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This is the sound that has residents in College Station, Texas, talking. What do these drones sound like?

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Well, it's like a chainsaw.

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They sound like a sworn of bees, or a hundred swarms of bees.

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That noise from an Amazon delivery drone. This community, one of the nation's first to use the company's technology. Karen Hausman just moved in last year.

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Then the launch pad is just back behind our neighborhood. So then you have all of them converging, so it gets even louder.

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Amazon says they take local feedback into account. They're considering alternate launch sites and a quieter drone. Take a listen. This is what the drone may to use now sounds like. Here's the quieter one awaiting FAA approval.

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They're testing technology.

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Mayor John Nichols says there are growing pains, but they're glad Amazon chose their city to try it out. What What do you think the solution is here?

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Well, I think the solution is for them to identify a quieter drone, and we find a location in the community that will better insulate the noise that they are going to produce.

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Changes that for some residents can't come soon enough.

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Amazon needs to be a good neighbor, and of course, the customer is always right, and we are the customer.

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The future of home delivery just taking off. Persilla Thompson, Thompson, NBC News, College Station, Texas.

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