Every school year, wildly enthusiastic crowds throng college sports arenas to cheer on favorite teams. When flash flood waters breached a major midwestern university’s sports facility recently, it’s an understatement to say that people were concerned and disappointed about impacts on the season. As soon as officials shut the doors… Read more »
Diego Mora is a manager, Emergency Services (Mitigation) with Paul Davis of South Bay, California. He’s also one of The Difference Makers™. When his location deployed to two disaster scenes in Texas and Louisiana, Mora packed his bags and quickly arrived where fast action was sorely needed. Mitigation and restoration… Read more »
It seems like everyone you know is battling a bad cold as the holidays approach. Did everyday contagions become bionic while we socially distanced during the pandemic? Nope, the viruses aren’t different. We are. During the pandemic isolation, we disrupted the normal waves of viral contagion that would ordinarily take… Read more »
Last year, the Pineapple Express arrived in the Pacific Northwest and it was not a sweet visit. This cleverly named “atmospheric river” funneled moisture continuously from the ocean to drop it over land, dumping historic rainfall on British Columbia and neighboring Washington State. The precipitation amount and thundering intensity stunned… Read more »
As temperatures cool and fall deepens, we’re strategizing about staying warm this winter without going broke. “Energy sources – natural gas, oil, electricity, propane, pellets, wood – have significantly increased in price. On average, we’ll spend nearly 20 percent more than we did last winter,” says Caleb Brunz, President of… Read more »
Paul Davis team members are wrapping up a warmer weather flurry of volunteerism! Our people have donated time, enthusiasm and skills in their communities to support those who need an extra helping hand. Here’s where we made a difference recently: Helping Indiana Nonprofit Organizations: Team members from Paul Davis of… Read more »
Homemade wontons frying in hot oil ignited the blaze. “Like so many customers we see every day, this fire started on the stove while cooking,” recalls Charlie Horn, President of Paul Davis of Louisville, Kentucky, “But this time, it was my stove in my home. We were shocked at how… Read more »
Craig Wilson is a Reconstruction Project Manager with Paul Davis of Greater Baltimore, Maryland. He frequently helms large reconstruction jobs that tally more than a million dollars in damages inflicted by fire, floods, wind, storms and mold. As a supervisor, he firmly believes in “leading from the front”: grabbing his… Read more »
Alabama headlines the weather news often. Severe storms roll through very regularly and Alabama residents are familiar with blue tarps covering missing roofs, displaced neighbors and ongoing construction. The state sits squarely in the very active “Dixie Alley” tornado risk zone, accompanied by Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia. A Northern… Read more »
“On a recent project for an excavating company, we restored a warehouse heavily damaged by a gasoline explosion,” says Brent Thompson, President of Paul Davis of the Golden Triangle, Mississippi. “An employee was working after hours on the gas tank of a truck and a spark ignited this very flammable… Read more »