New Hampshire’s National Weather Service office ends its fall frost and freeze advisories in three separate zones, each about 10 days after that zone’s typical first freeze happens. These are the things New Hampshirites forget to shut off before the first freeze. 1. Outdoor Hose Bibs Homeowners who forget a hose screwed onto an outside…
A Missouri appliance technician on a routine service call checks behind the washing machine before anything else. There’s a good reason: State Farm paid out nearly $30 million in 2020 alone for water damage caused by failed washing-machine hoses, an average claim of $10,200. Hoses are only the start. These are the things Missouri appliance…
Kentucky’s highway encroachment law lets the state fine anyone who leaves an unauthorized structure in a road’s right-of-way up to $2,000. A homemade cross planted in the grass past the shoulder counts, and Kentucky runs no official program to register a memorial there. These are the roadside memorial rules Kentucky families find out about too…
A knock lands on a Cranston front door just as the porch light clicks on, and the man on the step already has a clipboard out. He knows Rhode Island Energy asked the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission to raise winter electric rates by around 15% this year. That part is true. The pitch that…
October turns a handful of sleepy Florida towns into somewhere else. It happens fast. A fishing dock goes from empty to elbow-to-elbow, and a crossroads with one gas station needs parking for a few thousand extra cars. These are the Florida small towns that change completely in October. 1. Live Oak Outside October, Live Oak…
Think shutting off your sprinklers for the season means your irrigation system is done for the year? It isn’t. These are the things some Idaho homeowners never realize about winterizing their irrigation system, even after the district shuts off its water. 1. Frost Deadline Your irrigation system’s deadline isn’t a date circled on a calendar….
Indiana caps a single cold medicine buyer at 7.2 grams of pseudoephedrine every 30 days, a limit written into Indiana Code 35-48-4-14.7 and enforced through the state’s NPLEx tracking system. Federal law allows nine grams. The store checks that limit at the counter. Reading the box is left up to you. These are the cold…
You set up a Gmail account or an Apple ID once, but the account recovery settings buried underneath it rarely get a second look… until you loose access. These are the account recovery settings Wisconsinites should fix before they need them. 1. The Recovery Phone Number Google leans on one phone number to prove an…
You built a business with your name on it, and you’re hoping someone in your family keeps it running once you’re gone. Hope alone has never run a family business. These are the reasons a Delaware family business doesn’t reach a second generation. Note: This is general information, not legal or financial advice. Succession, tax,…
Until 2020, Kentucky was the only state where a vet who spotted animal cruelty had no legal way to report it, per the Animal Welfare Institute. State law finally caught up. Luckily, most vet visits never get anywhere close to that point. These are the things a Kentucky veterinarian can tell about a pet’s home…
