In cold climates, homes with heat pumps often have an emergency heat setting on the thermostat. If the pump fails, EM heat can take over.

There has never been a better time to make an emergency home cooling kit, with summers getting hotter as the years go by. Now, with a heat dome event threatening most of the US, it is more important ...

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Heat stroke may seem like it is only a summer problem, but it can happen year-round, even in the dead of winter. Workplaces like factories, warehouses or kitchens can become heat traps thanks to poor ...

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Few people want to be woken up by their ringtone at 2 a.m., unless it is for something as important as an emergency alert. But, what if that alert is not an ‘emergency’? Few people want to be woken up ...

The U.S. Department of Energy issued an emergency order to secure the Southeast power grid amid a heat wave. Duke Energy requested the order to maintain the power system's reliability and avoid ...