wildfires
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How Air Quality Affects Your Ability to Exercise
When air quality is poor — for example, from bushfire smoke — we’re advised not to exercise outdoors. Let’s talk about why, and what you can do instead.
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How to Help Protect Your Home Against Fires
Now that we’re heading into a particularly active fire season, it’s a good time for a refresher on how to help protect your home against these natural disasters. Of course, a lot of this is preparation that needs to be done well before a fire hits, but there are some steps you can take immediately…
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Explainer: What Really Causes Australian Bushfires?
5As Australia’s bushfire crisis continues, more people are seeking to understand how these bushfires were started, and why they’ve spread so far. Unfortunately, in our quest to understand ‘why’, many people have been quick to throw accusations. But what really causes bushfires?
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How To Stay Safe If You Live In A Bushfire-Threatened Area
When you’re in the midst of an area fire, it’s hard to breathe, much less think. As a veteran of the devastating Waldo Canyon and Black Forest fires in Colorado Springs, I can attest to that. Australia has always had it rough regarding bushfires, and while many eyes are turned to the active bushfire in…