Structural upgrades, like a garage or outdoor patio, can add value to any home. With a relatively small investment in supplies and skilled labor, a home’s curb appeal can skyrocket overnight. Before you turn on the Home and Garden channel for ideas, considering some unconventional wisdom and tinkering that could save your life as well…
Tornadoes and severe weather don’t take holidays, and neither should you when it comes to investing in steel protection. It seems as if tornado season is growing every year. In fact, we can’t remember if last year’s tornado season ever ended. Tornado Alley has become a misnomer as any community in America is vulnerable to…
To many Americans, owning firearms is a birthright. Since the Revolutionary War, America’s fascination with rifles and shooting is rivaled only by its intense love of classic automobiles. Regardless which side of the gun control debate you might fall upon, gun ownership will likely continue well into the 21st century. A recent Gallup poll that…
The Doomsday Clock is ticking closer to midnight. With every failed negotiation by the world’s nuclear powers, the international community is skidding closer to proverbial midnight on the infamous Doomsday Clock. Largely symbolic, the clock is analogous to a pulse on world events and how close we are to the collapse of human civilization. Initially…
Disaster doesn’t discriminate on the basis of nationality, gender or race. No one is immune to the cataclysms that weather and insidious forces manifest without warning. Even when precautionary weather forecasts perform due diligence in ensuring the message of impending doom is broadcasted far and near, we never can entirely escape the sidewinding sickle of…
Schools were once thought to be sanctuaries for our children. These hallowed halls of learning represented much more than an indicator of a developed nation. When we saw our children step into those big, bright yellow busses, we knew they were in good hands. But times have changed. We no longer live in the American…
Do you remember the retro ‘duck and cover’ videos of the 1950s? In these grainy black and white portrayals of this bygone area, classes were interrupted by the threat of an imminent nuclear holocaust. School children were immediately instructed to hide under their desks as a Soviet rocket homed in on their location. A bomb…
By Zac Thomas Although the murder and crime rate in 2019 has declined 2.7 percent, there is still crime happening everywhere in the United States. In the world we live in now, you never know what could happen to you and your family on any certain day. CNN has done a recent study on the…
U.S. Safe Rooms services homeowners and families throughout the country. However, we know that commercial businesses need safety as well. These are turbulent times, created by the anxiety in a wavering economy coupled with a population unsure of the foundation they walk on. It seems that nearly everyone is a target, for every reason. Not…
Safe rooms are one home defense measure you would rather have and not need than need and not have. We’ve all had that similar feeling – you’re at home alone, late at night, and you begin to hear strange sounds. Instantly, your eyes widen and your muscles tense as you feverishly try to explain to…