Chicago. That's obamaland.
Posted on 01/21/2015 9:08:47 AM PST by dennisw
Chicago tops the 2014 Bed Bug Cities List for the third year in a row.
The list, released by pest control company Orkin, ranks the cities by the number of bed bug treatments Orkin performed from January to December 2014. Bed bugs were in the news throughout 2014 in the Windy City, with reports of the blood-sucking insects on public transit and inside several downtown office buildings, as well as in police headquarters, a fire station, school, library and movie theater.
Seven cities made double-digit jumps on Orkin's Bed Bug Cities List compared to 2013, including Omaha, Neb. (+16), Lexington, Ky. (+16), Sacramento, Calif. (+14), Grand Rapids, Mich. (+13), Buffalo, N.Y. (+12), Charleston, W.Va. (+11) and Louisville, Ky. (+10).
Several cities also dropped significantly in the past year, including Syracuse, N.Y., San Diego, Miami, Greenville, S.C. and Atlanta.
Four cities made the Bed Bug Cities List for the first time including Myrtle Beach, S.C., St. Louis, Bowling Green, Ky. and Ft. Wayne, Ind.
1. Chicago
2. Detroit (+2)
3. Columbus, Ohio
4. Los Angeles (-2)
5. Cleveland - Akron - Canton, Ohio (+1)
6. Dallas - Ft. Worth (+7)
7. Cincinnati (-2)
8. Denver (+1)
9. Richmond - Petersburg, Va. (+2)
10. Dayton, Ohio (-3)
11. Indianapolis (-1)
12. Houston (+4)
13. Seattle - Tacoma (+5)
14. Washington, District of Columbia - Hagerstown, Md. (-6)
15. Milwaukee (+6)
16. San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose (+3)
17. Raleigh - Durham - Fayetteville, N.C. (-5)
18. New York (-1)
19. Charleston - Huntington, W.Va. (+11)
20. Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo - Battle Creek, Mich. (+13)
21. Omaha, Neb. (+16)
22. Louisville, Ky. (+10)
23. Nashville, Tenn.
24. Lexington, Ky. (+16)
(more at source) (FULL LIST: BELOW)
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Didnt hear ONE WORD about the bed-bug threat in SOTU last night.
Of course, with Ron Emmanuel at the helm.
I still remember when our family was attacked by bedbugs back in 1954 in a Saguache Colorado hotel.
My little sister said something was biting her, dad flipped on the light and the walls were crawling with bedbugs.
We immediately left the place.
Once you have them, they are very difficult to eliminate.
“17. Raleigh - Durham - Fayetteville, N.C. (-5) “
Those are some long-jumping bedbugs. Fayetteville is *nowhere* near Raleigh and shouldn’t be in the same demographics. Durham, however, is nearby, while still a completely separate municipality.
Dallas and Houston. Imagine that. They voted for the Lord of the Flies.
“Didnt hear ONE WORD about the bed-bug threat in SOTU last night.”
‘Course not!
One was giving the Speech.
Naturally he wanted to protect his relatives.
Went through a similar experience in 1956. Perhaps we should consider bringing back DDT on a limited basis?
***Perhaps we should consider bringing back DDT on a limited basis?***
I’m not so sure of that. We used to run behind the spray trucks in Farmington NM back in 1956. I haven’t been “normal” since. ;-D
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