Cicadas Took On Biden's Press Plane. They Won.

Yahoo! ^ | 9/6/21 | Michael D. Shear

[Eleutheria5]

WASHINGTON — The plane set to carry dozens of journalists to Europe to cover President Joe Biden’s first trip abroad was on the runway, ready to take off.

The cicadas had other ideas.

Somehow, the flying insects had filled the plane’s engines, grounding it and forcing Biden’s aides to scramble for another way to ferry the reporters overseas. What was supposed to be a 9 p.m. departure was delayed until 11. And then until 2:15 a.m.

Perhaps it was inevitable, with billions of cicadas flying around much of the eastern United States in recent weeks. In the nation’s capital, where a brood that emerges every 17 years is near its beastly peak, they have crawled up the necks of TV journalists, splattered across car windshields and gotten tangled in the hair of anyone braving the swampy, 90-degree heat.

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[mass55th]

"Let me guess: Mutant Killer Cicadas on a Plane?"

Since they used tornadoes with Sharks...maybe they can go with Cicada Cyclone, Cicadaclone, or Cicadacane (hurricane).

[Truth29]

Maybe the cicadas will inherit what happens after the Marxists cleanse us of Gaia.

[444Flyer]

[Bulwyf]

Laugh away at the snow, at least in northern Alberta, I’m not dealing with this heh. It’s sunny, warm, and not a bug to be seen currently, though now that I’m looking, there’s a cow in with my horses that’s not supposed to be there. I take it back. We have major problems up here.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Sounds like a near remake of SANDS OF THE KALAHARI (1965).

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Obama had his fly...Biden gets his cicada...

[cnsmom]

Nobody cares what Biden says. The press serves no purpose.

[Kickass Conservative]

I’m surprised the Press didn’t use their Government issued Xiden Drool Cups to scoop out the obviously Trump loving Insects from the Engine housing.

[PghBaldy]

So are they only attacking this plane? Will there be incidents with other planes? I have to admit I assume someone is lying.

[Tallguy]

Did they let AF1 take off?

[Seruzawa]

I wouldn’t wish harm on the flight crew. Otherwise I’d recommend that the cicadas wait until the plane is over the Atlantic.

[9YearLurker]

Gosh, and to such a great group of people, too!

[Paleo Pete]

Democrats didn’t figure out a way to blame Trump yet??

You people are slipping, no GIF of Mothra from some Godzilla movie yet? I’m seriously disappointed...lol

[Eleutheria5]

Cicadas are sort of orange-ish. So that must mean it’s Trump’s doing.

[Eleutheria5]

They don’t look like the cicadas I saw 17 years ago. They were yellow and fuzzy with black bands on their abdomens. Invaded a wedding being held on a big lawn.

[Eleutheria5]

Whatever he says, it’s so statesmanlike and presidential, just like Lincoln (after he was shot). Tingly sensations up and down their legs.

[Safetgiver]

Those were bumblebees.

[TChad]

I had four of the little buggers inside my car yesterday. Four. I rolled the windows down a bit in the heat, and they flew right in and started buzzing.

Eventually I was able to locate and remove all of them.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

There are different 'swarms' of cicadas on a different schedule. Some are 7 years................... ...Yellow Cicada................