Is Your Home In Need Of Basement Waterproofing?

by Cooper Waldstein If you are a homeowner, then it is your responsibility to make sure that you protect your investment by maintaining and ... your budget to protect your home from water damage. Always inquire about different levels ... and even poor construction, newer homes can experience flooding and water damage, too. Plenty [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 11:56:24

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Six Remodeling Mistakes To Avoid

Doing it yourself can save thousands of dollars. But making mistakes during your remodel can be costly and dangerous ... common mistakes remodeling rookies make.Failing to locate water cutoffs Before you start any work, especially in wet areas like bathrooms and kitchens, you need to locate the water cutoff [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:53:00

What we are doing for flood victims in Bihar?

About Flood in Bihar this year(2008) THE KOSI RIVER- A part of Ganges, Brahmaputra & ... that it will get worse. 2. Once the flood water starts pacifying there will be out break of epidemics ... comparatively.(crops in 1.06 lakh hectare wiped off). Intensity of water forces- huge (flow of water through [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 08:18:58

Morning Juice: Twins bite hard, smell White Sox blood in water

Morning Juice: Twins bite hard, smell White Sox blood in water By David Brown This and every weekday a.m ... homers, Delmon Young does serious damage and Javier Vazquez pitches tiny in a big game for the umpteenth ... , against homer machine Matt Guerrier. Water, meet underside of bridge. Ken Doll also had another funny [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 12:14:56

Restoration Updates on the Flooded Farnsworth House

Returning to a story from the other day about the flooding at Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House here in rural Illinois, ... as a blog with updates on the restoration process. And it isn't just "things are looking better every ... significant and costly damage has occurred around the core. We will have to reconstruct the three [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 14:04:53

Kitchen Tip Everyone Needs to Read

Refrigerator Be sure to read and find out just how you can avoid water damage in your kitchen ... this year? Do you have a refrigerator that is hooked-up to water allowing either ice cubes to be made or water from the door? Water damage on a kitchen floor or worse yet, in the wall is very costly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:00:08

Swanky Dog Hotel?

Proposed Bill: Humans, Pets Buried in Single GraveBy Chantal Anderson - Seattle Times staff reporterSen. Ken Jacobsen and his cat Sam that died several years ago. The Seattle Democrat has filed a bill that would allow the commingling of human and pet remains. Forget the notion that dogs are man's best friend. To Sen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:00:00

Bad Luck Comes in Threes

Admittedly, I don't really believe in bad luck - or good luck for that matter ... scrubbing and sanitizing caging before the animals could be returned outside. We are planning to repair physical damage to cages this spring. Enter December 27th with the polar melt and Itasca flooded [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 20:39:21

Fiji Flooding: “The economic costs will be massive”

The sun peeked from behind the mass of clouds in parts of the Fiji island group Thursday morning, ... damage to highways, bridges and businesses. The government estimated the destruction to cost ... separate times in the previous week, told a local radio station economic damage to business and individual [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:12:26

ioSafe Solo 1.5TB - Best External Hard Drive for Customers

ioSafe Solo is the world’s first 1.5TB external hard drive with high level of protection and ruggedness ... loss from water damage. “For less than 30 cents per gigabyte, no other solution I can think ... waterproof and fireproof. Under fresh water or salt water it can resist at 10 foot depth for 3 days, while [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:58:01

Insurance Considerations for RV Owners

Insurance Considerations for RV Owners Posted by Dark Spider at January 18, ... , breakdown, generators and appliances, awnings, slide-outs, specialized repair requirements ... exposure equal to a flood and extended vibrations worse than most Earthquakes. You drive this home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:07:27

Fixing Monopolistic Utilities

from AguanomicsFixing Monopolistic Utilities[This is an important post ... has a post on the TVA fuckup (a retaining wall collapsed, letting loose a huge flood of flyash ... to do that is to prohibit self-insurance against environmental damage. Instead have independent companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 10:00:00

