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Mother Nature likes a challenge

This past week, it was Hurricane Barry dumping tropical moisture across the southern states with more flooding and destruction. Ahead of the storm, the city of New Orleans received 6 to 8 inches of rain a week before Barry, so streams were already full. Fortunately, Barry obliged the city of ...

Oh but for the joy of anarchy

Anarchy could be defined as a society without rules or government. If we lived in a community like this we could do what we want build what we want in any shape size or color. We could let the dogs run wild, ride our ATV鈥檚, party late and pretty much disregard the rights of others.It鈥檚 a ...

And the heat goes on

That old song mentions that the 鈥渂eat goes on,鈥 but the news today is more about the heat going on. After a mild winter, spring took a bit of time to arrive, hampered by more rain than cold temperatures. Five of the last six months have seen above normal rainfall across the region; however, ...

Best place to retire could be right here

We often see articles in our newspapers or magazines or on social media about where and why we should retire to a certain place. Perhaps it鈥檚 a beach or a small town location or a cabin in the mountains.The articles go on to tell us about the amenities and the cost of living in these ...

A new fresh water source

It may sound odd or even undoable, but there is a plan being developed to harvest fresh water by towing giant ice bergs over 1,500 miles from Antarctica to South Africa. A recent article in the June 10 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek describes in great detail how sea captain Nicholas Sloan ...

Fortunately, here in Southwestern Pennsylvania, hail is an infrequent occurrence with most of us only seeing those little round ice balls on one or two occasions per year. Not so just off the Front Range of the Rockies or the Pacific Northwest were it is a much more frequent visitor with annual ...