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South Carolina police field calls from residents alarmed by noisy cicadas | South Carolina police field calls from residents alarmed by noisy cicadas |
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Newberry county sheriff’s office reassures people siren-like roar is male cicadas singing to attract mates after a decade dormant | Newberry county sheriff’s office reassures people siren-like roar is male cicadas singing to attract mates after a decade dormant |
Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar. | Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud 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 dormant. | 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 dormant. |
Some people have even flagged down deputies to ask what the noise is all about, the Newberry county sheriff, Lee Foster, said. | Some people have even flagged down deputies to ask what the noise is all about, the Newberry county sheriff, Lee Foster, said. |
The nosiest cicadas were moving around the county of about 38,000 people, about 40 miles (65km) north-west of Columbia, prompting calls from different locations as Tuesday wore on, Foster said. | The nosiest cicadas were moving around the county of about 38,000 people, about 40 miles (65km) north-west of Columbia, prompting calls from different locations as Tuesday wore on, Foster said. |
Trillions of red-eyed periodical cicadas are emerging from underground in the eastern US this month. The broods emerging are on 13- or 17-year cycles. | |
Their collective songs can be as loud as jet engines and scientists who study them often wear earmuffs to protect their hearing. | 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. | 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.” | “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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