9 Israeli HR groups call for urgent humanitarian action in Gaza

At a press conference held Wednesday in Jerusalem, a coalition of nine mainstream Israeli human rights groups presented a dramatic call to the Government of Israel to act immediately to end further violations of the Law of War in Gaza and relieve the humanitarian crisis in the territory [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:39:38

How To Avoid The Fallout From Imploding Hedge Funds

The wild swings in stocks of late are most likely down to imploding hedge funds says Keith Fitz-Gerald. These big money movers are liquidating assets like crazy to meet margin calls, causing chaos in the markets. Keith has four tips on how to dodge the worst of the damage. He says it is essential [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 14:26:39

All You Need to Know Water Cleanups

Before you zero in on just about any water cleanup service for your instantaneous water damage requirements, be very sure that you are going in for a professional water damage company that has adequate experience. A good company should be aware of quick and timely restoration, as the first requirement [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:29:37

Covering Up Israeli War Crimes

U.S. Media Elite Covering Up Israeli War Crimesby Stephen LendmanIn his January 8 article, ‘Gaza Under Fire,’ John Pilger quotes the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko saying: ‘When the truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 23:54:00

Emo Battlestar Galactica

Before the third Matrix movie came out, many fans couldn’t stop lavishing praise over the writers. They over-analyzed every conversation, every detail. They saw the religious and mythical themes as prelude to a Great Meaning as if the show was to become the equivalent of a Sophocles masterpiece [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:36:34

Covering for Israel, Concealing War Crimes

By STEPHEN LENDMANIn his January 8 article, "Gaza Under Fire," John Pilger quotes the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko saying: "When the truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie." America's dominant media suppress facts, sacrifice accuracy, and conceal the greater lie that: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:17:00

Why Basement Waterproofing Is Important For Every Home

Why Basement Waterproofing Is Important For Every Home By Cooper Waldstein | January 17, 2009 by Cooper Waldstein If you are a homeowner, ... to protect your home from water damage. Always inquire about different levels of pricing for different ... about their professionalism and employees. Although basement flooding and water damage is more common [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:09:45

Water, Water, Everywhere

Water is having a significant impact on many people's lives around the world right now. From droughts to quake lakes, floods to monsoons, people and animals are dealing with water ... with something so basic as water. Department of Water and Power workers are emptying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:30:33

Green River valley could face increased risk of flooding

Damage to the Howard Hansen Dam on the Green River will restrict the amount of water the dam can hold and potentially increase flooding in ... the damage to the right abutment to the dam, according to the Corps. The flood event two weeks ago caused the damage, the Crops explained. “The Corps has high confidence in the current integrity of the dam [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 01:20:08

Water damage restoration services

Here is a nice review about the best water damage restoration services provider ... extraction, sewage clean-ups, crawl space drying, structural drying, basement drying, dehumidification ... , wind damage and mold remediation. This company is also offering the cleaning service that will handle [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:29:14

Worst natural disasters to strike tribes in 2008

PHOTO: Picher, Okla. Indian Country TodayBy Terri C ... and sometimes, entire homes, costing tribal lives. The Federal Emergency Management Agency declared disasters ... wind damage and severe flooding, as well as damage to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in Alabama.Two [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:30:00

Buyer's Basic Guide to The Foreclosure Process and REOs

I've written articles on when you can't make your mortgage payment and how to react if you see foreclosure coming in time to do something about it, ... have any choice but to sell. They'll flood you with offers, but they won't be good offers. Now if you're [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 14:45:32

Friday at the "Organize It" Party with 2 Giveaways.

