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The Ultimate Guide to Summer Driving Emergencies
There is nothing quite like the freedom of a cross-country summer road trip. Long stretches of highway, national park detours, and scenic coastal drives make for unforgettable memories. However, summer travel also introduces unique environmental and mechanical challenges. Elevated ambient temperatures, scalding asphalt, sudden monsoon storms, and remote cell dead zones can turn a dream vacation into a stressful roadside emergency if you aren’t properly prepared. Whether you are embarking on a weekend getaway or driving coast-to-coast, here is everything you need to know about preparing for, preventing, and handling summer road trip emergencies. Pre-Trip Vehicle Mechanical Inspection The best emergency is the one that never happens. Extreme heat places…
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A Smart Girl’s Guide to Planning for a Flood
If you live in life on the road, whether it’s the van life, the car life, or the camp life, always be prepared, especially if you are traveling in a flood-prone area We lived for many years in an area that typically sees tropical storms and an occasional weather pattern from hurricanes. Flooding, including river flooding, occurs rather frequently throughout the summer. If that still doesn’t ring a bell, think about the ill country flood that happened last summer and killed all of those young kids. Thanks to the Super El Niño in our nation, there appear to be a lot of unknowns right now in the weather. River flooding…
