Articles for tag: Badlands, Brush Fires

Karla News

World’s Most Unusual, Rare Natural Phenomena

You’ve heard of Aurora Borealis, and mirages in the desert; natural phenomena that make our world interesting. Well, there are some natural phenomena that you most likely have never heard of or even seen. Occurrences which are either rare or isolated to a single location. If you think nature is boring, you should look again. ...

Karla News

The Best Cartoons for Preschoolers

When I was a kid, we had the Smurfs, a few Saturday morning Hanna-Barbara cartoons and Looney Tunes. That was it, take it or leave it. Now I have five kids channels, and all are cartoons for at least half the day. The cartoons are extremely varied, from gentle animation and story lines to scary ...

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The Problem with Many 72-Hour Emergency Kits

I have a 72-hour grab-and-go kit. I actually have a couple of them. They’re nothing terribly fancy. Usually a backpack with lots of stuff you would need if you have to evacuate the area where you live. I bought one of them and paid around $200 for it. After inspecting the contents I put together ...

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Visit Al Capone’s Northwoods Hideout

One theory about Al Capone’s extensive liquor smuggling operations is that he had shipments of alcohol flown to northern Wisconsin where he loaded it onto trucks to take back to Chicago. The only evidence of this theory lies in Couderay, Wisconsin at Capone’s Hideout. The Hideout is now a tourist attraction where you can take ...