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    Default Just More Proof That They Will Survive A Nuclear Holocaust

    Also a word of caution for those of you using bug bombs to take care of your roach problem. Shut off those pilot lights first!

    http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/inde...8261233920.xml

    Blast rocks home, but roaches survive


    Woman got out before stove pilot light ignited fogger, firefighters say
    Tuesday, January 11, 2005By Michaelangelo Conte
    Journal staff writer


    Gases from insecticide foggers detonated in a Jersey City woman's home yesterday, blowing out windows, singeing furniture and leaving her homeless last night.

    "I've never seen the explosive nature of an aerosol to this degree before," said Fire Capt. Andrew Johnson. "Had she been inside the building, it would have definitely killed her. She was not hurt at all."


    At 8:40 a.m., firefighters responded to the two-story building, at Orient Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, after hearing the explosion from their firehouse about a block away, Johnson said.

    The woman, who is in her mid-20s, opened three defoggers in her home and as they released their insecticide spray, she walked out her front door, Johnson said.

    The gases ignited, blowing out a large bay window and slamming the front door shut behind her, Johnson said.

    Despite the blast, firefighters found that the roaches had survived, Johnson said.

    "The roaches were still alive on ceilings, all over the place," Johnson said.

    Investigators believe oxygen from the open door mixed with the gases from the foggers, creating an explosive mixture that was ignited by a stove pilot light, Johnson said.

    Garbage bags in the kitchen, a sofa, walls and other items were seared superficially. Some items bubbled from the intense heat, Johnson said.

    Public Service Electric & Gas workers responded and shut down gas service to the residence, Johnson said.

    Firefighters sealed the windows with plastic, but the woman was forced to stay elsewhere last night.


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    Timely posting, we're bug bombing tommorrow. Knowing myself, I would have forgotten all about the water heater pilot....eiiik.

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    Default Re: Just More Proof That They Will Survive A Nuclear Holocaust

    I had a friend that lived in a house in the city and they was an albino cockroach that literally lived inside their microwave. Pretty freaky stuff if you ask me.

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    Ugh, Red, roaches are albino when they are molting...it's fricking disgusting. I ran out of the kitchen screaming tonight because I bumbled into a roach version of a lounge while cleaning to fumigate.......I'm sure I looked funny. It's also sick how I anticipate seeing little dead bug bodies all over the place on Sunday...I'm a sicko.

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    Default Re: Just More Proof That They Will Survive A Nuclear Holocaust

    Maybe the roaches were still burning in the ashtray and thats what really started the fire?

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    Hahahahahahaha......

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