Electrical Safety in the Summer: Preventing Hazards and Avoiding Power Outages

Electrical accidents tend to spike during the summer months, due to a combination of skyrocketing demand from air conditioning, volatile summer thunderstorms, and outdoor mishaps that may involve swimming pools or alcohol.

Safety aside, there are other good reasons to avoid summertime electrical accidents— like protecting your home’s value. While there are a lot of things you can skip fixing before selling your house, the electrical system definitely isn’t one of them. While you could likely offload it to a company that buys houses for cash, you’ll potentially leave thousands of dollars on the table, compared to what you could’ve gotten in a conventional sale. Still, overhauling your electrical system before listing will take time and could cost you a significant amount of money.

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9 Ways to Preserve Food That Don’t Require Electricity

9 Ways to Preserve Food That Don't Require Electricity
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If you’ve ever been away on vacation and the power goes out – and stays out – can you imagine the state of your refrigerator or freezer when you return?

Yuck!

So let’s take this scenario a little further.

Imagine what would happen if you couldn’t replace that food – such as in the event of a natural disaster, electrical failure or a large disruption in food distribution.  

If you can’t figure out how to store that frozen food in another form so that it won’t spoil, you would be hungry. That’s an unfortunate state to be in – especially during stressful times.

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