If you live in a climate where winter temperatures readily fall below freezing, you have special concerns (or at least…

With winter approaching and cooler weather upon us, people are beginning to load their their wood stoves with firewood. Hopefully…

There are many myths about tornadoes. Do any of these sound familiar?

2015 has brought ‘tons’ of record snow onto the roofs of buildings all across New England. The weight load of…

image: public domain Even a small fire can spread rapidly. An entire house can be engulfed in 3 minutes. You…

One of the most difficult survival situations is a cold weather scenario. Every time you venture into the cold, you…

The winter scene from my home-office window this morning Will we have a bad winter this season? Maybe, for some,…

An aquifer is the saturated zone beneath the water table. Aquifers are huge storehouses of water – a primary resource…

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Image: National Park Service The Yellowstone ‘super volcano’ is a mega disaster eruption just waiting to happen. And if that…