Are cicadas louder this year?

From Garfield Park to Lake View, from Oak Park to Belmont-Cragin, cicadas are singing their summer chorus across the Chicago area. Cicadas make a racket every summer. But is the cacophony of buzzing, whirring and droning louder this year? It’s “inconclusive” whether they’re louder, said Spencer Campbell, the Morton Arboretum's senior manager of natural areas. Anecdotally, Campbell said, cicadas seem louder this year, which could have something to do with a very hot summer in the Chicago area.…