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Cicadas are making so much noise that residents are calling the police in South Carolina (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff's office asking why they can hear a "noise in the air that sounds like a siren, or a whine, or a roar."

The Newberry County Sheriff's Office sent out a message on Facebook on Tuesday letting people know that the whining sound is just the male cicadas singing to attract mates after more than a decade of being dormant.

Some people have even flagged down deputies to ask what the noise is all about, Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said.

The nosiest cicadas were moving around the county of about 38,000 people, about 40 miles northwest of Columbia, prompting calls from different locations as Tuesday wore on, Foster said.

Their collective songs can be as loud as jet engines and scientists who study them often wear earmuffs to protect their hearing.

After Tuesday, Foster understands why.

"Although to some, the noise is annoying, they pose no danger to humans or pets," Foster wrote in his statement to county residents. "Unfortunately, it is the sounds of nature."

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I live in Columbia and haven't heard any cicadas yet! Maybe they're on the way? I always liked the way they sound lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Last year (or the year before?) there was a major cicada emergence in Indiana. You couldn't hear a thing in our neighborhood, but if you drove a mile down the road, it was deafening. I think it probably depends on what sort of trees you have and how many.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We usually get a ton of them here, but the weather has been really weird lately so I'm thinking they'll probably show up soon once it warms up again

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I think there is also a ground disturbance component to it. I noticed that around me, new neighborhoods didn’t have a lot while older neighborhoods and undisturbed areas had a lot.