ADVISORY: “Air Stagnation Advisory”; Burn Ban In Effect
Late Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued an “Air Stagnation Advisory, ... and the ban is cancelled.; Natural gas, propane and pellet stoves or inserts ARE allowed. No visible smoke ... . Burning of storm and flood damage debris is also prohibited [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 02:53:12
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10 Ways to Ruin Your Health and Die Young
Let's face it, it's hard work to stay healthy. Sure, you might prolong your life by a few years if you eventually quit the death sticks, ... these ten simple instructions, and you'll be guaranteed a short, miserable life. Smoke like a chimney ... heading for serious liver damage, vision problems and eventually early death. Oh, and if you’re a bloke [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 14:26:29
Why cigarette smoke makes flu, other viral infections worse
A new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine could explain why the cold and flu virus symptoms that are often mild and transient in ... , the study also identified the mechanism by which viruses and cigarette smoke interact to increase lung inflammation and damage. [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 07:25:35
FIRE AT THE MORNING STAR
An electrical fire, which broke out at around 3 o’clock this morning, ... about one- third of our news room and caused smoke and water damage to both floors of our offices [more...]
Date: 2008-07-28 17:46:21
Driftwood Has Many Uses And Design Possibilities
Driftwood Has Many Uses And Design Possibilities From rustic looks to modern era design,driftwood is making a lasting impression onmany. ¶ Posted 09 October 2008 † Aydan Corkern § Home ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: damage, driftwood, fire, mold, plants, restoration, smoke, water [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 19:40:09
Every Christmas Eve I listen to the BBC Radio broadcast of "Lessons and Carols" ... after a seven-year restoration triggered by the smoke and water damage incurred in the fire [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 16:26:40
How is your heart health doing?
A few years ago, heart disease was THE leading cause of death in the country. It’s now in the same league as obesity ... that increase your risk of heart attack of course. Quit Smoking – Tobacco smoke contains around 4,800 chemicals, most of which can damage your heart and blood vessels on their own. Imagine these chemicals [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 04:00:42
Tactial Laser Could Work Like Long-Range Napalm
In science fiction, it's one zap of a laser gun, and you're dead. But real-life energy weapons likely won't work that way ... one centimeter deep. In real life, the laser would be much less effective, as smoke and steam would ... are lethal when they damage a vital organ (like the heart or the brain) or when they cause rapid blood [more...]
Date: 2008-09-06 13:55:14
Fire closes family, juvenile courts
Thurston County family and juvenile courts are scheduled to reopen today after the building they're in sustained smoke damage from a dryer fire Monday. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 07:59:00
New this week . . .
Presenting this week's auctions, mostly finds from Alabama ... my apartment was far at the end of the building where the least damage occurred. It still smells like smoke [more...]
Date: 2008-07-10 04:04:57
The Stone House - Tear Out Begins
Closet tore out and one cabinet down.This wall is coming out to extend the living room.Wood floor in the living room ... if it doesn't looked burned because it may still have smoke residue from the fire in it or water damage. So it is all going to be replaced. Starting with a clean slate so to speak.We made several [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 22:02:00
Fire damages 7 business units
An early morning fire at a row of businesses near Rancho Drive and Washington Avenue caused fire, smoke and water damage to at least seven units today, Las Vegas Fire Department officials say. [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 15:39:32
Cat alerts Dunedin man to fire
Dunedin_fire A late night fire in Dunedin caused $170,000 worth of damage to this home on Falcon Drive. The fire is under investigation. ... Department. Griffin's home sustained heavy fire and water damage. Pinellas Sheriff's Deputies ... him up, but a smoke detector would have been even better. - Luis Perez, Times staff writer Note to readers: [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 10:38:44
Keeping Yourself Safe From Fire
Keeping Yourself Safe From Fire A fire is no laughing matter, and when it ravages through your home, ... November 2008 † Aydan Corkern § Home ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: christmas, damage, fire, Home, lights, plugs, Repair, restoration, smoke, sockets [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 06:11:55
Nick Nolte’s Home Burns in Fire, Causes $3.5M in Damages
If you think you had a bad day today, at least you aren’t Nick Nolte ... also sustained damage and Nolte himself suffered smoke inhalation as well as abrasions. First [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 23:56:36
Twitter Terror
I was amused to read that a draft Army intelligence report identified micro-blogging service Twitter as a potential tool for terrorists ... up there with telephones, pen and paper, email, SMS, and smoke signals as a potential tool for terrorism. Each ... of damage. There is exceedingly little chance of it being used by terrorists, but it’s prudent to [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 15:12:22
More sad plastic news. Plus Year 2, Week 21 Results: .05 oz of plastic waste.
