Entries from InsWeb’s Insurance Blog | Auto, Home, Life, Health, and more tagged with 'winter'
Get Your Home Ready for Winter
There is one tree in my yard that always turns colors before the others. The flaming red leaves of that tree signal that Autumn has arrived, and that Winter isn't far behind. The Fall is the perfect time to get your home and yard ready for all the rain, snow, sleet, and ice swirling right around the corner....
Preparing Your Car For Winter With A Seasonal Tune-up
As the straggling Indian Summer days have finally given way to the inaugural frosts of the season, we shift our focus to preparing our cars for the cold winter months. For cars, winter weather conditions magnify existing problems; graduating small pings and hard engine starts to failed heaters and dead batteries -- always at the wrong time. With freezing...
Do You Winterize Your Home?
Winter officially begins on December 21, but shorter days and dropping temperatures have already started. Simply ask residents of Buffalo, New York who witnessed an unseasonably early snowfall in mid-October. Interestingly, meteorologists at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center expect a winter that is 8% cooler than last year's. Although the outlook does not warn of disaster-like conditions, history has demonstrated...
Preparing for Fall and Winter Driving
Fall is upon us once again and it is time to go through my yearly routine of preparing my vehicle and self for the winter driving months. I have lived in several climates in my lifetime and learned that preparation for the winter driving season is important in all of my living locations. Below is a list of tasks/items I...
