start at the 2:20 mark, then pauses for 8 seconds at the 2:40 mark, then resumes at 2:48 mark and continues through the end of the clip.
I noted my local time for the start of the bell as 2:00an ATL and 7:00am Rome. The bells continued to ring until 2:23am ATL or 7:23 Rome. 23 minutes of continuous ring.
In my comments, I noted that the ringing had started after the lights started coming on. But this video show the ring started before the staircase first became lit.
I've been searching for more information about why those bells would be ringing. So far, these links are the only thing substantial
https://classroom.synonym.com/differences-between-the-anglican-catholic-rosary-12084844.html
This one talks about extended ringing.
https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=15709
So what would cause this ringing to start and go on for 23 minutes?
I tried to analyze the ring but I don't have the right equipment to do this from the video. The first set does sound like 4 tolls, a slight pause, followed by 7 peals... I assume for 7am, but what of the ringing that occurs after 8 seconds. Its not melodic as far as I can tell.
Perhaps it was a glitch from the outage
I'd like to get some clarity on this.
The power was indeed on the whole time. Do you leave all the lights on in your house at night when you’re sleeping? Probably not. Neither do they. The only difference in last nights live stream is that the camera wasn’t in night mode. It was filming in visible light. Which is what you would see if you were standing out there in the dark, at night. The whole thing was a nothingbuger. Just noise that people wasted their creativity and time pondering on.
Yeah, the police cars around and flashlights you see around the basilica are probably a non thing burger as well, huh?
Never saw any flashlights. Do you have a time stamp? The flashing lights that flashed all night along the entrance, in the exact same spot, are safety lights at the entrance and along the path. Not people.
How do you explain the live stream having power and the street lights and the lights in the windows?
The power grid can easily not jump across streets in certain areas. Hell, when I have a black out sometime across the street is fine. And I’m in a subdivision.
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Nothing. They turn most of the lights out at night when they sleep.