Bed bugs have struck another firehouse, this time Station 2 in Wilmington, Delaware.
Read the article here: Bedbugs bugging firefighters | 6abc.com
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Actually, that’s Wilmington, Delaware. It’s also my hometown.
Here’s an article with more detail:
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200909100345/NEWS08/909100352
Have they considered thermal
Eric, thanks for the correction (I suspected it might be) — and the link.
cilecto — nice one!
Unfortunately, this article claims pest control operators were paid $810 and that
The station reopened Wednesday afternoon, with fans whirring at every open door to dissipate the last of the pesticide foggers that were set off inside.
Foggers? Really?!?
That does not sound good. Not at all.
Anymore details on the bill introduced in Congress?
Foggers are bad, of course.
But pros used the foggers, and pros are good.
So, these must have been special foggers, or at least foggers used in a special way.
cilecto,
Could have been special kinds of foggers. Could have not been foggers (but journalists misunderstanding.) Could have been the wrong kind of foggers and a very bad scene indeed!
Just itching,
This is, I think, the latest on the Butterfield Bill (the Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2009).
As BB articles go, this one was pretty comprehensive on the background. Kudos to the journalist(s) who worked this up.