What’s that howling? Nightly cheering seeks to spread positivity amid lockdowns

Feeling isolated during the coronavirus pandemic? Some communities are howling to change that — literally.

Cities and towns across the country are cheering and howling in the evening to remind people they’re not alone or to show appreciation to health care workers and those on the front lines of the pandemic.

Videos across social media show people howling like wolves or coyotes out their front doors. In some cities, people cheer as loud as they can.

“I saw something on Nextdoor,” Dorri Buchholtz, who lives in Atlanta, told FOX 5. “Someone posted that we should all go out on our balconies at 8 to support those serving.”

Across the country — from the mountains in Idaho to the streets of New York City — people are using this creative way to come together.

In Mill Valley, California, about 15 miles north of San Francisco, a howl that starts every night at 8 has only grown louder.

“I just said, let’s do that, let’s howl, like coyotes, this will be our own thing,” Hugh Kuhn, who got it started on his neighborhood Nextdoor site, told KTVU.

Whether it’s to cheer on workers or to remind each other that they’re not alone and have fun, communities across the country are starting to cheer and howl.

Here’s what this howling looks like across the country.

This story was originally published March 31, 2020 at 12:49 PM with the headline "What’s that howling? Nightly cheering seeks to spread positivity amid lockdowns."