It's Friday at the "Organize It" Party and today our focus is on bringing organization to our computers, going paperless and we even have TWO gifts (giveaways) today.Declutter your computerBy: Marcia FrancoisToday I want to talk about an area of the office that may just be one of my favourite things to organise – your computer! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:45:00

At Frontline of Foreclosure Crisis, Counties Go It Alone

Image by: Matt Mahurin With graffiti-scarred walls, ... properties like the Irongate townhouse — the damage left behind by the subprime mess. Unlike banks ... to buy up and repair foreclosed houses. But since the Hope for Homeowners program launched [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 11:01:40

N.U.: RMS To Help With Better U.K. Flood Maps

National Underwriter Property & Casualty: "RMS To Help With Better U.K. Flood Maps. NU Online News Service, Jan. 19, 3:33 p.m ... industry, will now incorporate the latest RMS flood mapping data it into its analysis for homebuyers and legal solicitors. The U.K. Flood Risk Assessment maps cover all sources of flood risk [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:45:38

From the Hands of Hostile Gods - Ch. 29

<–Chapter 28 / Chapter 30 –> He waited. Through the rumble of the Escape Module engaging its engines, through the heady and violent roar of its launch up through the retractable dome, through the ensuing silences and emptiness of a station abandoned of all human life but his own, Brett waited [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:44:27

Best 40 Photos of 2008 by MSNBC

South Korea loses historic gateSouth Korea's "No. 1 national treasure," Namdaemun, burns in Seoul on Feb. 11. Police said a 69-year-old man admitted setting the fire. Namdaemun, "the great southern gate," was built in the original walls surrounding Seoul during the Joseon Dynasty. Construction began in 1395 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:09:00

ioSafe Unveils the ioSafe Solo - Worlds First 1.5TB External Hard Drive

That Protects Against Data Loss From the Risks of Fires and Floods Compared to Seagate FreeAgent vs ... inch Seagate or Western Digital SATA internal hard disk drive with its patented fireproof and flood ... in fire temperatures up to 1,550 degrees Fahrenheit and flood protection down to a 10 foot depth [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:04:18

The Blame Game in Gaza: Covering for Israel, Concealing War Crimes

In his January 8 article, "Gaza Under Fire," John Pilger quotes the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko saying: "When the truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie." America's dominant media suppress facts, sacrifice accuracy, and conceal the greater lie that: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:15:00

Is This the “Better World” You Were Talking About?

Comments are moderated. I grew up as television was growing up. I was born in 1956 and lived through the “Golden Age” of network television. Television was part of my childhood and teenage years, but I had no reference point before television [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:34:08

Rising sea levels threaten East Coast

Rising sea levels threaten East Coast 18 Jan 2009, 1123 hrs IST, REUTERS WASHINGTON: ... areas drain," the report found. Floods will probably cause more damage in the future as higher ... barrier. Consequently, homes and businesses would be closer to the water's edge. Rising sea levels [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:32:07

In Cedar Rapids, Culver makes case for revenue bonds

[ Gov. Chet Culver made his case for a $700 million state incentive while surrounded by stud-bare and plastic-covered walls at the Cedar Rapids ... , they are not eligible for federal funds,” he said. “In addition, we are setting up a case management [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:11:12

Cedar Rapids Library Seeks Books for Donation

p016757-1.jpg Cedar Rapids, Iowa suffered a terrible flood this summer and as a result the Cedar Rapids Public Library was nearly destroyed. Federal funds are being used to rebuild but there are no funds to replace the 20,000-30,000 books destroyed as a result of the water damage. If you want to donate books for the library or items [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 03:45:01

Mekong Delta set for high tides during festive season

Deputy Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Tai on Jan. 14 urged district authorities to complete ongoing protective works against storms and flood tides ... of the city Flood and Storm Prevention and Control Committee, said the work of consolidating dykes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:03:00

Cagayan de Oro Flash Flood Causes

Though, the long article that I wrote about the Cagayan de Oro Flash Flood appears to haven’t gained any popularity among the readers of my main ... explanation why the water level rose to such unexpected height that it has caused a lot of damage ... on what was the real cause of the Cagayan de Oro Flash Flood, and what the reason behind the Flash Flood [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:19:41

