📜Which of the Ten Biblical Plagues of Egypt will strike New York City in 2024?

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A Storm with Thunder, Lightning, and Hail (and optionally, Fire)

37%

Infestation of (Flies / Wild Animals)

27%

Infestation of Lice (or Bedbugs)

25%

Swarm of Locusts (or Cicadas)

Pestilence of Livestock

Swarm of Frogs

Outbreak of Boils

3 days of Darkness (or Wildfire smog or power Blackout)

1.9%

Water turning into blood (or Red Tide)

Death of firstborns (see rules)

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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

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagues_of_Egypt

Possible clarification from creator (AI generated): Lanternflies will count toward the Swarm of Locust category, similar to cicadas.

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lanternflies were all over this year

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just barely missing pestilence of livestock!

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Does an outbreak of boils include acne, herpes, or genital warts?

no to acne and herpes i think, would need to be a different skin condition

ty google for teaching me something today

Boils and herpes, while both skin conditions, are quite different. Boils start as red spots that turn into pus-filled abscesses due to bacterial infections of hair follicles. On the other hand, herpes sores begin as fluid-oozing blisters caused by a contagious virus.

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I'm also going with frogs. A bunch of turtles shut down a runway a couple years ago. Alligators eat mole people in the sewers. You never know. Maybe frogs will become a thing to eat roaches and everyone will buy them b

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Genius.

Does it still count if it also affects the city's Jewish population, the largest in the world?

which one?

At least the firstborn one didn't affect the Jews, they were passed over, hence the name of Passover.

Presumably lice, boils and livestock could also discriminate and not affect Jews?

This etymology is disputed.

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This is by far the best question ever. I'm going with pestilence because I could see some idiot drinking raw milk and getting bird flu.

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Lol nice

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curious why this is so high tbh, maybe theyre more common in other areas of the country. i feel like ive only seen one or two in my lifetime here that involved all 3