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An illustrated thermometer is facing a sky with a bright sun poking through the clouds.
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  • Category: Solar
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AC Tips for Extreme Heat: How to Keep Your Home Cool
We all know how hot summer temperatures can get. But, do you know the highest temperature ever recorded in the world? The answer is 134 degrees Fahrenheit back in 1913 at California’s Death Valley. The second was 131 degrees Fahrenheit in 1931 at Kebili in Tunisia. In Europe, it was 119.8 degrees Fahrenheit in Sicily in 2021. Now, imagine that
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a close up of a flashlight on the ground during a power outage
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  • Category: Security
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How to Prepare for Power Outage During Hurricane Season
Are you in the middle of hurricane season? Depending on where you live, severe weather like hurricanes can wreak havoc and cause problems regularly. The best thing that you can do is to be ready for the worst. It can pay to know how to prepare for power outage — before the electricity goes out! Hurricane Watch vs. Hurricane Warning If
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small home with roof covered in snow in the middle of winter
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  • Category: Insurance
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Most Common Home Insurance Claims During Winter Season
What’s your relationship with winter weather? Does it get you excited to build snowmen and go skiing, or does it leave you shivering and dreaming of spring? Either way, there are some things you need to do as a homeowner before you hibernate through the snowstorms and brisk winds. If you aren’t sure how to protect your home and
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  • Category: Insurance
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What to Do When Your City is Under a Winter Storm Warning
The winter season can be fun and exciting, with activities like skiing, ice skating, sledding, snowmobiling, and ice fishing. Add in the winter holidays for Christmas and New Year’s Eve, and you have some fun times even with the cold and snow. But a winter storm warning can put a damper on winter fun. Winter storms are a sobering part of
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a crack in a pipe that is frozen and bursting
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  • Category: Security
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How to Prevent Pipes from Bursting During Winter Storms
Winter is a great time for outdoor snow fun. Ice skating, sledding, skiing, snowmobiling, making snowmen, and building snow forts fill our free time. But winter is also the time to take care of homes and business buildings to prevent damage from freezing temperatures. When temperatures plunge, chances for freezing pipes skyrocket! This is the time to be vigilant
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