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1 week ago | 
jp.wsj.com | Kris Frieswick
裕福な住宅購入者はハリケーンや洪水、極端な干ばつが起きやすい地域に不動産を購入し、しかも過去最高額を支払っている 天候のせいで米国の広大な地域がますます住みにくくなっているが、これは意外なことではない。昨年、ハリケーン「ベリル」による壊滅的な洪水に見舞われたバーモント州など、これまで安全な地域と考えられていた場所でも、火事や洪水・ハリケーン・熱波・干ばつ・地滑りといった過酷な自然災害が以前よりも頻繁に発生している。 こうした地域の住宅所有者は対応に悩んでいる。今の場所にとどまって、身に迫る危険とそれによって生じる不便や被害、高騰する住宅保険コストを受け入れるか、それとも、定期的に破壊される恐れのない他の地域に引っ越すのか。後者は金のかかる苦渋の選択だ。その地域に何世代にもわたって住宅を所有している人々や、比較的収入が少ないか、または年金などに頼る住民にとってはなおさらだ。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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1 week ago | 
on.wsj.com | Kris Frieswick
天候のせいで米国の広大な地域がますます住みにくくなっているが、これは意外なことではない。昨年、ハリケーン「ベリル」による壊滅的な洪水に見舞われたバーモント州など、これまで安全な地域と考えられていた場所でも、火事や洪水・ハリケーン・熱波・干ばつ・地滑りといった過酷な自然災害が以前よりも頻繁に発生している。 こうした地域の住宅所有者は対応に悩んでいる。今の場所にとどまって、身に迫る危険とそれによって生じる不便や被害、高騰する住宅保険コストを受け入れるか、それとも、定期的に破壊される恐れのない他の地域に引っ越すのか。後者は金のかかる苦渋の選択だ。その地域に何世代にもわたって住宅を所有している人々や、比較的収入が少ないか、または年金などに頼る住民にとってはなおさらだ。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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3 weeks ago | 
wsj.com | Kris Frieswick
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
msn.com | Kris Frieswick
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
kanebridgenews.com | Kris Frieswick
Connected ovens, microwaves and dishwashers have yet to add much value to homeowners Jimmy Hawkins calls himself a home-automation hobbyist. But “hobbyist” is underselling it: He’s a home-automation maniac. Hawkins has over 200 “smart” devices throughout his Alpharetta, Ga., home. They include run-of-the-mill smart products: locks, lightbulbs, a garage door opener, and vacuums. But also some weird ones: a bidet, mousetrap, toothbrush and curtain rods programmed to close his curtains at a...
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
realtor.com | Kris Frieswick
The forest behind our house has turned into a horror movie, starring an armada of non-native invasive weeds. Their evil, tendrilly arms reach out like bright green zombies to smother everything in their path, albeit very slowly. Our trees have been encircled, their leaves dying before our eyes. Our pear tree silently screams for help. I called our landscaper to confirm, pretty please, that we were not in the grips of a demonic plant that has been colonizing our area: Japanese knotweed.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Kris Frieswick
By Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 02:12This article is in your queue. The forest behind our house has turned into a horror movie, starring an armada of non-native invasive weeds. Their evil, tendrilly arms reach out like bright green zombies to smother everything in their path, albeit very slowly. Our trees have been encircled, their leaves dying before our eyes. Our pear tree silently screams for help.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Kris Frieswick
By | Illustrations by Shawn Michael Jones for WSJ Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 02:36This article is in your queue. Residential standby generators are indispensable and potentially life saving, especially in storm-prone regions of Texas and Florida. But they are ridiculously loud. Under full load, whole-house generators emit between 65 and 70 decibels at 23 feet.
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May 29, 2024 | 
on.wsj.com | Kris Frieswick |Jason Gay |Lettie Teague
OpinionBiden and the Trump Trial Verdict Got a tip for us?Here’s how to submit it. Buy Side from WSJThe Buy Side team is independent of The Wall Street Journal newsroom.
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May 28, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Kris Frieswick
By Kris FrieswickMay 28, 2024 9:00 pm ETThe conventional wisdom about asphalt-shingle roofs—that you will need to replace yours roughly every 20 to 30 years—dissolves like a wet conventional Kleenex when you get some facts. Your roof can actually live happily for 40 years or more, like a snapping turtle, or for as few as one year, like a high-end European stove.
