Don't wear sandals or runners. Remember to wear goggles, a face mask to help you breathe, a wide-brimmed hat and leather gloves. It's extremely dangerous to be in a car during a bushfire.

A 2016 dig at a Civil War-era mini-fortification known as Redoubt 9 near Williamsburg, Virginia yielded a ritual item experts now believe to have been a “witch bottle.” The defensive, historical ...