01-04-2011, 03:47 PM
...wondering if the holds of planes are a vector of distribution for bedbugs with all that luggage crammed together from all over...Their luggage will have been on 6 planes and in two rent a cars by the time it gets to our house!
Myself, I'd rather not find out the hard way so in advance of their departure from homes on the mainland & Alaska I am asking all visitors coming to stay with us to please:
-at hotels, insert luggage in contractor-trash-bags, seal the bags, and then place them in the bathtub for the night,
-separately bag in plastic and seal for laundering any clothing which is out overnight,
-upon arrival, be patient while each piece of luggage separately cooks inside a black plastic bag set in full sun for a few hours. (Individually bagging each item of luggage in a black trash bag facilitates a higher temperature being reached more quickly than if two or more items are bagged together).
So far everyone has indulged me in these requests -and been glad to know some techniques for reducing the odds of accidentally taking bedbugs back into their own houses, picked up on the return trip via contamination en route in hotel rooms or luggage holds or where-ever.
My friends and family already know to expect a bit of OCD with me, but after they get the Cliff notes on bedbugs I think they embrace the concept of prevention as being more than just Steven being xenophobic about parasites. Actually, one visitor had already gone through hell at his house back on the mainland and was all for not only the measures above but also fumigating the sealed bags as well. This seems a bit excessive to me, but perhaps I'll change my mind about that if I ever need to do battle against bedbugs in my own home.
I wonder if placing packets of lavender-scented mothballs in one's luggage would be at all effective in discouraging bedbugs from hitching a ride in there?
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Awesome photo (be sure and click on it to embiggen for even vaster awesomeness)
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badast...e-picture/
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Myself, I'd rather not find out the hard way so in advance of their departure from homes on the mainland & Alaska I am asking all visitors coming to stay with us to please:
-at hotels, insert luggage in contractor-trash-bags, seal the bags, and then place them in the bathtub for the night,
-separately bag in plastic and seal for laundering any clothing which is out overnight,
-upon arrival, be patient while each piece of luggage separately cooks inside a black plastic bag set in full sun for a few hours. (Individually bagging each item of luggage in a black trash bag facilitates a higher temperature being reached more quickly than if two or more items are bagged together).
So far everyone has indulged me in these requests -and been glad to know some techniques for reducing the odds of accidentally taking bedbugs back into their own houses, picked up on the return trip via contamination en route in hotel rooms or luggage holds or where-ever.
My friends and family already know to expect a bit of OCD with me, but after they get the Cliff notes on bedbugs I think they embrace the concept of prevention as being more than just Steven being xenophobic about parasites. Actually, one visitor had already gone through hell at his house back on the mainland and was all for not only the measures above but also fumigating the sealed bags as well. This seems a bit excessive to me, but perhaps I'll change my mind about that if I ever need to do battle against bedbugs in my own home.
I wonder if placing packets of lavender-scented mothballs in one's luggage would be at all effective in discouraging bedbugs from hitching a ride in there?
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Awesome photo (be sure and click on it to embiggen for even vaster awesomeness)
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badast...e-picture/
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Astonishing skill! This archer is a real-life Legolas and then some!
http://geekologie.com/2013/11/real-life-...rs-anc.php
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Astonishing skill! This archer is a real-life Legolas and then some!
http://geekologie.com/2013/11/real-life-...rs-anc.php
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