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Record rains, record flooding in 2011, and it's just may. what will it be next? all we're missing is the locusts. well, would you believe the cicadas are coming? they have been living underground for 13 years as part of their life cycle, so it makes perfect sense that this will be the year we'll have to deal with them, too. kevin tibbles reports tonight on the buzz sweeping the american south. ♪ >> reporter: they're playing a little louder in the honky-tonk of nashville these days. musicians in the music city have to compete for your ears with a band that hasn't been heard around here for 13...

And wh ond when we motored out to the bays here in southern louisiana, crabs, some dead, some alive, scurried through this river of sludge. scurried throu now, the oil came into marshes like this in such enormous that three three months later, and after persistent cleaning, , this istill the result, every very time you co here. oil. >> reporte firstout 400 miles away, the d the weeken will spend the weekend in panama city beach, torida, in an effort to ourists thmerican tourists that the coast is clear. but will the president get in the water? somethingt that say something if he puts his feet ...

But every single crab is a labor -- and we mean labor -- of love. sandy and richard smith, richard said he's the last person in this area doing soft shell crab. in fact, he went to three colleges so he could be a kind of master. >> this is a crab that just came out of that shell. >> reporter: it's so soft. here's how it works. the hard shell crabs. the crab wiggles out. think of a too tight pair of jeans. what we didn't know is that crab stays in the water for two hours, it will get hard again. so, every night -- >> i get up every two hours. >> reporter: every two hours? >> 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, ...

Income tax. >> clearly those who think the stimulus goes to those who don't pay income taxes need to take personal days. when it comes to vacation days, jeff flake turned into just jeff survivor. for seven days, he went full gilligan, fending for himself on an uninhabit ed tropical island in the pacifica, made fire from dry branches and made fire and slept on a dry beach. flake also wrote in his diary and took lots of pictures like this one. the chair recognizes the distinguished gentleman from arizona to. pass the lonely hours, he took a study of the hermit crabs on the island. from day three...

That go to those who pay no income tax. >> reporter: clearly, anyone who thinks tax cuts and the stimulus go to people who don't pay income taxes needs to take some personal days. so when it came time for a vacation, this summer representative jeff flake turned into just jeff "survivor." for seven days, flake went full gilligan, fending for himself on an uninhabited tropical island in the pacific where he ate coconuts and fish he speared himself, made fire from dry branches, and slept in a hammock on the beach. at night, flake dreamed of a life being more awesome than this he faked. flake also...