The Coatesville Towers, at Third and Lincoln Highway, was evacuated on Monday due to a bedbug infestation.

The 100 or so seniors who live in this subsidized housing facility will have to find somewhere else to stay until Wednesday.

Bedbugs are apparently really hard to get rid of - they live for about ten months and can hide in places were poison doesn't typically reach (cracks in wood panelling, bottoms of drawers, mattresses). So AIMCO, the company that owns the Towers, is bringing in an exterminator to heat treat the apartment. Using portable heaters, the company will raise the internal temperature of the Towers to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Hopefully, that'll kill the insects.

Although I've never dealt with bedbugs, I have dealt with fleas - a similarly annoying and hard to get rid of insect. I blame my upstairs neighbors. To figure out if they were ready to have a baby, they bought a cute fleabag of a cocker spaniel.

Anyway, my heart goes out to the Coatesville Towers residents. I hope the itching stops.