The format of this post will be a little different from most of my weekly tallies because I want to emphasize three stories in the news this week ... story, city officials claim the smoke was non-toxic. Really? Non-toxic PVC smoke? According ... skin burns and severe long-term respiratory damage," as well as dioxin, which has been found to cause [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 12:01:14
Destroyable Objects Pack for Torque Game Engine
Ever wanted to actually affect the objects you shoot at, applying a bit of damage, maybe destroy it altogether in a ball of fire smoke and sparks, leaving only a smoking wreck behind [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 17:52:39
Smokers Struck by Influenza Face Higher Mortality Rates
THURSDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) — In experiments with mice, U.S ... with influenza. The Yale University School of Medicine team found that a combination of cigarette smoke and compounds that mimic viral components caused more severe airway damage in a mouse model of chronic [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 13:54:26
Professor's body found in burned Idaho home
In air still thick with the smell of smoke, authorities and residents of a Boise subdivision assessed the damage Tuesday after a wind-whipped wildfire burned several homes. Officials tried [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 15:37:30
Fire damages St. Petersburg home
ST. PETERSBURG -- A fire damaged a home at 2009 19th St. S this evening, but no one was seriously injured. It started about 7 p.m ... . Homeowner Gloria Sanders, 54, was treated for minor smoke inhalation. Granata said there was no smoke alarm in the house, which suffered about $12,000 in damage. The cause of the fire is under [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 00:09:23
Secondary Sources: Bailout vs. Rescue, Main Street, Real Economy
A roundup of economic news from around the Web. Rescue vs ... that old Joe was the reckless sort, and now I fear that by stepping in and containing the damage ... . Then again, the kitchen is a total loss, and the smoke has permeated Joe’s house and ruined more than [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 13:56:40
Terror in the Heart of Islamabad
Islamabad — Just before 8pm on Saturday, my wife Katherine and I sat down for a quiet meal on what we thought would be a quiet night in Islamabad ... from the blast site. He could already see a column of smoke rising from in front of the Marriott hotel and described the damage to the building he was in; shattered glass and the collapse of false [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 20:15:35
Bakersfield fire kills dog, reveals 30 pets in house
Firefighters in Bakersfield put out a house fire only to find 25 cats and five dogs inside the smoky home, the Associated Press reports: Fire Capt. Bryan Perry says one dog died of smoke inhalation but firefighters revived four other pets ... $80,000 in damage. --Francisco Vara-Orta [more...]
Date: 2008-06-09 21:25:40
This Week on Drugs
Seattle isn’t the only city with an anti-pot zealot named Carr (we have Tom Carr, the city attorney) ... . This one’s, like, totally for Jerry Garcia! The ganja-guys then cite the alleged “collateral damage ... to turn on the alarm clock. They went out for a smoke break and never returned. They missed the bus, man [more...]
