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Isn't New Iberia an oil town? I had friends who worked for Halliburton and they were stationed there early in his career. I hope they like mosquitoes (and cockroaches - they still give me the creeps and I was born in Houston, where they are practically tamed and ridden as pets by toddlers).

I have heard about those giant cockroaches, but I've never seen one. The ones I am familiar with are about three quarters of an inch long, are black and have a shell like thing on their backs,,,, sort of like crickets.

Are these big ones like that only bigger?

Oh God, I not telling them! But since fstcwgrl was born and raised here in the Sunshine State she probably won't be too freaked out.

We got skeeters, some so big (usually they hang at the beach) they'll carry you off. Three kinds of roaches that I know of. German, the 3/4 inch kind IG spoke of, cockroaches, they're the ones that fly (eeeewwwwww!) and my personal favorite, palmetto bugs. These lovelies are pre-historic and are not afraid of anything. They don't need to fly, they have an armour type shell and emit a horrible stench somewhat like a skunk if you're unlucky enough to step on one. Sometimes they just let it loose if they feel threatened.

As a going away present I'll give them a case of Combat. :-)

I have no idea about it New Iberia being an oil town. The company her husband will be working at make industrial generators. Trust me, there's no talking them out of going, some of us have to learn the hard way.