Are those the ones that come out every 7 years?
I remember when they came though here in the Pittsburgh area back in 1985. They were so noisy and numerous that when I was driving to my senior (high school) boatride on the Gateway Clipper, we drove by a wooded area and they made such a horrible screech, my buddy and I thought it sounded like a UFO. 2002 wasn’t as bad. Getting back to 1985, I remember I could not drive anywhere without hearing them pop under my tires.
Daughter now has a habit of grabbing my arm, spinning me around to face her and saying "You can damn well read my lips!"
Meh... hearing loss is God's way of giving us an end-of-life bonus. Embrace old and grumpy. ;)
/johnny
“I used to hunt without/before hearing protection.”
And I used to sit on cramped stages in Honky Tonks, with the drummer’s cymbals behind one ear or the other. I don’t hear cicadas, my tinnitis is much, much worse than that! I can’t hear people speak. They can’t even tell how much hearing I’ve actually lost, because the noise in my brain is louder than the test tones. I’d be very happy with cicadas!
Those things are bastards. We got a place in the country for “peace and quiet”. HA!
I have a bit of tinnitus now as I get older. It is not as loud as cicadas though.
Aw c’mon, cicadas are summer!
Other than the big “7 year” variety or whatever. Those get kind of annoying.
I don't guess I'll ever get used to hearing these cicadas 24/7. Now I don't even cut the grass without muffs.
You can tell who doesn't have tinnitus. They're the ones who thought you were talking about real cicadas.
They started early here in the KC area. Pretty much died down now. They were loudest this year than in the past.
I had a cat that loved em. First, he’d pin one under his paw and ride it around the sidewalk as it buzzed, sorta like an air hockey puck, all within his reach of lying down, of course. After the bug worn down, he’d chew it down like carmel candy. The craziest thing to watch.
Trade our Love Bug problem for your Cicada problem!!!!!!
I sometimes go out on the patio and nap in the hammock amid the symphony of cicadas. I absolutely love that sound along with bullfrogs croaking at the pond, a rooster crowing at dawn, coyotes yapping in the distance, a donkey braying, crickets chirping, and the mooing from cattle. Mother Nature’s noises are music to me.