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On 8/14/2012 2:04 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 8/13/2012 5:38 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>> My guess is that it won't kill them. It will keep them from biting so
>> you can knock and brush them out of your shoes. For extra fun and
>> meanness, knock them into the aquarium. We once shipped a VW Rabbit
>> from Hawaii to Washington state. At the first freeze, there were
>> roaches falling out from under the dash. There were several hundred of
>> those nasties - all killed by a slight drop in temperature. It was a
>> horrible sight to see but also kind of wonderful.

>
> I thought roaches lived through anything.


That's what I though! These are wimpy Hawaiian roaches so maybe their
mainland cousins can fare better in cold. I don't do good in cold
either. How you people can live in a place that gets below 72 and above
95 degrees is a wonder.