Date: 2008-07-12 01:24:24
Dozing man awakens to grease fire spreading in his home
TAMPA -- A North Tampa man had a startling awakening early this morning when the grease he was using to cook chicken started a house fire, ... . Lenton WIlson, 49, of 1510 Charm Lane was treated for minor smoke inhalation but did not go to the hospital, the release states. Damage to his home is estimated at $55,000. Kim Wilmath, Times Staff [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 00:01:46
Chillin' At the Water Cooler With Bengal Fans: Blacked Out On and Off the Field
Filed under: Bengals, AFC North, NFL FansI live and work in the Metro Cincinnati area and the Bengals are usually on everyone's brain ... (William has yet to have his power turned back on) and there is wide-spread property damage (my roof ... . He will fire Marvin and then hire someone and blow smoke about how everything will change. Nothing [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 11:31:00
Lucky 7 final
The last shooter crapped out, and the dealer passes the dice to me. Could this be a glimpse of things to come? ... all. Expecting miracles from a man is a sure recipe for let down. Even with smoke and mirrors of the Press, the illusion will soon fail, but the damage will be done. True to form, the Press will soon [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 01:37:55
Tips For Water Damage
Help full tips in what to for water damage by SERVPRO: Remove as much excess water as possible by mopping and blotting ... , Smoke & Soot - Cleaning Mold Mitigation & Remediation Move Outs & Content Restoration ... ; Renovation Contractors,Mold/Radon/Air Quality Services,Painting Contractors,Residential/House [more...]
Date: 2008-07-11 20:46:46
Prevent Prostate Cancer!
In the United States alone, it is estimated that more than twenty eight thousand men die from prostate cancer each year? ... changes you can do is to stop smoking, if you smoke. Recent studies have not found a direct link ... throughout your body, it also causes major damage to your respiratory system. This can lead to problems [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 05:33:07
Nuclear Reaction - A Greenpeace blog about nuclear power: Feeling the heat at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
So what’s going on at Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant? ... . Kashiwazaki.jpg Black smoke rises from a burning electrical transformer near one of the Kashiwazaki ... . Whether this damage can be properly detected is heavily disputed among Japanese experts [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 15:47:28
The Fires
Here in Southern California, if you sit outside for more than half a minute you're bound to see some pieces of ash falling on your head ... on wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and blanketed the region in smoke. Fires burned ... days for the people of Southern California," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said after touring damage [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 01:42:39
Good Samaritan Sued For Rendering Aid
The California Supreme Court ruled against a woman on Thursday who provided aid to her co-worker at the scene of a car crash ... and Torti, the passenger, reportedly saw smoke and liquid coming from the crash vehicle and feared ... the ground. Van Horn suffered permanent damage to her spinal cord as a result of the vertebrae injury [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 23:26:27
New Year Traditions
I’ve always been fascinated by traditions. It always amazes me how people will blindly follow “traditions” with out knowing the meaning behind them ... up in smoke, the firecrackers also go off to add to the festivities. The old year is forgotten ... the damage to the door, littering.. ahh the USA! (sigh). DENMARK - It is a good sign to find your door [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 23:44:39
Toxins in Breast Milk
My son recently hit the one-year mark and we’re still nursing, albeit not as frequently anymore ... is their potential to damage babies’ mental and motor development. Unless a mother has had an unusually ... who consume alcohol or smoke cigarettes retain more chemical [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 22:39:17
Updated: Three-alarm fire roars through nursery north of Keizer
Updated: Three-alarm fire roars through nursery north of Keizer Posted by Stuart Tomlinson, The Oregonian July 11, 2008 18:30PM Categories: ... Wholesale Nursery, 8125 Windsor Island Road N., and sent up smoke visible from Interstate 5 north of Keizer ... six greenhouses, causing at least $1 million in damage. No injuries were reported. Marion County [more...]
Date: 2008-07-11 17:30:44
How wildfire hit 2 real estate families
First, a sample of the great work of Register photographers …. Mindy Schauer Ken Steinhardt [ ... on Sky Ridge in the Hidden Hills neighborhood. The smoke alarm went off and she and her son got ... . Location and resources Traffic Closures Evacuations Shelters Damage Heroes: Your stories [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 04:16:12
100,000 Sony Notebook Batteries To Be Recalled
CNET has just posted a disastrous news item about Sony batteries that will be a big pain in the side, especially in these troubled economic times ... overheating incidents worldwide. Some of the overheating resulted in smoke or flames, leading to some “small burns,” and about half of the incidents included “minor property damage,” according to Sony [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 22:30:44
Water Restoration 911
I woke too early this morning, so....while I am waiting for my son to wake up, I made myself more useful by reading the "Water Restoration 911" site ... , water damage, water restoration, basement leak or you have a broken pipe, carpet drying and fire ... , Fire restoration, Smoke restoration and Sewage & Drain Backups. If you need more detailed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 05:49:23
Biden's Mega-Gaffe Energizes Talk Radio, McCain Campaign
INSTANT IMPLOSIONBiden's 'Calamity' Remark = Damage Control For ObamaBetter than anything their worst enemies could have cooked up in a dark, smoke-filled room, the Obama campaign is playing defense over a bizarre comment by VP pick Joe Biden.Predicting that Barack Obama would be "tested" by terrorist strikes against the US during [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 16:41:00
It's Raining Willy Pete.....
