Washington DC residents---they're back!:

[Kingofalldems]

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[yallerdawg]

1. If I was into biblical prophecy...

I'd be stickin' real close - grabbin' close - to my most pious acquaintances!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I saw two yesterday. Love 'em. They are so great.

DC-area cicadas begin to emerge in off-schedule appearance

By Kristi King | @KingWTOP
May 16, 2017 5:17 am

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Capital Weather Gang

The giant bugs on the sidewalks are cicadas that rose from the dead 4 years too early

By Kevin Ambrose May 17 at 10:24 AM



A close-up view of a cicada with drops of dew. (Kevin Ambrose)



Cicadas quickly mate after emerging from the ground, if they’re not eaten by birds first. (Kevin Ambrose)

[rurallib]

3. If they'd drained the swamp like they said they were going to

but no - they just had to add more and make it worse.

[elleng]

4. Thought I saw a 'shell' at friend's house in Silver Spring yesterday.

Am 70 miles south now, so will look.

[3catwoman3]

5. The noise of the cicadas...

...is almost deafening.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. There are enough of them around that I heard them, faintly, this morning.

The sound level was not anywhere near full volume.