I’m from California and we have earthquakes. It’s just part of living here for me, but I’m sure that people in the midwest are frightened by the idea. I know how they feel. Their tornados scare me. But, do tornados excite you? Have you ever wanted to chase a storm? Two of the world’s best […]
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BusinessWeek: Weather Underground, a site that compiles local data collected by 24,000 weather geeks with sensors on their roofs, this week released a free tool for businesses to use to look for patterns in their sales related to the weather. Anyone can punch in a location and time period to download a spreadsheet with detailed
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Every fall, when the leaves fall to the ground, there is a risk of leaves piling in your garage whenever the door is opened. So, Elvin Hayes decided to create his own Debris and Leaf Guard. “A driveway is no more than a shuffleboard for leaves and debris and so I was working on this
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Turn snowmageddon into a windfall by starting your own snow-shoveling business. With help from Mike Stevens, owner of the industry newsletter Snowplow News, and Kevin Arroyo, the owner of R and A Cleaning Services in Staten Island, N.Y., WalletPop offers the following advice to get digging: Money talks: Charge what the market will bear. “Be
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I’m from California and we have earthquakes. It’s just part of living here for me, but I’m sure that people in the midwest are frightened by the idea. I know how they feel. Their tornados scare me. But, do tornados excite you? Have you ever wanted to chase a storm? Two of the world’s best
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Where there is a problem there is often an inventor nearby who is trying to find a solution. With snow falling in many different states, the latest inventor to receive the spotlight is Patrick Burke. He has redesigned the snow shovel based on his own need for comfort. He said his goal was to eliminate
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People have been inventing new ways to stay dry for a while, but Athanasia Leivaditou’s combined umbrella rain coat takes it to a whole new level. Athanasia Leivaditou’s creation is a waterproof Macintosh with a umbrella-like section that goes over your head. The hood is supported so that it sits firm and is rigid enough
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When David Sukhin was in sixth grade he created the DAS Automatic Snow Day Calculator. He’s now 16 and in 11th grade, according to WBUR. Every time it snows, he checks the site and it has never once been wrong about his own school shutting down for the day. The site asks for various pieces
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Any woman who has tried holding an umbrella in the rain while texting or rummaging around their handbag will know what a struggle it can be. But according to The Daily Mail Reporter, a cabbie hopes he has solved the problem – and found a lucrative invention – by producing a hands-free umbrella. Observant Ibrar
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According to the New York Daily News, this baseball cap is totally kosher. A Manhattan man has invented what he calls the “yamulkap,” a yarmulke with a brim like a baseball cap so religious men can get some shade. Seth Mosler, 59, who is Jewish but not strictly observant, was walking through Central Park two
