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The thermal death point for cockroaches/bedbugs is 46°C (115°F) for 1 hour of exposure. If you have an infestation, one way to KILL THEM ALL is to raise your entire house beyond 115°F for at least an hour. (Of course, you must first remove CDs, etc.) Yes, this really works, and in fact there are companies that do it. It works best if you dust the perimeter of rooms with diatomaceous earth, to help catch any that might try to escape.

The more you know, etc.
>> Anonymous
how the fuck do you get your house to 115F
>> Anonymous
>>340376
Move your house to Arizona
>> Anonymous
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>>340376
This is how one company does it: "The treatment area is wrapped with thermal tarps and hot air is directed into the structure. Specially engineered heaters are placed outside home and hot air is directed through flexible mylar ducting to the treatment area." Pic filename related.
>> Anonymous
>>340384
well how does this help anyone, we have to call the companies either way ><
>> Anonymous
>>340386

Goddamn, are you really that dumb? Turn your heater on. If that's not enough, add space heaters. Monitor temps with a thermometer.
>> Anonymous
>>340387
>Goddamn, are you really that dumb? Turn your heater on. If that's not enough, add space heaters. Monitor temps with a thermometer.

I lol'd. I hope you were fucking joking. Most heaters don't go any higher than 80-85 degrees.
>> Anonymous
>>340397
Goddamn, are you really that dumb? Set your heater to 60°F and get another heater and set that one at 60°F and when they combine it will be 120°F.

AMIDOINITRITE???
>> Anonymous
>>340400
I lol'd. Lrn2kelvin
>> Anonymous
Why can cockroaches survive nukes if they're faggish about heat?
>> Anonymous
>>340410
Due to the misconception that resistance to radiation poisoning = immunity to nuclear explosion.
>> Anonymous
>>340418
not explosion, but nuclear fallout

nothing survives an explosion

carbon shadow, etc

also, nukes are not built the same way, and if we were to have a nuclear apocalypse, we wouldn't just be sending the nukes we used in ww2, chemical weapons, fuel air bombs, and I believe we have nukes that are 1000x the strength of the ww2 bombs.

I'm pretty sure a roach isn't surviving
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>>340428
>nothing survives an explosion
>> Anonymous
>>340410
Forgot to explain reasoning in>>340418.
Nuclear WMDs (explosion of radioactive core) generate at least 5725 degrees Celsius enough to evaporate any cockroaches engulfed by the explosion. What most people think of is Radiological WMDs (dispersion of radioactive materials) which organisms such as cockroaches have a high enough reproduction rate to cope with the otherwise immanent threat of cancer.
>> Anonymous
>>340428
Yeah I had to correct that in>>340441.
WW2 Nuclear bombs were in the range of 15 to 20 Kilotons (of TNT), current Nuclear bombs can reach 50 Megatons (of TNT).
>> Anonymous
Aren't cockroaches a tropical species? Wouldn't it be easier to freeze the fuckers out?
>> Anonymous
>>340448
>Aren't cockroaches a tropical species?

There are over 4000 species of cockroach adapted to different conditions. It's an entire order of insects.
>> Anonymous
>>340441
No. A high reproduction rate but with normal radiation resistance leads to lots of and lots of sterile eggs ornon-viable young.

Insects and other bugs would theoretically survive because their cells do not divide as often as mammalian cells; basically, only when they molt, and thus would not be vulnerable to damage while in the division process.

lrn2biology.
>> Anonymous
>>340448
>Aren't cockroaches a tropical species?
I grew up in ass poor russian town during the soviet collapse. There were cockroaches everywhere. You could exterminate them in winter, but you knew they would crawl from neighbourhood houses as soon as spring comes.
Also, I believe their eggs are somewhat cold resistant. And overall, many insects do not die out of cold temperature - they just slow down and fall to sleep.
>> Anonymous
arn't American roachs genetically screwed up? i remember a story about scientists who did tests on either German or Oriental roachs with radiation exposure and such, but they didnt dispose or kill them properly so they got out and bred.
>> Anonymous
>>340472
...

hopefully the mistake won't be repeated and you won't get out and breed.
>> Anonymous
>>340475
are you citing the fact that he said American and then started talking about German and Oriental rugs?
>> Anonymous
>>340500
>he said American and then started talking about German and Oriental rugs?

....huh? Nobody said anything about rugs and 'German' and 'Oriental' are the common names for the species Blattella germanica and Blatta orientalis, both of which are commonly found in North America.
>> Anonymous
KILL IT WITH FIRE!