Comments on: NH Bed Bugs: grassroots community organizing against bed bugs

By: nobugsonme

nobugsonme — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:26:32 +0000

Update here: big improvement but the war is not over yet.

By: Langdon Mill Apartments: now 85% bed bug-free

Langdon Mill Apartments: now 85% bed bug-free — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:24:53 +0000

[...] this campaign to free a 20-unit Manchester, New Hampshire building (Langdon Mill Apartments) of bed [...]

By: nobugsonme

nobugsonme — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:07:02 +0000

persona-non-bugga,

Agreed! This is not a risk to take lightly. I have reached out to them in hopes of interviewing someone involved with the project, and I would like to ask them about these concerns.

Renee,

So sorry you fell into the spam filter with the pharmaceutical riff raff and other fluff!
You’re right– that looks like it may be the same building. Evacuating and dealing with furniture is one thing, but it is important the entire structure is definitely bed bug free at the end of this process.

There’s a lot which can go wrong. They need a lot of know-how and a lot of luck and I hope they have heaps of both.

By: The NH Bedbugs project — New York vs Bed Bugs

The NH Bedbugs project — New York vs Bed Bugs — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:47:39 +0000

[...] has a nice post taking note of the remarkable news from New Hampshire of a new organization that will begin its [...]

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:36:01 +0000

That's very interesting and encouraging. There is a New Hampshire Public Radio story from a year ago about bed bugs in a Manchester building -- while the building address is not identified, the management company is the same, so it could possibly be the same building. They spent $15,000 then on what they describe as a process of emptying the contents of the apartments and fumigating them, but may well not have been fumigation; in any case, it failed. The used goods solicitation is very worrying.

By: persona-non-bugga

persona-non-bugga — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:32:52 +0000

This is phenomenal. I wish them great success and applaud their will and effort to make such a difference.

On their home page, they say they accept donations of gently used items. I wonder if they’ve considered how to manage the risk that comes with that. I hope yes.

By: nobugsonme

nobugsonme — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:02:02 +0000

Andrew,

Vikane gas (or similar) fumigation of the entire building, or thermal treatment, would be easier. My assumption is that the cost was prohibitive. This is an “affordable housing” building.

I assume also that they have gotten advice from an entomologist, but I hope to get more information from the NH Bed Bugs folks about that.

By: Andrew Baird, B.C.E.

Andrew Baird, B.C.E. — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:34:52 +0000

Wow, they need to go speak to the nearest department of Entomology at a university. All that for bedbugs!?! It would be easier and cheaper just to put them up in a hotel for a few days, with new clothes and everything non-living left behind, and fumigate the building. Apartments are generally a little too frugal when it comes to pest control……………….