Category: Health & Safety
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How To – Staying Cool in a Heat or Power Outage Emergency
Summer storms and other events can knock out power to your home during the hottest days of the year. In the Washington DC area this summer about 800,000 homes saw loss of power for days to weeks and every summer dozens of people die an many more end up in hospital emergency rooms. The hardest…
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How To – Understanding Long Term Food Storage Methods and Products
There are many reasons to store food for later use. Many gardeners will save food by canning and for products that need to be refrigerated a good stand alone freezer will extend the shelf life of many regular foods. The most important thing to remember when storing food is that you want to keep it…
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How To – Preparing Your home to survive a Wild Fire
Unfortunately many communities are hit by wild fires and your location in the United States really does not matter all areas are effected to some degree. Trying to protect your home from wild fires may not work in every situation but if you take steps before you are effected you may find that your home…
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How To – Extending the life of Store bought Produce Vegetables
Everything is going up in price and it will be a trend that never reverses… unfortunately when you can’t rely on your garden for fresh vegetables you will have to buy what you can and look for the best deals. Most stores will have rotating sales for their produce offerings.. I have found a few…
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How To – Safety Shoes for Home and Work
Whether you are a professional contractor or just trying to be one on the weekend it is important to take care of yourself while working on your projects. There are a variety of different safety clothing choices including Eye Protection that must ALWAYS be worn, Welding Aprons and Paint Suits that are good for painting…