Foghorns Keeping Metro Vancouver Awake

The thick fog that's hugged Metro Vancouver over the past week has lent itself to some beautiful images, but many people are cursing the constant BWAAAAAH that's put them in a different kind of fog.

Foghorns have been going off around the clock to warn ships passing through Canada's busiest port. The cloud cover restricts visibility and makes navigation difficult for marine traffic.

International and Canadian rules require anchored ships to sound their foghorns every minute, while those sailing through the harbour must do it every two minutes, reported CBC News.

The seemingly relentless foghorn blasts have left some very tired and cranky people in their wake:

Dear Fog Horns: If you continue tonight, I am prepared to hunt you down. You have invoked my wrath. #fogpocalypse #Vancouver

— Jeanine Fynn (@divajeanine) January 28, 2014

I must find and destroy the fog horn operator in #Vancouver. #fogcouver #coalharbour #losingmymind

— Heather Sponaugle (@heatherspon) January 27, 2014

That fog horn needs to stfu I want to sleep

— Danielle Lavis (@danilavis) January 27, 2014

But this puts it into perspective: "Complaining about it is like complaining about roosters when you live next to a farm," Mike Cotter of the Jericho Sailing Centre told CBC.

The fog is forecast to dissipate in the next few days.

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