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Seafair is over, the noise has stopped, and the noise discussion can be mothballed until next year.

But before we pack it away, I have a few observations.

First, just to establish my street cred on the subject of Seafair noise, this is actual audio of my spouse and I discussing a book yesterday on our front porch, which is on Mercer Island but well away from the water.

Ross: Choco Taco is back, who saw that was coming? Everybody

I was multi-tasking, recording bird calls for my Merlin bird call app, and I had just identified a Chestnut-backed Chickadee at about 1:14 in the afternoon when suddenly鈥�

The roar of airplanes, which can be heard in the clip from the show.

That actually was not the Blue Angels, that was the F-35 lightning. Then came the EA 18G Growlers鈥� the Boeing Flyover, and then the Blue Angels. So basically, a good three hours of audio turbulence. But of course, the thunder is part of the arsenal. It tells the enemy 鈥渋f you think this is loud, just wait.鈥� And I鈥檒l bet it works. I was ready to surrender after about five minutes.

But what I also appreciate is the perspective it provides.

We all value peace and quiet, but those of us in the leafy Seattle suburbs tend to get a little fussy. Even me.

I wasn鈥檛 always this fussy. As a kid I would visit my grandparents who lived in the Bronx, a half block from the train yards. And each night when the subway cars came home, all you heard was the wheels screeching, and the couplings banging. But once I got used to it was almost like a lullaby 鈥� and the silence of the suburbs became boring.

So, I look at the Seafair noise as a reminder that we don鈥檛 all get to live in quiet places.

There are people who live near airports who get the airshow year-round.

Harley riders are going to open it up in the Interstate 90 tunnels, the fireworks will persist long after the fourth, there are leaf blowers, power washers, garbage trucks, two-cycle lawnmowers and the neighbor鈥檚 heat pump.

So, I鈥檓 not going to complain about the Seafair noise 鈥� in fact now that everybody鈥檚 ears are warmed up, I don鈥檛 feel quite so guilty about firing up my two-horsepower Patriot yard waste chipper.

Compared to the F-35, it鈥檚 like a lullaby.