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Noisy and clumsy, 17-year cicadas are set to emerge from Maryland soil
The Baltimore Sin ^
| April 18, 2004
| Frank D. Roylance and Michael Stroh
Posted on 04/18/2004 2:17:19 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Suggest goggles when on your motorcycle.
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posted on
04/18/2004 6:38:17 AM PDT
by
Imagine
To: MasonGal; leadpenny; sauropod
The Washington Post had an article a week or two ago that explained better the various broods and their cycles.
I was 12 when I experienced Brood X for the first time. In my childhood home, where my kids and I are temporarily living now, the sound and the mass of cicada bodies was incredible. I remember not being able to (actually not wanting to) walk barefoot the two blocks to the neighborhood store. And now I have lawn-mowing chore... I'll have to suit up for that for a month, I guess. I wonder if the neighbors will look askance at me if I make a screen covered hat... ick is right!
And the noise level!Sauropod remembers well the noise they produce. My kids won't believe what they are about to experience. They think I am exaggerating.
Oh well, it's only for a month or so.
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posted on
04/18/2004 6:43:35 AM PDT
by
tgslTakoma
(Still waiting for my paycheck from Mr. Scaife...)
To: tgslTakoma
With all those cookies and signs you probably hauled downtown yesterday, I'm sure your neighbors already look
askance at you. :)
Give yourself five demerits for reading the Washington Post.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Interesting.
44
posted on
04/18/2004 6:54:59 AM PDT
by
TOUGH STOUGH
(A vote for president Bush IS a vote for principle.)
To: leadpenny
Yeah, they are much more used to folks in tie-dye loading "No War for Oil" and "Re-Defeat Bush" signs in their Toyota Priuses (what
is the proper plural for Prius anyway?). They will probably cheer when we move out in June.
About the Post... it doesn't dirty my doorstep. Somebody posted a thread on FR and I read it online.
:-)
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posted on
04/18/2004 7:01:04 AM PDT
by
tgslTakoma
(Still waiting for my paycheck from Mr. Scaife...)
To: Skibane
I have ear problems and have a constant "ringing" in my ears. Sounds just like cicadas. I've gotten used to it.
46
posted on
04/18/2004 8:21:28 AM PDT
by
barker
(Normal people scare me.)
To: barker
What do the cicadas know and when did they know it.
We get the 17 year variety in Jersey. Scares the bejeezus out of me.
47
posted on
04/18/2004 10:46:30 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(60 Senate seats changes America. Who is your Senator?)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Ain't as many going to come up as went down. The open spaces of 17 years ago is now a strip mall or a housing development.
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posted on
04/18/2004 7:25:49 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(is it mogadishu yet ?)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
bttt
To: sweetliberty
Thanks! Great graphic!
To: wildandcrazyrussian
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