When the dreaded cold months of winter arrive, it means many homeowners are put in a difficult conundrum to keep their homes warm without breaking the bank, and staying warm is becoming increasingly expensive. Saving money can be as easy as setting your thermostat. But what is the ideal temp? Is there such a thing […]
When the dreaded cold months of winter arrive, it means many homeowners are put in a difficult conundrum to keep their homes warm without breaking the bank, and staying warm is becoming increasingly expensive. It’s a good news/bad news situation. The National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) estimates that the average cost of home heating […]
As Michigan was whipped with winter weather and lake-effect snows last week, Paw Paw residents Janice and Eric Pantelleria went outside to find some unusual lawn ornaments: dozens upon dozens of nicely rolled-up snow doughnuts or cylinders across their large lawn. As USA Today reports, these snowy rollers are a somewhat unusual weather phenomenon, said Megan […]
A new study on a drug widely prescribed for asthma is binding itself to receptors in the brain and is linked to severe mental health issues and suicide, according to new research. As Reuters reports, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) presented the preliminary results of a study on the asthma drug Singulair, which is sold generically […]
Travel could prove challenging and the best seats for the New York Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2024 may be in your living room as storms threaten to bring chaos to much of the nation during the long holiday weekend. In the West, heavy rain and snow chances increase on Tuesday as “another atmospheric river event arrives” across […]
New York City has struggled with fires in its parks and open spaces in 2024, a record-breaking dry year for the Big Apple, including more than 200 such blazes over a recent two week period. As USA Today reports, residents who fled more than 160 homes along the New York-New Jersey border over the weekend due to a […]
An official announcement that La Niña has formed could come as soon as mid-November, when federal forecasters give their monthly update on the climate pattern. As USA Today reports, Current mild weather notwithstanding, winter is still coming – and a looming La Niña in the Pacific Ocean could impact the forecast for winter in 2024-25. An official announcement […]
Even though we’re well into the Fall season, residents of highly populated areas in California are being urged to exercise caution around fire sources as several factors combine to dramatically increase the risk of blazes this week as strong offshore winds are predicted to blow across the state. As USA Today reports, more than 25 […]
Hot enough for you? Unusual summer temps have been hanging on across much of the U.S., forecasters said, and no real cold is in sight in the forecast until at least mid-November. As USA Today reports, according to the National Weather Service, “a quiet and relatively uneventful fall weather pattern will be in place across the […]
Another storm threat could be brewing in the Caribbean when this historically brutal Atlantic Basin hurricane season rolls into its final month later this week, forecasters say. As USA Today reports, the season that brought massive damage − some estimates put damages from Helene and Milton at almost $100 billion − could face a new tropical threat […]