There is no doubt whatsoever that smoking is bad for your personal health and those around you. And at work, everyone has long assumed that cigarette smoking “miscreants” are costing the company money. A recent study published in the journal Tobacco Control has put a number to the perception. As it turns out, a smoker can cost an …
Besides providing a quality education, good schools are defined by good play spaces for their students. Parents, teachers, and community members of Newark, New Jersey, are up in arms about the Lafayette Street School’s take on a playground: a repurposed parking lot. The Ironbound grammar school adheres to a long-standing practice of children sharing their …
As hurricane season approaches, pet owners will have to make some tough decisions. Evacuating with pets during an emergency is often not an option, since most shelters do not take pets in. For Georgia residents, however, there is some respite. Georgia’s new pet evacuation center The SAFE center is the brainchild of George McCommon, currently its …
The two-mile wide tornado that formed over Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013 registered at the top of the scale at EF-5. In an EF-5 tornado, cars will be flung into the air, strong houses leveled to their foundation, the structure of high rises deformed and, according to one definition “incredible phenomena will occur.” The …
Even though the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are considered high-risk areas for hurricanes, the Tampa Bay area in Florida has been lucky so far. Except for a few problems due to tropical storms, the region has not witnessed any disastrous damage due to hurricanes for the past seven years. But Florida officials are not relying …
Home should be where kids are the safest, not the most susceptible to danger. When 70% of children hurt or killed by cars are hit several blocks from their own homes, it’s time to elevate safety efforts in neighborhood and residential areas. Some safety messages can blend ineffectually into the background, but it’s been proven that …
After causing widespread panic, Cyclone Mahasen weakened considerably as it reached the Bangladesh coast. Fearing severe devastation, more than 800,000 people had already been evacuated in Bangladesh. Evacuees took refuge in 2000 cyclone shelters, schools, and colleges along the country’s long coastline. A beefed-up emergency preparedness plan was put in place to help the country …