Outdoor FunSevere Weather Tips

Everything you need to know when severe weather hits! Learn how to prepare, what you need to have on hand, and step-by-step advice for surviving severe weather. Whether you’re heading to the beach, skiing in the mountains, or simply sending your kids off to school, you’ll appreciate these expert weather tips.

Finding a good tornado shelter is the only way to stay safe during the storm

Finding the right kind of tornado shelter is the only way to stay safe when a tornado threatens. Here are the safest place to be whether you're at home, in school, out shopping, at work in a high-rise building, in a mobile home, or out driving in your car.

Winter means we tend to get cold hands and feet, slip and fall on ice, and risk getting windburn. Check out some of the ways to combat these 3 common winter weather worries.

Your homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage. Without home flood insurance, you could end up paying $311 a MONTH for a disaster home loan in order to get your life back in order after a flood, whereas if you'd had flood insurance, you would have been paying an average of $370 a YEAR - even less in low to moderate risk areas!

Driving in bad weather is a cause of many auto accidents, but here are some tips that'll help prevent bad weather car crashes and keep you safe on the road.

Winter is a fun time of year for making snowpeople, snowballs, snow angels, and enjoying hot cocoa by a warm fireplace. But shoveling snow, being outdoors in the cold, and surviving freezing temperatures poses a whole set of special health risks. Heed these winter health tips and help save your life.

LED traffic lights might save money on the power bill, but in the winter they may cost your life. Find out why LED traffic signals may be dangerous during the winter and what may be done about this sticky problem.

Stay alert! Winter tornadoes at night tend to happen mostly in the winter. Use these tornado safety tips that could save your life.

A snow fence can actually force snow drifts to form someplace else -- keeping your driveway, car, or house free of a snow drift. Here's what you need to know about snow fencing.

Find out more about the two types of sunblock, what SPF ratings really mean, and what the difference is between sunblock and sunscreen.

A tornado room (safe room) is built inside the home, while a tornado shelter (storm shelter) is separate and can either be built underground or above ground

Here we explain the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning, including the different intensities of tornado damage -- from F1 to F5 -- and what you can expect. Plus how to stay safe during a tornado

Yes, people have died while ice fishing in the late Winter, early Spring. The problem is... it's too hard to determine the thickness of the ice! Here's what you need to know about walking on thin ice or ice fishing on thin ice.

Do you know if you'd be safer opening the windows in your home during a tornado or hurricane or not? Find out here.

Remember, those who are least affected by bad weather are those who plan ahead and are prepared for it. After all, you know it's coming. Maybe not today, but it will come! Here's how to be prepared in the event of you lose electricity at your home after a bad storm.

Every winter somewhere in this country an unusually heavy snowfall will result with some buildings collapsing under the extreme weight of snow accumulating on the roof. Though the nightly news may only converge on large industrial or commercial buildings that buckle under the stress, this is indeed a concern that every homeowner needs to take seriously.

70% of the deaths that take place during a blizzard, happen to people who are traveling during a winter storm. Here's what to do if your get stuck in your car during a blizzard.

Here are some tips to help you get prepared in the event cold weather rudely barges in to your neighborhood. Here, you'll find everything from tips to stay warm, to a list of links to online stores selling cold weather gear.

The one-of-a-kind water escape tool that everyone's talking about is the Life Hammer. You can use it to escape from a car accident or use it to rescue someone else who's trapped in their vehicle. I'm getting a Life Hammer for friends & relatives this Christmas.