Tips on dealing with floods

Tips on dealing with floods

As flooded Midwestern rivers overrun their banks and work their way southward, many families and businesses will be spending a lot of time cleaning up and filing insurance claims. To help them through this, members of the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters have offered insight on coping with such a disaster and in dealing with an insurance company. “The resources and expertise available through the members of NAPIA are some of the best in…

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Average cost of owning a car rises by less than 2 percent

Average cost of owning a car rises by less than 2 percent

The cost of insuring, fueling and maintaining the average sedan in America rose by 1.96 percent over the previous year to a price of $9,122.. According to AAA’s annual “Your Driving Costs” study, this is based on someone driving 15,000 miles per year and works out to a cost of 60.8 cents per mile. “Many factors go into the cost calculation of owning and operating a vehicle,” John Nielsen, AAA’s director of automotive engineering and…

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Fighting wildfires starts with community-wide prevention

Fighting wildfires starts with community-wide prevention

Considered the worst fire in Colorado state history, the Waldo Canyon Fire ignited June 23, 2012, near Colorado Springs, Colo. It forced more than 30,000 peo­ple to flee their homes, destroyed 346 homes, scorched 18,247 acres, killed two residents and took firefighters 18 days to fully contain. The fire presented the first opportunity for partners in the national Fire Adapted Communities coalition to collectively evaluate the performance of miti­gation practices in Colorado Springs in a…

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Staying safe during tornado season means more than just where to hide

Staying safe during tornado season means more than just where to hide

The southern states and east of the Rocky Mountains might be known as “tornado alley,” but a twister can strike nearly anywhere in the U.S. The key to surviving one starts with paying attention, having a plan and don’t stand in its path like Tim Samaras. As director of the scientific field program Tactical Weather Instrumented Sampling in Tornadoes EXperiment, Samaras’s work is featured on the Discovery Channel show “Storm Chasers.” He’s also the only…

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