[Iowa Granny]

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?

[Endeavor]

Yep. Slap a saddle on their back and away you go. I just hate the way they scurry (you hear them) when you walk in the kitchen and turn on the light. At least we don't have cockroach problems in the midwest.

But anyone who can live in Florida can live in LA. Those Floridians are tough customers, what with all their bugs and 'gators and such. I'll take the cool waters of Martha's Vineyard and leave the swamps to the heartier folk.