This is wilder blue with a word about snarge, which is as disgusting as it sounds. Cicada Geddon could put this new vocabulary word back in the news. Two big crowds of loud insects are emerging, and that could have an unfortunate impact on aviation. The miracle on the Hudson called public attention to the dangers posed by bird strike. In 2009, a US Airways flight out of LaGuardia in New York struck a flock of birds and lost engine power