Even in the worst earthquake, the ground trembles for a very brief time. It isn’t that the ground shakes for hours or days — all the rumble and tumble is over in a matter of seconds, or in extremely long-duration quakes, in a couple of minutes.
In any kind of disaster that might damage or destroy your home, there are a few pieces of safety equipment you should have near your bed.
What are you going to do when the water is shut off and you have one flush left in the toilet?
Home invasion is on the rise. Sometimes it’s a random event but more and more often it’s an organized hit by gangs of thugs.
It was February. Our breath hung in the air, a lifeless cloud exhaled from our warm lungs. All the trees looked dead, their decaying leaves frozen to the ground. The stream was solid ice and the stone walls of our cave were bitter as the inside of a freezer.
