Home should be your refuge from the outside world. From the moment we leave the front door, we wistfully dream of the moment we return home. While the friendly confines of the home give us ample excuses to retreat to our comfy beds instead of a night out in town, for many, home can feel…
There’s a “Tornado Warning” for a theater near you. Hollywood’s 1996 classic weather horror story, “Twister,” has been reimagined for a new generation, as its long overdue sequel is set to touchdown this summer at box offices nationwide. Like the original namesake, “Twisters” features a group of intrepid storm chasers canvassing the Midwest collecting meteorological…
Silence from the noise of violence is golden and continuous steel protection for your family and valuables speaks volumes, even if it’s in hushed tones from the confines of a safe room. With inflation and mounting domestic unrest rising, millions of Americans are looking for better ways to protect their possessions and loved ones. Money…
Heeding the lessons of previous monstrous storms, Jamaican officials aren’t testing fate with Hurricane Beryl. In a preemptive move to raise alertness, the country’s Prime Minister declared the island a disaster area before the storm landed. An island curfew is now in place, with capsizing nine-foot storm surges forecasted to swamp the island’s southern shore.…
America is splintering into diametrically opposed factions. Radicals on both sides of the polarizing political spectrum continue to sling barbs and diatribes toward one another with little prospect of reconciliation. Unfounded claims of a stolen election beat the slow drum of war on the far right while left-leaning zealots believe democracy itself is under attack…
Following a busy 2023 storm season, meteorologists say the 2024 hurricane season will feature 17 to 25 named storms. The National Weather Service expects eight to 13 of those tropical storms will become hurricanes. Furthermore, forecasters believe four to seven hurricanes will reach category 3, 4, or 5 strength. While meteorologists don’t have psychic capabilities,…
Where would your family seek cover during a tornado? While more than 1,200 tornadoes touchdown annually in the United States, millions of residents don’t have adequate storm protection. While advances in meteorology have improved tornado warning response times, the window of opportunity to escape harm is narrow. Without a tornado shelter, most storm-stricken residents resort…
A quick-rolling line of severe thunderstorms rocked Texas Thursday evening. Strong winds knocked out skyscraper windows while flooding downtown Houston streets. City officials said the storms killed at least four people while leaving thousands of more in the dark as crews race to restore power. Nearly one million customers are reportedly left in the dark…
Do you know that Japanese weather patterns can affect the annual number of tornadoes in the United States? Although the island nation is thousands of miles from the heart of Tornado Alley, migrating sea surface temperatures off Japan’s eastern coast in the winter can fuel North America’s springtime weather. Weather and climate don’t happen in…
Depending on their velocity and targeted population concentrations, tornadoes can pack similar strength to a hurricane, albeit for shorter durations. Tornadoes can also strike further inland leaving no community insulated from sporadic storms. On average, more people are killed in tornadoes (71) than hurricanes (+40) annually. With such striking similarities, reasonable minds would believe that…
You may be thinking, “What does a factory in North Carolina know about tornadoes?” While conventional wisdom suggests that engineers a thousand miles away from Tornado Alley wouldn’t understand the complexities of Texas-sized twisters, this couldn’t be further from the truth! Last night, a tornado touched down within miles of our Wilkesboro factory, downing tree…
America has always been fascinated by the grim and macabre. “If it bleeds, it leads” has become a prevailing marketing tactic by newscasters. Americans can’t get enough of calamity and headlines portending destruction – as long as it’s far away from us. We are a nation of both thrill-seekers and masochists looking to live vicariously…