#MEwx Hot and humid today, chance of rain and using baking soda for outdoor tasks

Good morning Augusta

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We’re under a Heat Advisory that I’ve posted below this post. I’d read it if I were you.

This morning we have mostly sunny skies with hot temps, a heat advisory and highs around 90°F. Winds are light and variable. Heat index values will rise into the mid 90s this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions during evening hours, then mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy fog and Humid with lows in the upper 60s. Winds will remain light and variable.

The outdoor temperature is 75.9°F, the dewpoint is 72.7°F and it feels like 77.4°F.

We didn’t receive any measurable rain here over the past 24 hours.

Today’s sunrise is 5:28 AM, sunset is 8:04 PM and we’ll have 14 hours 35 minutes of daylight today. Moonrise is 3:01 AM and Moonset is 7:37 PM. The moon phase is a NEW MOON and is xx% illuminated. Our next full moon will be on August 19 and our next new moon is on August 4.

The wind velocity is between 0.0 MPH and 1.6 MPH from the East.

The Relative pressure is 29.72, the Absolute pressure is 29.52 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and a few clouds.

The Humidity is 89%, the UV index is 2 placing the average person at moderate risk and the solar radiation reading is 295.1W/m2.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with hot ