(NEXSTAR) – The internet is full of useful advice for protecting your home ahead of a hurricane, including FEMA’s guides for retrofitting or reinforcing your doors or windows, or Miami-Dade County’s ...
Hurricane Dorian is coming, likely to drop a deluge of water on your home — and into your pool. You might be tempted to drain it, rather than risk an overflow, but experts say that’s a bad idea. The ...
HOUSTON – In a recent incident that has alarmed parents, an 8-year-old girl died after she was caught in a pool drain pipe at a hotel pool in northwest Houston, raising concerns about the safety ...
Parents don't think they are dangerous. But spa and pool drains are serious hazards for children. Wednesday morning, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission will release a list of hidden hazards ...
Usher’s 5-year-old son survived a near-drowning incident involving a pool drain, but each year other kids aren’t so lucky. The suction created by the drains can trap children under the surface or ...
Drains in 1 million backyard pools may pose drowning risk, say feds. May 26, 2011 — -- In its largest ever pool drain cover recall, the government's lead consumer watchdog has recalled almost 1 ...
With colder months upon us, many homeowners will be looking to winterize their pools in the next week or so. Most of them can perform this task provided they own or are willing to rent a portable air ...
Cape Town - A Table View family are at wits’ end after yet another raw sewage spill on their property flooded their backyard and flowed into their swimming pool. Homeowner Desraye Auret said that they ...