Archive for August, 2008
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008Get your pool ready for storms still to comeOrlando Sentinel, FL - 2 hours agoTest how well your deck drains by using a garden hose to spray water on the deck. Most pools have a plastic slotted deck drain designed to take water from …
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MFD should have been called - Muncie Star Press
Saturday, August 30th, 2008MFD should have been calledMuncie Star Press, IN - 3 hours agoYou never pull up to the scene and tell the homeowners you can’t get to the fire while the homeowner is putting water on it with a garden hose. …
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lift man from squalor - Independent Record
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Eliza Wiley IR photo editor - Contractor Rick White, right, went above and beyond a $20,000 budget to help Levi Amstutz, left, make improvements to his home. White will soon focus on the outside of Amstutz’s East Helena home. EAST HELENA — There …
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Brasher couple encounters rattlesnake - Watertown Daily Times
Saturday, August 30th, 2008BRASHER FALLS — Rattlesnakes are hard to find in New York. The endangered timber rattlesnake is the only species native to the state. So it was a surprise when an unidentified species of rattlesnake came out of a garden hose to latch on to Thomas J …
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Caring hearts help - Independent Record
Friday, August 29th, 2008Eliza Wiley IR photo editor - Contractor Rick White, right, went above and beyond a $20,000 budget to help Levi Amstutz, left, make improvements to his home. White will soon focus on the outside of Amstutz’s East Helena home. EAST HELENA — There …
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Explanations lacking for blazes - Record Searchlight
Friday, August 29th, 2008There’s been no shortage of fires this week. But what’s causing them is another story. The cause of three separate fires that forced the evacuation of scores of Redding and Anderson residents this week had still not been determined Friday. Officials …
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Idiot savant hits pay dirt at the Allentown Fair - Morning Call
Friday, August 29th, 2008I’ve always believed that each person has special gifts, although they sometimes go unrecognized. In my case, they’re very well hidden, because I’ve gone more than five decades without finding them — until Wednesday at the Allentown Fair . It was an …
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Ice time at home - San Jose Mercury News
Friday, August 29th, 2008Ice time at homeSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 10 hours agoFor that, the rink gets rinsed with the garden hose; the concrete base is on a slight grade so the water runs off into the garden. About every two weeks, …
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Major Hurricane Gustav Heading Toward US Coast — TriCord Approves New … - Forbes
Friday, August 29th, 2008TriCord Hurricane Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:TRIH), announced today that it has approved three new distributors for its flagship hurricane protection product, The Storm-Proof Roof, (www.stormproofroof.net). These distributors are: The RL Group of San Juan …
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Woman escapes fire at mobile home park - Columbia Daily Tribune
Friday, August 29th, 2008A mobile home fire in south Columbia yesterday afternoon caused about $2,000 in damage but no injuries, the Columbia Fire Department said. At 2:24 p.m., firefighters were called to 2701 E. Nifong Blvd., Lot 190, of the Columbia Regency Trailer Park …
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