Port Clinton, halfway between Toledo and Cleveland, is a charming town along Lake Erie that's popular with boaters, sunbathers and anglers. I'm trying to watch what I'm eating. Seconds later she was plucking a mayfly out of her granddaughter's hair. Most residents have learned to cope, knowing to close their doors and their mouths. Porch lights, street lamps, and advertising signs are turned off at night to avoid attracting swarms.
Restaurants use leaf-blowers and snow shovels to clear sidewalks.
One recent hatch left windows at a Burger King covered with mayflies. Some even got inside and were hanging from the ceiling. Other's don't bother cleaning up. Because there's just more coming. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.