Author: April
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What do Animals do During Thunderstorms?
During what seemed to be a typical thunderstorm, a tragic event occurred for my family in North Carolina. During the storm, a squirrel who was trying to find shelter crawled into their electrical transformer and was electrocuted. The electrocution caused a devastating fire that claimed their North Carolina home. It was a freak of nature,…
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Why is the Oregon Trail Important?
As a child of the 1980s who went to a progressive, wealthy school district (I was not wealthy), we had the opportunity to utilize and play with some of the first computers tailored for educational use. They were the original Macintosh personal computers, and our elementary school had thirty-five of them. Each week, a classroom…
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Best Thing About the City of Vancouver
For the third year in a row now, British Colombia Vancouver ranked in the top 10 most livable cities in the world in the EIU Global Liveability Index 2024. Vancouver and Calgary are now the only Canadian cities to be included in the list by the Economic Intelligence Unit, the research and analysis division of…
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Does Adderall Help with Social Anxiety?
Around seven years ago, my youngest son and I were both diagnosed with ADHD: I, a writer, and he, a high school student. I particularly have a hard time staying on track, especially with writing. It’s difficult for me to sit for long stretches, so I try to take regular breaks to get up and…
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History of Floods in California
With all of the droughts, wildfires, and earthquakes, how could flooding and water damage occur in California? I would have thought that droughts would eliminate the worry of floods. Apparently not. Let’s see what the experts have to say. According to The U.S. Geological Society, “Droughts and floods are extreme events in the water cycle…
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Difference Between Public Adjuster and Independent Adjuster
When my neighbor finally bought the camper of their dreams, they planned to hit the road and see the United States. Unfortunately, a few weeks before their departure, a big storm came through our neighborhood, taking down trees and flooding the local rivers adjacent to our homes. Sadly, one of the oldest and most beautiful…
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Can You Drive if You Lost Your License?
Most of us understand that if we lose our license or enhanced driver’s license in Michigan, we can visit the Secretary of State (SoS) and apply for a replacement. Other states call the SoS the DMV (department of motor vehicles). At any of the locations, we will have to provide legal and proper identification to…
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How Often do Dryer Fires Happen
The smell that comes from a house fire is a smell one will never forget. When my grandparents’ dryer caught fire in the basement, they called the fire department but did not make a claim on their homeowners, although they had to spend a lot of money on restoration costs. Fortunately for them, at the…
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Importance of Removing Tree Stumps
While it is possible that earthquakes claim California neighborhood trees and fires claim their forestland, what is left after the disaster could cause even more damage if they’re not cleaned up or removed correctly. Three important reasons to remove tree stumps: Before we go into details regarding the top three reasons to remove tree stumps,…
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Is Albany Considered Upstate New York?
Growing up in Michigan, when we travel to the northern part of our state, we say that we’re “going up north.” While I have been to the northern part of New York to see Niagara Falls, I did not learn of the term “going upstate” through the many times we vacationed there; instead, I learned…