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Re:Where have all the insects gone? by theandrewbailey on Friday May 12, 2017 @11:33AM (#14324876)
> I always just chalked it up to the "there were more thunderstorms when I was a kid" phenomenon

That's a thing? I thought that since the house I grew up in at the time didn't have A/C and had a leaky roof just meant that thunderstorms were more important to the family. Not having A/C meant that the windows were open on hot days when thunderstorms were more likely, then had to hurry and close them when one happened. The leaky roof meant get some buckets and towels.

Re:Where have all the insects gone? by pesfandiar on Friday May 12, 2017 @06:33PM (#14328481)
Merely conjecturing; if memory recall is correlated with the intensity of emotions during events, kids with their heightened sense of wonder are probably more likely to remember rare events like thunderstorms.