UT Tower says “Lights Out” to Crickets
Austin has had a wet summer. A very wet summer. With the rain came the crickets. Lots of crickets. So many crickets that I had to play dodge, jumping around them as they crunched under the wheels of my tote as I left my upholstery class. They would fly up ramming into your legs in the dark passageways between the buildings. Normally I don’t mind crickets. Not when there are one or two of them, anyway, but when you have so many of them that they leave a crushed pathway of dead bodies in the entryway to shops, then you’ve hit my tolerance level. Ick.
Brightly lit buildings are apparently attractive to crickets. With that in mind, the University of Texas has made the decision to go dark. Starting Friday, August 3rd, the UT Tower will be lights out for two days until August 5th. UT Officials assure us that this is only a temporary measure to help control the cricket population and clean up the current mess. I’m sure that UT students are also tired of dodging crickets. Lets hope it helps!
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