You use them, your teens use them even toddlers use them. What am I talking about? USB chargers like those used for the ipad and Ipod. Cheap USB chargers have flooded the market but many of these chargers have faulty wiring which has led to electrical shock injuries. A defective USB device killed a mother…
You may have seen an advertisement or perhaps you know someone who has run a “Tough Mudder” race. What you may not know is that this 10-12 mile obstacle course race has caused serious and permanent injuries to many of its participants. At one such event in PA 100 event participants received emergency treatment at…
The old saying that ‘lightning never strikes the same place twice’ is another myth that any veteran storm observer or researcher has seen nature defy. Lightning can strike any location more than once. In fact, given enough time, it is actually inevitable. For a 24-year-old man working in St. Johns, Florida (FL) it wasn’t lightening…
How many people claim to have a friend who “knows a guy” who has found a way to get free cable television? This is stealing of course, and it’s illegal, but that doesn’t stop people from trying to get it and other utilities for free. In fact, Chesapeake Department of Public Utilities (DPU) workers frequently…
Three people may have burned to death or died from injuries suffered in a hot air balloon fire and crash near Richmond, Virginia (VA). The accident occurred on the evening of May 9, 2014, and the people were taking a flight as part of the first-ever Mid-Atlantic Balloon Festival being held at Meadow Event Park…