Because of the high risks, The Umatilla County Fire District has published an urgent warning on their Facebook page. Extension cords and power strips are perfect to have at home when you don’t have enough power …
The fires traveled so quickly and unexpectedly that many people were caught unaware when the fires began to bear down on their own homes. People who thought that they were safe were suddenly faced with …
On a farm in Sonoma County, California, Odin a Great Pyrenees dog, was raised by owner Roland Hendel. Odin’s main duty on the farm was to guard the family’s many goats from coyotes and mountain …
Chy-Niece Thacker was on her way to a work interview when she was pulled over by a policeman. She immediately pulled over, turned her engine off and waited for him to walk over. The policeman, Officer Jenkins, had noticed that …
Firefighters have been braving violent forest fires in Portugal in one of the country’s worst modern disasters. The casualties continue to rise. So far, 64 people have died and 50 have been injured. But these figures …
Photo: Privat Jacob had fallen onto glowing embers that were hidden by the sand. Someone had probably had a fire there the night before and thought the fire would go out if they covered it with …
A customer was dissatisfied with the service he received from a restaurant called Little Italy in Anchorage, Alaska. He called up the restaurant to lodge a complaint. But instead of scolding the employee, the restaurant …
The forest where Peni and her mother lived that been their ancestors’ home in West Borneo for countless years, but over the past decades, it had been stripped to create palm oil trees. The devastation …
Visitors to Kolarbyn Eco-Lodge, in Skinnskatteberg, near Stockholm, Sweden, take a step back into time back to when Sweden’s iron industry flourished and farmers and forest workers burned wood here to make charcoal until the mid-20th century. …
(My friend owns a couple of clothing stores through his family. He dresses quite humbly, so people don’t really recognize that he is an owner. On this day, I’m accompanying him while he checks on …