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August 27, 2025

8 Family Emergency Go Bag Mistakes

8 Family Emergency Go Bag Mistakes

The Jansen family thought they were ready. The knock on the door came at 2 AM for an evacuation due to a railway accident. Chemicals were leaking and there was a risk of an explosion. They were told to leave immediately and get at least 3 miles out of the area. They grabbed their red emergency backpacks and headed to their car with their dog, Pepper. The bags felt heavier than they remembered, but there wasn't time to go through them. Just one mile from home, the only road out of the city was jam packed like a parking lot....

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August 19, 2025

Double Your Harvest with Fall Gardening

Double Your Harvest with Fall Gardening

So, you’ve been tending your spring and summer gardens carefully and have been loving reaping the rewards. Or, maybe you missed the boat for one reason or another and are still hankering to try your hand at growing this year. Whatever your reason is, August is the perfect time of year to start planning your fall garden. Spring is typically the time that people think of when it comes to gardening. But many people are missing out on another harvest or two by discounting fall! There are tons of seeds that thrive in the late summer and fall weather. It...

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August 12, 2025

Hard Truths & Overlooked Realities About Business Disaster Recovery

Hard Truths & Overlooked Realities About Business Disaster Recovery

The hackers were on the incident response call, but no one realized it until they spoke up, announcing their readiness to initiate a DDoS attack since the ransom had not been paid. Within minutes, everyone in the room and on the MS Teams call began losing connectivity, and notifications on their cell phones confirmed that the attack was underway. “Once you pay the ransom in bitcoin, we will reverse the attack,” they declared. The Cybersecurity team initiated a DDoS response without considering the impact on internal users. Everyone except those on the call lost connectivity. Company-wide network access was disrupted,...

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July 29, 2025

Summer Power Outage Dangers: It’s Not just your Refrigerator

Summer Power Outage Dangers: It’s Not just your Refrigerator

  Tom was in the middle of weekend projects when the power went off at 2 PM on Saturday. The air conditioning unit outside groaned to a stop. He prayed it was just a glitch. Maybe someone hit a transformer down the street. By 6 PM, with no word from the power company, their house felt like a greenhouse. The upstairs bedrooms were unbearably hot. His wife Sarah had moved their baby daughter to the tile floor in the bathroom, trying to find the coolest spot in the house. Their 7-year-old son kept asking when the Xbox would work again,...

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July 22, 2025

How Experts Help Plants Survive the Summer Heat

How Experts Help Plants Survive the Summer Heat

You’ve carefully curated your garden for months now. You started your seeds early in the spring, using high quality garden seeds. Everything seemed to be going perfectly. But you got comfortable and forgot to check the weather. Your garden is now a week into a heat wave with daytime highs soaring over 100°F. Your plants have started to wilt; the flowers are maturing much more slowly, and some of the leaves are even turning brown. What on earth has happened, and what can you do about it?  By July and August in most climates of the United States, heat stress is...

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