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Photography: Buy a Hazard
https://www.ilankelman.org/buyahazard.html


Opportunities to Buy a Hazard

All images are copyright Ilan Kelman.

 Blizzard Courier Service (Toronto, Ontario, 2022).

Blizzard Courier Service (Toronto, Ontario, 2022).


Café the Volcano beside the Lava Bar (Lyttelton, New Zealand, 2005).

Café the Volcano beside the Lava Bar (Lyttelton, New Zealand, 2005).


Climate Comfort (Varna, Bulgaria, 2019).

Climate Comfort (rather than climate hazard?) (Varna, Bulgaria, 2019).


Design Air Climate Care (Thornhill, Ontario, 2023).

Design Air Climate Care (Thornhill, Ontario, 2023).


D. J. Rain & Co. lawn sprinkler systems (Toronto, Ontario, 2021).

D. J. Rain & Co. (Toronto, Ontario, 2021).


Feu Rouge (Port Louis, Mauritius, 2019).

Feu Rouge (Port Louis, Mauritius, 2019).


Fire nightclub (London, U.K., 2022).

Fire (London, U.K., 2022).


Fire and Fromage Café (London, U.K., 2022).

Fire and Fromage (London, U.K., 2022).


Fire & Sage restaurant (Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 2016).

Fire & Sage (Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 2016).


Firebean Mexican Kitchen (London, U.K., 2016).

Firebean Mexican Kitchen (London, U.K., 2016).


Fireaway Pizza and Salad Bar (London, U.K., 2022).

Fireaway (London, U.K., 2022).


Firezza - for pizza (London, U.K., 2023).

Firezza (London, U.K., 2023).


Firezone service station for cars (Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 2018).

Firezone (Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 2018).


The Fireplace Club (Thornhill, Ontario, 2023).

Fireplace Club (Thornhill, Ontario, 2023).


Flamez restaurant lounge club (The Hague, Netherlands, 2018).

Flamez (The Hague, Netherlands, 2018).


Frost clothing (Lompen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, 2019).

Frost (Lompen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, 2019).


Hakka Flame Restaurant (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2019).

Hakka Flame (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2019).


Heat Hair Salon (London, U.K., 2022).

Heat Hair Salon (London, U.K., 2022).


Het Stormt (Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2023).

Het Stormt (Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2023).


Hotel De Los Volcanes (Puerto Varas, Chile, 2016).

Hotel De Los Volcanes (Puerto Varas, Chile, 2016).


Huracán Coffee in Vilnius, Lithuania (2018).

Huracán Coffee (Vilnius, Lithuania, 2018).


Hurricane Factory, offering a wind tunnel (Berlin, Germany, 2023).

Hurricane Factory (Berlin, Germany, 2023).


Hurricane Room, a club and bar with pool and snooker (London, 2014).

Hurricane Room (London, U.K., 2014).


Hurricanes Roadhouse restaurant (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2017).

Hurricanes Roadhouse (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2017).


Ice Bar (Honningsvåg, Norway, 2018).

Ice Bar (Honningsvåg, Norway, 2018).


Icebar by Icehotel (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).

Icebar by Icehotel (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).


Ice Health Cryotherapy Spa (London, U.K., 2022).

Ice Health Cryotherapy (London, U.K., 2022).


Inferno Grill and Pizza (London, U.K., 2019).

Inferno (London, U.K., 2019).


Inferno Online (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).

Inferno Online (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).


Lava club and lounge bar (Adelaide, Australia, 2017).

Lava (Adelaide, Australia, 2017).


Lightning Strike lightning protection and earthing specialist (London, U.K., 2019).

Lightning Strike (London, U.K., 2019).


London Fog Vapery (London, U.K., 2023).

London Fog Vapery (London, U.K., 2023).


Magma Art Gallery (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).

Magma Art Gallery (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).


Monsoon clothing (London, U.K., 2014).

Monsoon (London, U.K., 2014).


Monsoon Indian Cuisine (London, U.K., 2016).

Monsoon (London, U.K., 2016).


Monsoon Indian Takeaway (London, U.K., 2019).

Monsoon (London, U.K., 2019).


Restaurant Storm (Terschelling, Netherlands, 2018).

Restaurant Storm (Terschelling, Netherlands, 2018).


Rum Fire bar (Honolulu, Hawai'i, U.S.A., 2018).

Rum Fire (two hazards in one?) (Honolulu, Hawai'i, U.S.A., 2018).


Snowball Café (Macau, 2016).

Snowball (Macau, 2016).


Snow White Dry Cleaners (London, U.K., 2022).

Snow White (London, U.K., 2022).


Stonefire Bar and Grill (Thornhill, Canada, 2023).

stonefire (Thornhill, Canada, 2023).


