Some Marylanders are seeing a cicada tsunami, while others haven’t seen any, expert explains why In Randallstown, they’re so bad some people are changing plans and avoiding going outside all together. When WJZ’s Sean Streicher arrived Monday afternoon it was raining, which seemed to keep the cicadas at bay. After it stopped and the cicadas came out to play. A tree was covered in cicadas and you can almost understand why some in this neighborhood have decided to stay indoors for now. Michael Izard just wants to have a barbecue, but there’s one little pesky problem standing in the way.