Bedbugs Attack New York City!!

The Real 'Cloverfield' Monsters!

Just saw this in tha nooze:

A bedbug epidemic has exploded in every corner of New York City - striking even upper East Side luxury apartments owned by Gov. Spitzer's father, the Daily News has learned.

The blood-sucking nocturnal creatures have infested a Park Ave. penthouse, an artist's colony in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a $25 million Central Park West duplex and a theater on Broadway, according to victims, exterminators and elected officials.

Once linked to flophouses and fleabags, bedbug outbreaks victimize the rich and poor alike and are spreading panic in some of the city's hottest neighborhoods.

Yowzers! I got hit by bugs, but they were the microscopic bacterial kind. They didn't come marching up the ol' comforter and yell "Hey! I need about tree-fiddy!" as I lay in bed!!

The Brooklyn Jooette oughta love this next bit:

The scourge has left no section of the city untouched: Complaints and enforcement actions soared in 57 of the 59 community boards.

In the most bedbug-riddled district (...Brooklyn...), HPD issued 172 violations this year, up from four in 2004; it responded to 476 complaints, up from 47.

Erica, dear heart... I hope you know this means we'll have to carry cans of Raid to the next blogmeet you attend. That, or make arrangements at the local sheep-dip facility... Nothing personal. We'll probably hose down Jimbo, too, just to be on the safe side... ;-)