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Cicada will count for the Swarm of Locust, since Locust is not native to USA
Additional Fire beyond lightning is not mandatory for the Storm to count, but would be a nice touch
The translation isn't clear if the infestation is FLIES or WILD ANIMALS so I'll have to make a judgement call. Any animal involved in another answer like FROG will not count. Animals already found in NYC like cockroaches, rats or pigeons will not count unless there is an unusually high amount that is reported on.
Days of darkness - does not have to be complete darkness, the wildfire smog would have counted. A blackout for three full days would also count, if it is the majority of the city.
Firstborns - it does not have to be all firstborns in the city, just a noticeable amount of firstborns. Daughters will also count, and the event will still count if it impacts other children, as long as it impacts firstborns primarily
I'll also count bedbugs toward Lice
There are theories that the 'blood' in the water was the Red Tide algae bloom, so I will count that
Related questions
Pestilence of Livestock?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/health/bird-flu-milk.html
@strutheo Hail is famously a summer thing too!
Btw Heard about baseball size hail this past week but not in ny
Does “noticeable” mean noticeable on a graph compared to a normal year? A noticeable amount of New Yorkers in any sizeable group die in any given year.
“as long as it impacts firstborns primarily“ Do you mean “primarily” or “disproportionately more”? Most people are firstborns, right? So would you count anything that noticeably killed a lot of people? https://flowingdata.com/2022/03/09/kid-order/
@JimHays this is going to be a very vibes question, you have to convince me when the time comes . ill allow DMs to verify before any crazy betting
@UnspecifiedPerson oooh good question, yes if the majority of the city is in a blackout for 3 days, i would count that as a modern day plague
@Shump i'm a simple american going off of wikipedia for all these, so i appreciate the help with translations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagues_of_Egypt
> Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh. It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on men and animals throughout the land."
@Shump Right now - i think i'd count any sort of sores that Fester and Break Out on skin. This could be caused by some skin diseases but not all them (for example i dont think I'd count skin cancer, or psoriasis )
last instance of suspected red tide i can see in NYC is 2010 https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/red-tide-rising-pollutions-latest-attack-on-new-york-harbor/1898712/