Getting Rid of Stink Bugs?

I don't know how the tradition started, but the Chinese seem to have years for just about any animal. And too, I don't know if these years are extended to other life forms such as insects. Anybody up to snuff on this subject?

I have been living in a pod in my driveway for the past 5-6 weeks. The heavy metal doors stayed open most of the time. Exceptions were made for Florence and Michael. No, they weren't friends sharing herbs. I don't indulge. Michael, the tropical depression, put twice the pounding on that pod than did Florence, the hurricane. I was beginning to wonder if the pod would float. It rained the hardest I've seen in my life, and did so for three whole days, non stop!

What with the doors open most of the time, I naturally expected some critters to fly or crawl in. Three large rats made their way by my feet as I sat at my computer killing time. I think each had designs on making a home in my better bed linens temporarily stored farther back in the pod. I kindly gave each a one way ticket to Rodent Heaven. The bedding there is so much nicer, and so....eternal.

I did observe an onslaught of stink bugs, more than I have ever seen in my lifetime. I never saw them land, in fact, I never have. They seem to just fall from the air. They were everywhere. I don't think I have ever seen more than 3 or 4 at any one time, til now.

Twenty, maybe thirty all around me and more dropping from nowhere all the time. Stink bugs everywhere. This went on for several days. I was beginning to wonder if the storms carried them my way. At least it wasn't raining frogs.

Two days ago, I moved back into the house and said goodbye to the little stinky guys, or so I thought. Now, it's raining bugs inside the house. I truly don't know how they're getting in. I don't know what to do. I have a new kitchen exhaust fan and I still won't cook collards. I don't want the scent on my newly painted walls. I'm not about to spray the house with bug killer.

I guess there is a disadvantage to not having a TV. I remember people talking about news they had heard about the stink bug. If I'm not mistaken, the news was a warning as it had been discovered the stink bug carried some deadly(?) disease.

I'm not one to get all up in the air over such matters, usually a lot of it is just hype. But still, what with so many of these bugs falling all around me, (I just killed two while writing this), I'm beginning to wonder if I should look deeper into the matter.

Does anyone remember hearing or seeing articles around five years ago, about the new found dangers of the stink bug? Do you remember what disease they were said to carry. Were there recommendations for getting rid of the bugs? Have any of you noticed more than the usual amount of stink bugs in your area?