W o n d e r f u l W e a t h e r ! ! !
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Bread milk TP...
no,for GOOD weather we need picnic baskets filled with food, lots of beverages like wine & beer, and lots of sunscreen
libertytyranny
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Where do you see good weather? Im seeing rain and clouds all weekend 
ArkRescue
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may be - I think we're ready for anything though. I fortified my chicken pens with extra interior supports of the roof to handle snow thinking we'd get hammered with 2 feet of snow last Winter and we didn't. I always cover the chicken pen sides in the Winter with plywood and plastic to keep out the wind (required by animal control to have 3 covered sides minimum, but I cover all 4 sides) and blowing rain if we get a big storm. I accidentally discovered that if I use sheets of glass across the sunny side of the pens, they get the heat from the sun through the glass along with more light
. The plywood and plastic blocks the sun. So now I'm on the lookout for people who are discarding old sliding glass doors. They are perfect to use on the chicken pens in Winter. Just about any glass that is mounted in a frame is good (storm doors, large windows). Snow is ok - I can do w/o the ice storms.
ArkRescue
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Where do you see good weather? Im seeing rain and clouds all weekend
Starting today lower humidity .... temps only in 80's (not 90's), and it rolls through the weekend with only a chance for scattered showers or t-storms - ok so not perfect but close enough. The only questionable part is this (below) but even that is a low chance and if it happens it won't last long.
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Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 60s.
Sunday
Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 60s. "
ArkRescue
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and yet .... another beautiful day!
"A beautiful Friday to look forward to but some changes on the way for the weekend. High pressure is large and in charge today bringing morning sunshine and some clouds rolling in for the afternoon. Highs will reach the mid 80s. Tonight, skies will turn mostly cloudy. High pressure to our north and low pressure tracking to the south of us will put on the old "squeeze play" for Saturday and Sunday."
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=4
"A beautiful Friday to look forward to but some changes on the way for the weekend. High pressure is large and in charge today bringing morning sunshine and some clouds rolling in for the afternoon. Highs will reach the mid 80s. Tonight, skies will turn mostly cloudy. High pressure to our north and low pressure tracking to the south of us will put on the old "squeeze play" for Saturday and Sunday."
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=4
TPD
the poor dad
may be - I think we're ready for anything though. I fortified my chicken pens with extra interior supports of the roof to handle snow thinking we'd get hammered with 2 feet of snow last Winter and we didn't. I always cover the chicken pen sides in the Winter with plywood and plastic to keep out the wind (required by animal control to have 3 covered sides minimum, but I cover all 4 sides) and blowing rain if we get a big storm. I accidentally discovered that if I use sheets of glass across the sunny side of the pens, they get the heat from the sun through the glass along with more light
Snow is ok - I can do w/o the ice storms.
I did not know this, (bolded part) although I shouldn't be surprised that government wants to be in my chicken coop. Chickens are tough birds, unless it's a Perdue chicken...
ArkRescue
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I didn't know either until an officer with animal control showed up unannounced one day to see what I had in the covered pens. After seeing I had chickens in there I was told that some people hide pit bulls in covered pens like that. She then told me how a 3 sided shelter was mandatory for 4 months of the year Nov-Feb to allow the chickens to have refuge from blowing rain/snow and high winds. Of course that's for those who stay penned up all day like mine do. I only let mine out when I am there to supervise due to the aerial assaults from hawks. If mine were free range, they would only be in their shelter area at night to roost or if they wanted to get out of bad weather.
ArkRescue
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Wow so far so good on great weather ! To heck with the Winter weather for now.
GWguy
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Flash flood warnings posted for DC, Balt, surrounding areas.
We had a bit of thunder and decent rain local too.
