With harsh winters come greater health risks -- frostbite and hypothermia included. While there’s a wealth of information and tips about cold weather survival, ...
There are survival stories, and there are legendary survival stories. In this article, we feature three near-unbelievable stories of men who, despite seemingly ...
It is one of our most primitive but visceral fears; thrashing in the deep, far below the water’s surface, lungs burning for oxygen, arms straining toward the ev...
While some wildfires can be spotted from miles away and provide you ample time to get away from danger, some can happen quickly, and you may find yourself trapp...
In the summer of 2018, a South Texas man died after wade fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. A fatality was also recorded in Virginia and a man from New Jersey was l...
Earthquakes are not predictable. There are general impressions and cautions and wellknown fault lines, but no scientist will be able to predict that an earthqua...
In 1989, while working at Apple Computer in Cupertino, CA, I felt the beginning sways of an earthquake.
It was 5:17 p.m. and having lived in the San Francis...
Earlier this year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced an ominous warning regarding our proximity to ultimate doom: “A...
Floods can be caused by major storms that cause water levels to rise quickly in rivers, lakes and other waterways. Excessive rainfall is only one possible reaso...
To assume that you’ll never be taken hostage or kidnapped for ransom is to court disaster. There are plenty of reasons to be taken against your will, from a sim...
