Armed with hurricane and EF-2 tornado force, violent winds straight out of a disaster movie roared through Cedar Rapids and the Iowa City corridor on Monday, August 10. The fallout was stunning, heartbreaking and incredibly costly. “It’s unlike anything we’ve seen recently,” Mid-American Energy spokesperson Tina Hoffman told The Des Moines Register. The monster storm, […]
As a red Hawkeye sun shoots down scorching rays on another humid 90-degree July day, you start seeing funny things … It’s so hot in Iowa today I saw a police officer chasing a bank robber. They were both walking. It’s so hot in Iowa today the devil was spotted in Wal-Mart buying an air […]
“The best friend on earth of man is the tree.” – Frank Lloyd Wright They are treasured, beautiful landmarks accenting your home’s property and landscaping. They are living history, tracing their lineage back dozens and even hundreds of years. They are loyal providers of shade on hot summer days and a child’s best friend when […]
380 Companies is offering free car sanitizing to first responders, front line workers and even general public. Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm tents are set to provide a hot fog medical grade disinfectant for your car. This fog can actually reach places a normal cleaning with a rag would miss. Bryan […]
Quick Action Key To Salvaging Cherished Valuables By Clete Campbell All is lost. The natural feeling of every homeowner after a flooding disaster is understandable. Water has just ravaged your greatest investment and rocked and soaked your family’s American Dream to the foundation. The reassuring news is many valuable and essential household items, and priceless, […]
For home roofs, there are no off days, no offseason and no halftime intermissions. Roofs work every day tirelessly to defend our homes and families from the worst weather nature hurls its way. Roofs simply are the hardest working structures in America. But when should a roof retire after a long career? Like a star […]
In what may unfortunately seem like wet déjà vu all over again, apprehensive Iowa homeowners are again bracing for potentially severe flooding this spring. In a word, the National Weather Service calls Iowa’s spring flooding forecast “grim.” The NWS is predicting a strong threat for potentially serious flooding in eastern Iowa. From the Mississippi River […]
Winter treats our homes with all the tenderness of a sledgehammer slamming into drywall and a hungry shark devouring a meal. For some seasonally unreasonable reason, winter has a grudge for our homes. When reached for comment, Old Man Winter declined, saying he was too busy plotting another winter storm to hurl on Iowa. Mother […]
Friends, welcome to January: The month of great hope, the month of great goals, the month of great dreams and the month of resolutions. Unfortunately, the harsh, time-tested reality of February states we will have forgotten most of our ambitious plans for the new year by 2020’s second month. But for homeowners, the new year […]
When Old Man Winter goes cold this winter, don’t go colder, or you might find yourself unexpectedly living in a frozen Arendelle that Queen Elsa can’t even break you out of. When we get that first costly home heating bill of the winter, the natural reaction of any homeowner – especially those with older homes […]
