Guest Opinion: An emergency management expert on why Washingtonians choose to live in areas vulnerable to a tsunami. Or an earthquake. Or a volcanic flow.
Upon retirement, an old college roommate retired to upstate Vermont. Snow, it seems, is something to be vacuumed up and blown away. If only it were so easy to get started.
It's fall, which means time to turn up the heat. For our writer, who appreciates every step from felling a tree to stacking a cord, there's nothing like heating a home with a fire.
