Jonathan Gray

Articles

Cozy Midwest room with glowing heat pump, chili bowl, and floating 68°F amid frosty windows.

10 Reasons Heat Pumps Are the Future of Home Heating

Heat pumps are the future, dude, like straight up—I’m sitting here in my drafty Ohio rental, November chill creeping under the door, and this...
Renewables
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minutes
Half-submerged swing set tangled in caution tape, boot floating, fireflies at dusk.

8 Diseases Spread by Flood Water You Must Watch For

Diseases spread by flood water straight-up ambushed me last July when the creek behind my rental in southern Illinois turned my living room into...
Water Risks
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minutes
Half-eaten peanut butter sandwich and EpiPen in melted popsicle puddle, pollen drifts, scratched question marks.

Why Kids Have More Allergies Than Ever Before

Why kids have more allergies than ever before is the thought that’s been ricocheting around my skull since Saturday when my seven-year-old Milo turned...
Allergies
3
minutes
Red-rimmed eye reflects pollen-dusted dogwood; antihistamines spill amid sneeze-cloud emojis.

Allergy Season Is Getting Worse — Here’s Who’s Most at Risk

Allergy season is getting worse, and I swear it’s personal at this point. Like, I stepped outta my crappy apartment in northern Jersey this...
Allergies
3
minutes
Soot-streaked hand clutches half-melted bottle; singed teddy bear hangs amid glowing embers.

5 Wildfire Survival Tips That Could Save Your Family

Wildfire survival tips aren't some abstract REI catalog bullshit when you're literally watching your neighbor's garage explode from your kitchen window in Colorado—yeah, that's...
Wildfires
3
minutes
Wilted sunflower in cracked pavement beside melting ice cream, floating thermometers swirl.

Why Extreme Heat Is Hitting Cities the Hardest

Extreme heat hitting cities is legit trying to kill me this week, and I’m not even being dramatic—okay, maybe a little. I shuffled out...
Heat Health
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minutes