The use of Willy Pete in the world's largest open-air prison.It's raining WP over gaza.ToxFAQs™forWhite Phosphorus(Fósforo Blanco) ... and is used in chemical manufacturing and smoke munitions. Exposure to white phosphorus may cause burns and irritation, liver, kidney, heart, lung, or bone damage, and death. White phosphorus [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:21:00
British Army blows up WWII bomb in London
LONDON, England (CNN) — A neighborhood in east London was getting back to normal Saturday after British Army engineers detonated a large World War ... , London’s Metropolitan Police said. Video of the blast showed brown dirt, debris and black smoke shooting into the air when the bomb went off. There were no reports of any injuries or damage [more...]
Date: 2008-06-07 08:36:26
Doubt Is Their Product: An Excerpt
David Michaels is a scientist and former government regulator ... warming, toxic chemicals, sugar and obesity, secondhand smoke- these scientists generate studies ... their risk of developing Reye’s syndrome, a serious illness that often involves sudden damage to the brain [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 13:15:24
Major Apt. Fire In SeaTac
Major Apt. Fire In SeaTac KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON, ... . Several others were injured as well, mostly from minor burns and smoke inhalation. The 48-unit building had 12 units destroyed and a dozen more with structural damage. The rest of the building [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 17:28:51
Actor Nick Nolte escapes through window as fire engulfs house
Actor Nick Nolte escapes through window as fire engulfs house Submitted by Sahil Nagpal on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 22:51 ... from smoke inhalation and abrasions, but was not hospitalized. According to celebrity website E! Online, the fire caused damage worth an estimated 3.4 million dollars. (dpa) » Login or register [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 22:51:56
Fire destroys Oldsmar house
An early-morning blaze destroyed a house in East Lake Woodlands that broke out while the owner was away. At 4:11 a.m ... . Another neighbor also smelled smoke but assumed it was from a fireplace because, according to East Lake Fire Rescue. There was significant damage to the second floor and the roof burned off. The resident [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 18:24:05
Two-Alarm Fire on Quebec Place, NW
At 8:05 this morning, more than 120 firefighters descended on 1034 Quebec Place, NW, where a massive blaze had consumed most of the house, inflicted extensive damage to the homes on either side, and charred a corpse on the second floor ... had no working smoke alarms. Any household in the district can get a free alarm by calling 202-673-3331. [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 18:11:52
Chuck Amato relieved of his duties?
If you frequent Tomahawk Nation, then you probably know that we think Chuck Amato is a horrible coach and a cancer that could haunt this program for ... for failure once he does take over, might have made some headway in limiting the damage Amato ... not in the locker room, so I can't say all this happened, but where there's smoke... Now, he's recruiting [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 11:00:10
Combat: Not So Healthy After All
So it turns out that breathing in all that burning MRE plastic, walking through Iraqi raw sewage, and inhaling the oil smoke from blown pipelines isn't quite as healthy as we all thought ... cause any long-term damage." [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 20:09:18
India: Media, Mumbai and Terror Attacks
This post is part of the Global Voices coverage on the terror attacks in Mumbai, India on November 26, 2008 ... shut up Barkha Dutt of NDTV. She is causing more damage to the country by FUD than the terrorists themselves. And from the perspective of a media man, Smoke Signals writes a poignant post on news [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 09:57:51
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