Clarksville spent 187 days underwater during the Great Flood of 1993, by National Weather Service records. That’s more than six months, in a town of about 400 people. These are the things Clarksville does every flood season that surprise tourists. 1. Built From Water Clarksville fights the Mississippi River with water these days, not sand….
New York City logged more than 16.5 million parking and camera tickets last fiscal year, over $1.1 billion in fines. An unpaid ticket picks up $10 at 30 days, another $20 at 60, and another $30 at 90, then turns into a court judgment around day 100. After that, it collects interest, and a boot…
A standard Wisconsin farm or homeowners policy often doesn’t cover liability tied to a hunting lease at all. What a lease does and doesn’t cover surprises a first-time landowner in more places than that. These are the deer-hunting land-lease rules that surprise new Wisconsin landowners. Note: This is general information, not legal or insurance advice….
The Army Corps of Engineers signed a $21.6 million contract this year to renourish two Cape May County beaches. New Jersey covers part of that. Property owners along the shoreline cover pieces of it too, sometimes years after the trucks leave, and rarely on a bill anyone warned them about. These are the beach renourishment…
A box fan with a filter strapped to the front clears the air in a 15-by-15 room in about 10 to 15 minutes. That should be an emergency backup, not your plan. Washington’s smoke season doesn’t send a warning, and everything that helps once it arrives should be bought before it does. These are the…
Michigan small claims defendants don’t file a written answer at all. The court hands you a hearing date instead, printed on the summons. That date falls 15 to 45 days after the notice goes out, and the notice has to reach you at least seven days ahead of it. If you miss the hearing, a…
Just under 41% of Colorado’s population was born in the state, per a Denver Gazette read of Census data. That share has barely moved in a decade. So, many of the people breaking Colorado’s unwritten rules are the same people who’ll be enforcing them in five years. These are the local customs new Colorado residents…
Texas election law bars recording images or sound within 100 feet of a voting station, measured from the station itself and not from anybody’s property line. Even a doorbell camera counts. These are the places Texas homeowners may not be allowed to point a security camera. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Texas…
The most expensive part of owning a boat in Florida isn’t always what breaks on the water. Sometimes it’s the small registration detail an owner doesn’t discover until an officer asks to see the paperwork. These are the boat registration renewal traps that catch Floridians off guard. Note: This is general information, not legal advice….
Minnesota’s DNR runs more than 450,000 watercraft inspections a year at public boat launches. A first-timer backing an Iowa or Wisconsin trailer down a Minnesota ramp often encounters rules that never came up back home, starting before the boat touches water. These are the boat ramp rules that confuse first-time Minnesota visitors. Note: This is…
