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I'm in middle TN and have a problem with them too. I'm terrified of them! I have ceiling beams, and they drop down from the beams. I'm especially afraid during power outages. It seems like if we have a power outage at night and it's pitch dark, that's when they'll be on the beams and drop on whomever is sitting on the couch. I no longer sit on the couch during a power outage. I painted my beams white so I can see centipedes better. Gawd I hate centipedes! And this is coming from someone who usually likes bugs!
Do you have trees hanging over your roof? I do, and I wonder if that's why I have such a problem with them. I've had my house sprayed by an exterminator, but it doesn't seem to get rid of the centipedes.
Yikes! I think that I would have a heart attack if a centipede dropped down on me. This morning, one dropped off the roof, and onto the bathroom vanity. He ran across the whole length of the vanity, jumped onto the floor, and just stopped. I just about died!
Yikes! I think that I would have a heart attack if a centipede dropped down on me.
My dad from out of state was visiting me once during a power outage at night. He was lying on the couch. I warned him about the centipedes coming out during power outages. He laughed it off. Until one dropped on him that very night. I don't think I've ever seen him move so fast.
The reason I wonder if trees have anything to do with it, is because I have more of them in the fall when the leaves are falling on my roof, and wondered if the centipedes are falling on the roof with the leaves. I also have a second smaller wave of them in the spring. One of my bigger trees hanging over the roof doesn't shed its leaves in the fall. Instead, those leaves drop in the spring when new leaves start to grow. So I have leaves falling on the roof in both the fall and spring, at the same time I get more centipedes.
I literally have tons of leaves in my yard and a lot of them fall on the house. No centipedes that I've seen. But now you all have me nervous.
"Centipedes live in many different habitat types; forest, savannah, prairie, and desert to name a few. Some Geophilomorphs are adapted to littoral habitats, where they feed on barnacles. Species of all orders excluding Craterostigmomorpha have adapted to caves."
It looks like they are attracted to moist, dark places, although it is noted that they do thrive in the desert. I wonder if I don't ever see any since my house is always lit up like a Christmas tree.
I have them here at Smoky Crossing in Seymour. I see them mainly by the front door, and also in the bathrooms. I wonder if they live/travel in the shower drains? I usually see one every couple of days in the shower.
I will say that where I come from, we had lots of "love bugs" in the spring and fall. Haven't seen any of those here. I would rather deal with centipedes than love bugs.
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I painted my beams white so I can see centipedes better. Gawd I hate centipedes! And this is coming from someone who usually likes bugs! 
