I drove past Reliant Stadium on Friday coming back to my office from lunch, and with the car windows up, the air conditioning on, and music playing, all I could hear was the noise of the cars coming from the Houston Grand Prix. Later, in my office, which is several blocks away on the other side of Reliant Stadium, I could still hear it through the thick glass in our building. I can't ever recall hearing any other external noises from inside our building, not even when they were constructing Reliant. That's pretty damn loud.

I say all that to say I have a lot of sympathy for the folks who live nearby and who must have gone crazy from the noise. At least it's all over now.