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...this sounds weird, it's because it is. The Great ShakeOut, as it's being dubbed, is the biggest public emergency drill in U.S. history - and as such, it is a radical idea. Normally, large-scale disaster drills, which happen weekly across the country, are designed for professional rescuers, emergency managers and politicians. Not for you, and not for me. In fact, the people who matter most in a real-world emergency - the neighbors, office workers and students who do the majority of the lifesaving during big disasters - are almost never invited...
...California's drill, too, originally was scheduled as an exercise for only emergency officials. That exercise, called Golden Guardian, will involve about 5,000 officials, from the local police to the U.S. military, all pretending they are responding to a major quake along the San Andreas Fault...
...lack. But if you live on the right kind of land, you can dig your own well - as more than 17 million Americans currently do. The process is simple - dig a hole into the ground and get a pump that will pull out the water. Generally the deeper you drill, the better the water - but the cost can range from $3,000 to $15,000 depending on how far down you go. If you want to go cheaper, you can also build a cistern to collect rainwater - but you should avoid this choice if you live near heavy pollution, like...
...transmission - should rise, and with it, employment. The sector's prospects were burnished this week by the election of a president who has publicly vowed to make energy a top priority. "Barack Obama, says Hoagland, "is not beholden to a group of friends who see the world within a 'Drill, baby, drill' mindset." EnergyHeadhunter's Clark echoes excitement over alternative-energy jobs: "Fuel cell technology is a strong area for recruitment right now," he says. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...
...billion barrels. Nor will the trans-nationals be able to build and run refineries on Mexican soil as Calderon proposed in his bill filed in April. The thrust of the new law approved Tuesday is simply to allow government oil monopoly Pemex to subcontract foreign companies to explore and drill in specific parts of Mexico. Furthermore, crucial clauses allow Pemex to be able pay those companies by performance...