I’ve been comparing notes on our Swarm XIV with one of my coworkers, who used to live in Cincinnati, which has its own 17 year cicada population.
It seems like our creatures are a good deal more considerate. They are only active during the day, and their chirps don’t sound like a chain saw but make an inoffensive white noise, similar to spring peepers.
We probably have another two weeks to go, but so far, they haven’t been as disruptive as we were led to believe.