Storm Brasserie and Bar (Bergen, Norway, 2023).

Storm (Bergen, Norway, 2023).


Storm Design Art Fashion (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018).

Storm (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018).


Storm nightclub next to a pub called 'The Moon Under Water' (London, U.K., 2015).

Storm (nightclub inundates the moon?) (London, U.K., 2015).


Storm Watches (London, U.K., 2022).

Storm Watches (before storm warnings?) (London, U.K., 2022).


Stormfront computers, an Apple dealer (Durham, U.K., 2015).

Stormfront (computers - apples can be hazards too, as Sir Isaac Newton discovered) (Durham, U.K., 2015).


Stormpress Express (Exeter, U.K., 2015).

Stormpress (Exeter, U.K., 2015).


Tempest Security (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).

Tempest Security (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).


The ferry Cyclone Clipper (London, U.K., 2019).

Thames Clipper: Cyclone (London, U.K., 2019).


The ferry Hurricane Clipper (London, U.K., 2019).

Thames Clipper: Hurricane (London, U.K., 2019).


The ferry Meteor Clipper (London, U.K., 2019).

Thames Clipper: Meteor (London, U.K., 2019).


The ferry Monsoon Clipper (London, U.K., 2015).

Thames Clipper: Monsoon (London, U.K., 2015).


The ferry Storm Clipper (London, U.K., 2019).

Thames Clipper: Storm (London, U.K., 2019).


The ferry Tornado Clipper (London, U.K., 2015).

Thames Clipper: Tornado (London, U.K., 2015).


The ferry Typhoon Clipper (London, U.K., 2019).

Thames Clipper: Typhoon (London, U.K., 2019).


Tornado Pizza Burgers Shakes (Plymouth, U.K., 2023).

Tornado (Plymouth, U.K., 2023).


Tornado Renhold AS (Høvik, Norway, 2019).

Tornado Renhold AS (Høvik, Norway, 2019).


Tsunami bar (Honolulu, Hawai'i, U.S.A., 2018).

Tsunami (a bar, now closed) (Honolulu, Hawai'i, U.S.A., 2018).


Tsunami restaurant (Fitzrovia, London, U.K., 2015).

Tsunami (a restaurant, now closed) (Fitzrovia, London, U.K., 2015).


Tsunami bar and restaurant (Clapham, London, U.K., 2017).

Tsunami (Clapham, London, U.K., 2017).


Tsunami Axis company (London, U.K., 2015).

Tsunami Axis (London, U.K., 2015).


Twister roller coaster (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).

Twister (Stockholm, Sweden, 2023).


Twister Karaoke (Toronto, Canada, 2018).

Twister Karaoke (Toronto, Canada, 2018).


Volcanic coffee bar (London, U.K., 2017).

Volcanic (London, U.K., 2017).


Volcano Vape Shop (Honolulu, Hawai'i, U.S.A., 2018).

Volcano (Honolulu, Hawai'i, U.S.A., 2018).


Vulkan shopping and recreational area (Oslo, Norway, 2016).

Vulkan (Oslo, Norway, 2016).


Whirlwind Sports (Penzance, U.K., 2023).

Whirlwind Sports (Penzance, U.K., 2023).


Wildfire Pizzabar and Grill (Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, 2016).

Wildfire (Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, 2016).


Wildfire Steak House (Toronto, 2014).

Wildfire (Toronto, Ontario, 2014).


Wind mobile phone company (Toronto, Ontario, 2016).

Wind (a mobile phone company with presumably deliberate irony) (Toronto, Ontario, 2014).


Wind Tre telecommunications shop (Sorrento, Italy, 2022).

Wind Tre (Sorrento, Italy, 2022).


Wok and Fire, a takeaway restaurant (London, 2019).

Wok and Fire (London, U.K., 2019).



Bonus: It is all relative

Breezes SuperClubs (New Providence, Bahamas, 2011).

A human's breeze is an ant's gale (New Providence, Bahamas, 2011).


Hot Numbers Coffee (Cambridge, U.K., 2019).

Some like it hot... (Cambridge, U.K., 2019).


Hotter shoes (Durham, U.K., 2015).

...some like it hotter... (Durham, U.K., 2015).


One Hot Agency (Riga, Latvia, 2018).

...and some are one with hot (Riga, Latvia, 2018).


Sunshine clothes shop (Paris, France, 2018).

One human's Vitamin D is another's skin cancer is another's clothes (Paris, France, 2018).


Waves restaurant (Penzance, U.K., 2023).

Waves to surf, to be hazardous, or to eat (Penzance, U.K., 2023).


Katastrof Bar (east coast of Mauritius, 2019).

When vulnerability makes a hazard lead to a disaster (east coast of Mauritius, 2019).



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