Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are calling the police

Re:Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are... by senectus1 on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @09:06PM (#40139262)

yeah, we get the occasional cicada down here in Australia.. but that sounds like its a force of nature sort of noise level.

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Re:Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are... by defrost on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @10:31PM (#40139816)

The cicada recordings I heard were steady loud buzzing | clicking white noise with an underlying pulse.

I can imagine that getting annoying.

Volume wise, it seems decibels below daily flocks of thousands of Sulpher Crested Cockatoos rap battling flocks of Corellas which we get in this part (any parts) of Australia.

For interest: Individual Australian parrot calls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF8Nr_as0CI

Now, multiply by a thousand and put them in trees outside your house.

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Re:Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are... by an_aparallel on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @09:55PM (#40139581)

@ work in the summer months when i go for my daily walk at work - i frequently block my ears from the sound. I live and work in Western Sydney.

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Re:Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are... by bigiain on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @09:09PM (#40139286)

See my other comment here. We 100% get "force of nature loud" cicadas.

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Re:Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are... by lightedman on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @09:17PM (#40139339)

In Tennessee, we've had cicadas so loud that dogs and cats were crying in pain.

Force of nature is correct terminology, here.

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