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The last full reversal took place approximately 780,000 years ago - leaving some experts to predict another flip is imminent.
A development called Sea Country, near the neighborhood that was recently ordered to evacuate during a wildfire, is close to ...
Some say it’s therapeutic. Some say it’s creative. Some say it’s relaxing, a social outlet or even an antidote to PTSD.
Tired of those unsightly basement support poles? Learn how to encase them in wooden columns and turn them into eye-catching ...
The Fourth of July is a day for flags, of course, but consider another part of the patriotic display that’s taken for granted — the flagpole. It’s not the most interesting thing in the urban landscape ...
The city of Grand Island is having its wooden utility poles inspected to make sure neighbors don’t have to call out “timber!” anytime soon.
As part of their precautionary maintenance plan, FPL began replacing more than 200 wooden poles with sturdier concrete ones designed to withstand powerful storms.
Florida Power & Light is replacing wooden utility poles with concrete ones in Bay County to improve storm resilience. The project aims to speed up recovery times and minimize power outages after ...
The samples are from the wooden poles of the pier of an ancient Roman harbor discovered during excavations for a new metro line in Naples, Italy, which began in 2004.
For wood poles, cost-effective protection technologies have been developed and tested in labs and through real world experiences. While these technologies cannot negate all the threats wildfires bring ...
Here's who you call As for the poles themselves, an October 2023 article in the industry publication T&D World says most wooden poles last about 45-50 years.