Terms and Conditions

Booking The sending of the on-line contact form confirms your acceptance of the terms and conditions set out below ... of the rental charge confirms your acceptance to pay for any damage of any kind caused ... damage of any kind, excessive cleaning costs or excessive use of electricity the named person [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:29:25

The End of Prosperity - The Worst Is Yet to Come by Stephen Lendman

Posted by dandelionsalad on November 3, 2008 Dandelion Salad by Stephen Lendman Global Research, October 31, 2008 From too much of a good thing. From the 1980s and 1990s excesses. From the longest ever US bull market. Heavily manipulated to keep it levitating. From August 1982 to January 2000 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 18:03:19

Coal waste dumps: ticking toxic time bombs

Tom Yulsman of the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado ran the following post on the toxic nature of coal combustion ... , and that they have been steadily cleaning up their act. So in the aftermath of the spill from the TVA’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 08:00:14

Where FEMA Was, Where FEMA Is Now, and Where FEMA Is Going

A bit of FEMA PR info: Agency Accomplishments: In 2008, FEMA responded to 90 declared disasters and assisted 36 states ... and $30 billion in damage, based on FEMA and insurance industry figures. FEMA has reimbursed Texas ... in assistance to local communities. Supplied more than 42 million liters of water and 41 million emergency [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:40:27

flooding for Sergio's family: AGAIN!

Sergio's family is again experiencing horrible flooding in the state of Tabasco (Mexico) ... disasters in the history of Mexico. The damage was the equivalent to the whole state of Massachusetts being under water. In 2007, people died, lost their homes-over 1,000,000 residents were affected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:52:03

Low south of Puerto Rico could develop, threaten East Coast by next weekend

Low south of Puerto Rico could develop, threaten East Coast by next weekend by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune Sunday September 21, 2008, 10:10 AM The National Hurricane Center this morning issued a special tropical disturbance statement about a low pressure system just south of Puerto Rico that could develop into a tropical depression by [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 00:15:30

Giving Proper Attention To Basement Waterproofing

Giving Proper Attention To Basement Waterproofing By Cooper Waldstein | January 18, ... in water damage repair. Did you know that most basement waterproofing calls are made after a home has already had a flood? It’s unfortunate that more homeowners don’t realize that basement waterproofing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 12:19:03

Determine Your Flood Damage Costs with this Tool

“Two inches of flood water can cost you $7,800.” estimates the National Flood Insurance Program established by the US Federal government ... of flood water, the cost of the damage nearly reaches $19,000. At 26 inches of flood water, you’re looking at a water damage cost of over $26,000. You’ll have to also repair your electrical system [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:09:22

Northwest Flooding-Again!

(2007 floods in Centralia/Chehalis, photo courtesy of Nate Ritter) ... about flooding in an area that’s a designated flood plain. But the damage has been particularly dramatic ... things, restricting further development in flood plains [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:13:43

Western Washington Sees Pattern of Severe Flooding

... -cutting (leaving less vegetation to soak up water and hold the soil in place), and over-development in flood plane areas (leaving too many people’s houses too low in the face of rising rivers) … [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:24:51

Galveston

Still in ruins: I could tell you about the billions in damage. I could tell you that the historic “Wall Street of the South” downtown took on 11 feet of water ... when they will. That the wind insurance people say the surge is a water insurance problem and the flood [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 13:32:45

Flood Damage Cleanup - Do It Yourself Tips

Accumulated water from flood can cause a lot of problems for any household. It can damage the structure of the house, damage various household objects, and moreover it can cause severe health hazards. To avoid such problem, you would need a proper flood damage cleanup [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:25:09

Future of Tommy Bartlett Show in Jeopardy?

An article that appeared recently in the Capital Times suggests that if Tommy Bartlett, Inc ... in the event of catastrophic damage that interrupted the Tommy Barlett show.  The popular water ski ... here is to keep the Tommy Bartlett Water Ski Show alive and without this that is going to be very [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:20:10

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