Prepare Yourself for a Loud Summer
Coming soon to a town near you – the red-eyed, shrimp-sized flying insect that’s extremely noisy. It’s called Brood XIII.
No this isn’t a horror movie. Brood XIII is the name for the billions of cicadas about to emerge in parts of the Midwest after spending 17 years underground.
They don’t bite, and they don’t sting. They produce mating calls so loud they will overpower your ringing phone, your lawnmower and even your power tools. This will definitely be a cacophonous symphony of noise.
In some wooded areas as many as 1.5 million cicadas per acre will be crowding onto trees. Half of those are males. A single male cicada emits 90 decibels during his shrill courtship chirp. It’s equivalent to your kitchen blender. Multiply that by 750,000 and you’ve got yourself a major case of noise pollution. Enough to sour plans for outdoor activities for the next month or so.
This is one of the greatest and probably the loudest insect emergences on Earth. These are not the cicadas appearing in your backyard every summer. They’re periodical cicadas.
They are SO loud one of the greatest classical music festivals in the world, the Ravinia Festival, has completely revised its schedule. They don’t want the great Chicago Symphony musicians to compete with the cicadas, because they know from 17 years ago in 1990 – it’s a losing battle.
So, which music will replace the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia in June? You guessed it, Rock and Pop bands. Their noise level is already known to damage your hearing, so they’ll probably overpower and smother those loud male cicadas. Be thankful for rock and pop bands to do the job.
Oh, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will also be performing with the cicadas. With 350 voices they may hold their own against the bugs.
All those brides and grooms having botanical garden June weddings will be regretting their location choice, believe me.
If you’re living in the Midwest and are freaking out just about now, use another kind of sound to calm your nerves. Order the Secret Power of Words and Music 5 CD package in time for June when the cicadas are expected to emerge from their 17 year slumber.
Immerse yourself in this relaxing and rejuvenating music. Get swept up in positively charged sounds and leave the coming cicada noise to your neighbors and friends.
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle French
No this isn’t a horror movie. Brood XIII is the name for the billions of cicadas about to emerge in parts of the Midwest after spending 17 years underground.
They don’t bite, and they don’t sting. They produce mating calls so loud they will overpower your ringing phone, your lawnmower and even your power tools. This will definitely be a cacophonous symphony of noise.
In some wooded areas as many as 1.5 million cicadas per acre will be crowding onto trees. Half of those are males. A single male cicada emits 90 decibels during his shrill courtship chirp. It’s equivalent to your kitchen blender. Multiply that by 750,000 and you’ve got yourself a major case of noise pollution. Enough to sour plans for outdoor activities for the next month or so.
This is one of the greatest and probably the loudest insect emergences on Earth. These are not the cicadas appearing in your backyard every summer. They’re periodical cicadas.
They are SO loud one of the greatest classical music festivals in the world, the Ravinia Festival, has completely revised its schedule. They don’t want the great Chicago Symphony musicians to compete with the cicadas, because they know from 17 years ago in 1990 – it’s a losing battle.
So, which music will replace the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia in June? You guessed it, Rock and Pop bands. Their noise level is already known to damage your hearing, so they’ll probably overpower and smother those loud male cicadas. Be thankful for rock and pop bands to do the job.
Oh, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will also be performing with the cicadas. With 350 voices they may hold their own against the bugs.
All those brides and grooms having botanical garden June weddings will be regretting their location choice, believe me.
If you’re living in the Midwest and are freaking out just about now, use another kind of sound to calm your nerves. Order the Secret Power of Words and Music 5 CD package in time for June when the cicadas are expected to emerge from their 17 year slumber.
Immerse yourself in this relaxing and rejuvenating music. Get swept up in positively charged sounds and leave the coming cicada noise to your neighbors and friends.
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle French
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