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Charlotte Bracing For Start of 2024’s Rare Cicada Brood Alignment in Coming Weeks
Over the next few weeks, the Charlotte region will witness a truly extraordinary natural event as millions of cicadas prepare to fill the air with their distinctive calls. For the first time in over 200 years, 2 of America’s largest broods, Brood XIX and XIII cicadas, are poised to emerge simultaneously. Experts estimate that this synchronized emergence will result in a staggering population exceeding 1 trillion cicadas.
Millions of cicadas return after a 13-year sleep in the next few weeks
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cicadas are the sound of late summer, but some types of cicadas come every year and in relatively small numbers. These are often referred to as the green cicadas and start to emerge in late summer. That's why they are called the dog days cicadas. 🌩️...
WBT radio host Bo Thompson delivers emotional tribute to his daughter, Janey
Bo Thompson pulled on his familiar headphones Tuesday morning and returned to his familiar WBT morning show to do the most impossible thing for any parent: He paid tribute to his daughter, Janey, who died April 9 after complications with a blood clot.She was 20."Janey would want me to do what I do," Bo said in his first show back in two weeks. "That's going to be my life from this point, is to do things the way that I think she would want me to do them, and in a way that would make her proud."Context: Jane "Janey" Thompson...
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