by v4djr4jbef2017 | Dec 12, 2018 | How-To, Natural Disasters
A flood is destruction personified — wrecking houses, building, streets, and more. From your personal belongings to the structure of your property, floods create havoc and destroy everything in their path. What’s more, flood waters contains various pollutants...
by v4djr4jbef2017 | Oct 13, 2017 | How-To, Natural Disasters, Water
Hurricane Harvey wasn’t a surprise. The eighth named storm of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Harvey became the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005, snapping a record-setting 12-year calm streak. The city of Houston,...
by v4djr4jbef2017 | Aug 7, 2017 | Natural Disasters, Water, Weather
Flooding is the risk that’s all around us. Nationwide, it is estimated that as many as 20% of American homes are at risk of flood-related damage and, on average, more than 80 people die each year in floods in the U.S., making this the second-most deadly weather event...
by v4djr4jbef2017 | Sep 19, 2016 | General, Natural Disasters
It’s late summer in Colorado, and that means one thing: rain. The monsoonal flow of tropical moisture this time of year is a regular feature of life in the Rocky Mountain West, and it’s not unusual for big storms to line up along the Front Range on a nearly daily...
by v4djr4jbef2017 | Dec 22, 2015 | How-To, Water
Earlier this month the Pacific Northwest was hit with several days of drenching rains, causing mudslides and flooding across much of Oregon and Washington State that knocked out power to thousands and killed two people. Sinkholes opened up on major roadways, rivers...