Bed Bugs Story

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Anchor Lede- THEY SEEM AS IF THEY ARE EVERYWHERE THESE DAYS, POPPING UP IN THE LEAST LIKELY OF PLACES, IN YOUR BED, ON YOUR CLOTHES, EVEN ON YOUR ALARM CLOCK. YES, I AM TALKING ABOUT BED BUGS, AND FOR THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE SEEN AN UNUSUAL RISE IN REPORTED CASES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. REPORTER BRANDON HURLEY HAS MORE ON THE STORY.

(SOT)
It was about in November... around the same time as now....... Well my girlfriend spent the night, and she noticed the next day that she had bites, all along her side.

(VO)
THESE BITES TYPICALLY SIGNAL THAT THERE ARE INDEED, BED BUGS LIVING IN YOUR BED, EVEN THOUGH MOST PEOPLE WOULD ASSUME THESE LITTLE RED BUMPS TO BE ACNE OR NORMAL BUG BITES.
BED BUGS DON'T TRANSMIT ANY DISEASES, BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO GET RID OF THEM. VACUUMING DOESN'T HELP, AND EVEN POWER OUTLETS PROVIDE ENOUGH WARMTH FOR THESE TINY CRITTERS.

(SOT)
She had told me that her brother had the same problem at his apartment.

(VO)
BED BUGS TEND TO LIVE WHEREVER HUMANS GO. THEY TRANSPORT FROM PLACE TO PLACE BY LUGGAGE, CLOTHES AND EVEN COUCHES.

(SOT)
He told me I should buy a bed bug mattress cover

(VO)
THESE MATTRESS COVERS SUFFOCATE THE BED BUGS AND PREVENT THEM FROM SPREADING ANYWHERE. THEY RUN ABOUT 40 DOLLARS.

(SOT)
My apartment and her apartment cost about 4 or 500 dollars each.

(VO)
ANOTHER TATIC TO ATTEMPT TO GET RID OF THEM IS TO DRY ALL CLOTHES AND SHEETS AND OVERHEAT THEM. THOUGH THE BEST WAY TO EXTERMINATE THEM IS TO BUY A STEAM CLEANER AND GO OVER EVERY PROBLEM AREA.

(SIG OUT)
EVEN THOUGH THEY DO LIKE WARM AREAS, THEY DON'T LIKE IT TOO WARM. ONCE IT GETS TO 120 DEGREES IT WILL ELIMNATE ALL BED BUGS AND ALL OF THE EGGS. SO YOU BUY THE STEAM CLEANER AND THEN YOU JUST STEAM DOWN YOUR WHOLE MATTRESS. BOTH SIDES, MAKE SURE YOU GET THE CREASES VERY, VERY WELL. FLIP IT ON THE SIDES AND THEN YOU DO THE SAME WITH THE BOX SPRINGS... AND MOST LIKELY, THIS WILL GET RID OF ALL YOUR BED BUG PROBLEMS. SO IF YOU HAVE BED BUGS, CHECK YOUR MATTRESS. FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, I'M BRANDON HURLEY.