When Caitlin and Dan moved into the stately colonial, it was a dream come true. Until they sniffed the noxious stink that they couldn’t trace. “Emanating from somewhere deep in the house was an unmistakably pungent, yet unrecognizable, smell,” Caitlin wrote in the real estate section of a popular newspaper.… Read more »
Annually, hundreds of people die and many more suffer serious property damage due to “wind-related tree failures” that accompany extreme weather like thunderstorms, derechos, hurricanes and tornadoes. “Tree failures are particularly likely if strong wind follows a saturating storm,” comments Wayne Merlino, Owner, Paul Davis of Palatine, Illinois. “But it’s… Read more »
Winter was harsh across Canada, bringing deep snow, howling winds, plunging thermometers, ice buildup, freezing rain and rapid temperature fluctuations. As a gentler season arrives, Paul Davis urges commercial property owners to see how flat roofing systems weathered this particularly fearsome winter. Intact roofing is critical to handling heavy spring… Read more »
The Minneapolis Grain Exchange, which opened in 1881 in the city’s downtown, has moved tons of hard red wheat through its halls. The historic building functioned for many years as the ‘Wall Street” for grain, a bustling meeting place in which buyers and sellers traded, purchased and hawked this starchy… Read more »
In February, an unusually brutal cold snap overtaxed the Texas power grid and caused a widespread and prolonged power loss. As the thermometer plunged and remained well below freezing, four million Texans shivered in the dark. Businesses struggled to safeguard valuable assets and blunt the financial impact of the weather… Read more »