Drop, Cover and Hold On – these three actions can actually save your life and the lives of your loved ones in an earthquake. Due to the recent spate of “seismic...
Earthquake survival should be top-of-mind, even if it’s been about 20 years since the last powerful earthquakes rocked California. But barely halfway through 20...
As the city of New Orleans begins preparations for a possible hurricane, a storm has already brought tornado warnings, heavy winds, and flooding rains. Nearly 8...
Although violent crime in the U.S. has been on the decline since 1990, nearly 300,000 robberies are still committed each year. Despite the overall decrease, rob...
You’re headed down a trail through the brush. You’re alone and tired, it’s late, and your head is down, watching the trail in front of you. Then, you turn a sha...
It was an unusually cold, steady rain for late May, and the Conemaugh River began spilling its banks, leaving knee-deep water throughout the city of Johnstown, ...
You are awakened by a sound that rumbles through the house. In the pre-dawn hour, you climb out of bed and look out the window, only to see that the streetlight...
In the early morning hours of August 29, 2005, a Category 3 hurricane roared through the tepid Gulf of Mexico waters, causing massive storm surges and wind dama...
You dropped your compass near a fallen tree. Absentmindedly, you reach under the decaying log to retrieve it, and a guttural growl is followed by a stinging bi...
Rodney Fox had been diving for hours when he decided to swim farther offshore into deeper water. It was December 8, 1963, and Fox was competing in the South Au...
