«This,» said Eric Leonardson, «is a hailstorm.»

Outside the window, the sun was shining.

But inside through the earbuds plugged into Leonardson’s laptop, thunder cracked. Rain started drumming. The hail moved in, first sounding like a snare drum, then like popcorn popping and finally making a BANG-BANG-BANG worthy of the hailstorm that damaged the Garfield Park Conservatory in 2011.

Complete article: «Sound experts make art of the noise all around us«, Barbara Brotman, Chicago Tribune.