{"id":2229488,"date":"2024-04-24T18:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-forced-to-issue-public-announcement-after-residents-complain-of-weird-siren-whine-and-roar\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T18:27:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:27:15","slug":"police-forced-to-issue-public-announcement-after-residents-complain-of-weird-siren-whine-and-roar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-forced-to-issue-public-announcement-after-residents-complain-of-weird-siren-whine-and-roar\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Release Statement Due to Reports of Unusual Sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-forced-to-issue-public-announcement-after-residents-complain-of-weird-siren-whine-and-roar%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229488&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Residents in Newberry County, South Carolina, \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jim-jordan-gives-ultimatum-on-the-upcoming-electoral-college-showdown-video\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jim Jordan Gives Ultimatum On The Upcoming Electoral College Showdown (VIDEO)\">raised concerns<\/a> about \u200bstrange sounds prompting \u2063a police announcement. Sheriff Lee Foster addressed the noise\u2064 caused by cicadas, reassuring the public of their harmless nature. Despite complaints, some embrace the cicadas, \u200bviewing them as fascinating creatures. The emergence of \u2062multiple \u200bcicada broods\u200c marks a\u2062 significant natural event. Residents of Newberry County, South Carolina, voiced worries over unusual sounds,\u2064 leading to a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/migrant-arrested-after-attempt-to-shove-man-under-subway-train\/\" title=\"Migrant Arrested After Attempt to Shove Man Under Subway Train\">police alert<\/a>. Sheriff Lee Foster\u200d explained that \u2063the \u200dnoise \u200dis from cicadas, emphasizing their harmless behavior. While some residents find \u2063the cicadas bothersome, others appreciate\u2064 them as captivating insects. The simultaneous \u2062emergence of \u200cvarious \u200bcicada broods\u200c signifies\u2063 a notable\u2063 natural occurrence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lifestyle\/\">  Lifestyle &#038; Human Interest <\/a>   <\/p>\n<h2>Police Forced to Issue Public Announcement After Residents Complain of Weird Siren, Whine, and Roar<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 24, 2024 at 12:56pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Officer, arrest that bug!<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the situation facing Lee Foster, the Sheriff of Newberry County in South Carolina now that the first of this year\u2019s two mammoth broods of cicadas are starting to tell the world they have arrived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people think it might be some kind of industrial machine running. Some people think it\u2019s a siren. Well, we just we just [tell] them [it\u2019s] nature. It doesn\u2019t fall on the noise ordinance,\u201d Foster said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wltx.com\/article\/news\/local\/cicadas-noise-complaints-newberry-county-south-carolina-bugs\/101-d1dbb836-6a68-438a-8813-700d7a61e5f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WLTX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some deputies have even been flagged down by residents who complain about the noise, Foster said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cicadas-loud-south-carolina-residents-calling-police-newberry-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cicadas are so noisy in one South Carolina county that people are calling 911, sheriff says <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WFZA9thuNX\">https:\/\/t.co\/WFZA9thuNX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WYFF News 4 (@wyffnews4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wyffnews4\/status\/1782948841609728417?\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trying to head off a deluge of residents bugged over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trillions-cicadas-starting-emerge-underground-across-15-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noise<\/a>, the Newberry County Sheriff\u2019s Office posted a unique message on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Newberry-County-Sheriffs-Office-100064752458660\/?locale=en_GB&#038;paipv=0&#038;eav=AfaOleO-RAPMAgWq0SqpQ5j3TaA6oYaHzf_laDih0OrXQL-DjZ-F2xfoI8qINAlBovQ&#038;_rdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had several calls about a noise in the air that sounds like a siren, or a whine, or a roar. The sound is cicadas. Cicadas are a super family of insects that appear each spring. The nymphs have lived underground for 13-17 years and now this time they are hatching,\u201d the post said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough to some, the noise is annoying, they pose no danger to humans or pets. Unfortunately it is the sounds of nature,\u201d the post said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should people who call the police for a non-issue be fined for wasting the officer\u2019s time?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not everyone was up in arms. Peter Cameron took his son Julian, 11, out into the woods for an up-close and personal visit with the cicadas, according to WTLX.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re cool. They\u2019re fun little bugs. They\u2019re nice. They\u2019re harmless, completely harmless. They\u2019re cute. I mean, come on,\u201d Julian said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople need to get out and explore. You\u2019ll find out it\u2019s not really that scary,\u201d Cameron said.<\/p>\n<p>The buzz of cicadas will soon be popping up all over as, for the first time since 1803, Brood XIX, known as the Great Southern Brood, and Brood XIII, called the Northern Illinois Brood, will arrive on the scene together, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/04\/science\/cicada-emergence-invasion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>. The Illinois cicadas emerge every 17 years; their southern cousins pop up every 13 years.<\/p>\n<p>The result will mean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/map-shows-rare-cicada-event-not-seen-200-years-will-occur-spring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trillions of bugs<\/a> emerging from the ground once the ground temperature reaches about 64 degrees, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cicadas-2024-maps-will-emerge-in-the-u-s-this-spring-mid-may-where-to-see-cicada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>. Cicadas tunnel up from underground, mature, and then find a mate before their short lives end.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Axios has created a cicadapocalypse map to show you whether you\u2019ll be affected by 2024\u2019s double cicada brood emegence.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G8wXHUwYOR\">https:\/\/t.co\/G8wXHUwYOR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9iAaDTwkrS\">pic.twitter.com\/9iAaDTwkrS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maps Mania (@gmapsmania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmapsmania\/status\/1780633063916965936?\">April 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gene Kritsky, a retired professor of biology at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, said by late April or early May, northern Louisiana, southern Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, northern Georgia, and western South Carolina will begin to see the bugs as they begin their weeks-long lives, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>Next it will be the turn of central North Carolina, eastern Tennessee and northern Arkansas, followed by southern Missouri, Southern Illinois and western Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>The last phase of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/got-biden-tangles-rogue-cicada-heads-tangle-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cicada eruption<\/a> will take place in central and northern Missouri, Illinois, northwestern Indiana, southern Wisconsin and eastern Iowa.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents&#8217; complaints of strange siren, whine, and roar prompt police public announcement. 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