No job is worth more than your life. Four disgruntled Amazon warehouse employees are taking this message to heart following last December’s tornado in Illinois. The storm destroyed a portion of the warehouse’s roof and they became trapped inside. As a result, four amazon drivers are now suing the company. The heart of the drivers’…
March was a busy month for storms as a record-breaking 218 tornadoes touched down nationwide. With most of the storms happening toward the end of the month, this record for most tornadoes is baffling to meteorologists. While March is typically a busy time of year for tornadoes, most tornadic activity is typically reserved for the…
Tornado Alley’s eastwardly trek continues as more than two dozens have hit the region since Monday. This marks the third week in a row with deadly and destructive storms impacting the region. Ten of those killer twisters struck the Palmetto State Tuesday evening. One person was killed when a tornado hit Bryan County, Georgia Tuesday…
Storm weary residents of the Deep South and Midwest just can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to severe weather. Communities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana are once again under a tornado watch. This comes just days after a swarm of twisters damaged these same storm prone areas.…
Money can’t buy you everything, but for the super rich and wealthy, it can buy you peace of mind. With crime rates nearing epidemic levels, wealthy homeowners in Beverly Hills are dropping small fortunes to protect greater riches. High profile murders and robberies have driven prices for high-security panic rooms to nearly $1 million per…
Collective anxieties and frayed nerves have us all refreshing our browser pages for the latest updates on the war in the Ukraine. Not since the Cuban Missile crisis have we teetered so closely to the brink of war. Nuclear proliferation has forever changed diplomacy. Many of us don’t know an existence without the small fear…
February isn’t typically known for killer tornadoes in the South. When it comes to severe weather, it’s another weather phenomenon that gets the most attention. Snow. Even a few swirling flurries send the most hardened southerner scurrying to the grocery store for milk and bread. No, we will take that back. even the slightest mention…
Why don’t factories and warehouses have tornado shelters? Don’t employees deserve safe working conditions to earn a living wage? Considering their mammoth floor plans, there should be more than enough room for life-saving storm shelters. Following a December tornado that claimed the lives of six Amazon workers in Illinois, public health officials are asking that…
No one can doubt the incredible forces of Mother Nature. Even to this day, humanity has been unable to replicate nature’s raw intensity. Take for example, the Tonga volcanic eruption. Last month’s explosion continues to baffle scientists. Weeks after the explosion, they continue to wrap their heads around this exponentially volatile event. At the closest…
Tax season is quickly approaching. If you’re one of the more than 60 million Americans who will receive a tax return this year, only one question remains. What should you spend your tax return on? For many, tax return season is like a second Christmas. You can finally purchase that big screen television or take…