Sunday, June 21, 2015

Flood Safety Tips

Flooding Tips that Can Save you, your home, and your possessions

It Pays to be Prepared and Well-Informed during emergencies. Photo Credits.

Flooding can happen without warning, hence the term flashfloods. And with the way things are going with the global warming phenomena, it pays to be abreast of ways on how to deal with flooding.

Lostcoastoutpost.com shared in its website, a list of what every household should prepare in the event that rains could become incessant and would eventually cause flooding. “Prepare by collecting a supply of food, water, clothing, bedding, toiletries, and emergency equipment such as a flashlight, extra batteries, portable radio, and first aid kit. Obtain household bleach for water purification. Fill your car with gas.”

Read the rest of the tips here.

Flash Floods

If in case you will be caught by the flash floods on the road, Indian Website autocarindia.com shared life-saving moves that you need to know. “If the flooding gets really bad and you get stuck inside the car with water up to the window outside, don’t panic. As difficult as it may sound, knock open the passenger door with both feet and get out of the car. If the force of the water outside is too strong to kick open the door, then you can use the detachable headrest in your car to smash the window open.”

See the rest of the article here.

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In case there is a residential well flooding, website actionnewsnow.com shared several tips to ensure that you and your family will remain health especially because such kind of flooding affects the water source for those with individual wells. “Precautionary Measures- Excessive rainfall can cause residential wells to flood, resulting in the presence of total and fecal coliform bacteria. If the wellhead is surrounded by pooling water, the chances are good the well has flooded.”

Read their residential well advice tips here.

At this point, it is better to be prepared than be caught in a flooding situation that could affect your health, your life, and your property.

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Friday, June 19, 2015

How to Avoid Kitchen Fires

Most Home Fires Start in the Kitchen

Be mindful of what you are cooking. (Photo Credits)

The kitchen is a place where there usually is an open flame. Due to this, kitchen fires could sometimes be inevitable especially to those who may not practice kitchen safety.

Website metlifeyourlife.com says kitchen fires usually root from unattended cooking and grease fires. Some in fact may have forgotten that they are preparing a meal, and that it is cooking in the stove or oven. “A simple grease fire can escalate quickly, spreading to surrounding cabinets and other combustible materials and engulfing the kitchen or the entire house.”

To prevent kitchen fire, they shared several tips here.

Be mindful of open flames that are lit indoors at all times.

homeadvisorhomesource.com meantime shared 10 tips to avoid ‘pan frying disasters’ that ultimately lead to kitchen fire. “The kitchen is a gathering place in many homes, but did you know that more home fires start in the kitchen than in any other area of the home? Cooking is the leading cause of home fires and fire-related injuries. This means it is important for everyone to know how to prevent fires in the kitchen.”

Read the tips here.

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To inspire you to be vigilant from kitchen and house fires, here is a video shared by myfoxphilly.com where a six year old boy helped his grandma to safety when fire broke out of their house. When the smoke alarms went off, the young boy went to his grandmother to lead her out of the house safely. “The family says they are thankful for the fire training Josh received at school, and the smoke alarms the fire department installed inside the home a year ago.”

Read the rest of the heroic story of the six year old boy here. US Fire Administration

Taking note of simple fire safety tips, could indeed go a long way especially when emergency strikes. Kitchen fires can happen in just about any home and this could take place anytime.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

How To Remove Molds from Children’s Toys

Molds can infest children’s toys too

You have to clean them up. Molds love to grow on these squeaky bath toys because of the moisture inside. Photo Credits

Molds can grow everywhere, and by everywhere that would mean even in your children’s toys.

Since mold grows where there is moisture, seemingly safe toys like bath toys, and even an infant’s teething toy or ring, can be infested with molds, posing health dangers even to the very young children.

Advice for Parenting Blog shared some of the illnesses kids can get from black molds that may grow in their toys. “The negative health effects are made even worse for a young child. Black mold can cause numerous health problems from coughing, lung infections, and even SIDS…If you have a baby that drools a lot or is teething, they are introducing moisture to their teething ring and toys any time that they teeth on them. That moisture helps to create a veritable breeding ground for mold. If there is one toy that attracts black mold more than any other toy out there is the one that sits with your child in their bath water: the rubber ducky.”

Read the rest of their advice here.

Toys that Trap water inside attract Mold Growth

And just like what the above-mentioned blog site said, it is either you ensure cleanliness of the toys, or choose toys that will not attract mold altogether.
Babyology.com.au featured some bath toys that will not attract molds. “The best design element is that these toys float without the need for a hole in the base. So water will not get trapped inside, which means no bacteria build-up and, best of all, no mould. Genius.”

See the toys here.

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But if you are okay with just cleaning the traditional bath toys and keeping them dry, then you might as well follow these tips from the website raininghotcoupons.com.

The three ways to clean bath toys which they enumerated include cleaning through bleach, vinegar, or the dishwasher. “Bath toys are an important item that need to be cleaned on a regular basis. Cleaning bath toys regularly will not only help them last longer, it will remove any germs that might get stuck with (it).”

Read all the tips here.

Safety from illnesses is very important, and it will help a lot to dedicate time on cleaning children’s toys from time to time to avoid sicknesses in the family.

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