If you have ever typed your address into a flood map and seen “Zone AE” pop up, you know the feeling. It is part confusion. Part dread. Part “surely this is a typo.” It is not a typo. Zone AE is one of FEMA’s high-risk flood zones. It means your property sits in an area… Read More »Zone AE Flood Insurance: The Map Code That Can Change Your Mortgage, Your Build, and Your Peace of Mind

Progressive AE sounds like a car trim package. It is not. It is the kind of name you see on a project plaque and walk past without thinking. Then you step inside the building. You sit down. You breathe easier. You find the entrance without wandering in circles. The room works. That is the real… Read More »Progressive AE: The Quiet Superpower Behind the Places We Actually Use

There was a brief, slightly absurd period when you could stand in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and watch world-class electric race cars thread a street circuit with the Manhattan skyline doing its best “movie poster” impression in the background. That was the New York City E-Prix at the Brooklyn Street Circuit. It was loud in a… Read More »Formula E NYC: The Race We Miss, The Harbor That Said “Not Today”

People love this question because it sounds like it has one clean answer. It does not. Disney World is not one cash register. It is a city-sized resort with theme parks, hotels, food, merch, events, parking, and more. Revenue changes by season, day of week, ticket mix, hotel occupancy, and even weather. So the best… Read More »How Much Does Disney World Make a Day: The Honest Math Behind a Hard Question

Ants love two things: teamwork and being underestimated. We see a few ants on a sidewalk and assume the colony is small. Often it is not. Colony size can range from a few dozen ants to several million, depending on the species, environment, and colony age. Let’s make the numbers make sense. Colony size depends… Read More »How Many Ants Are in a Colony: From a Few Dozen to Millions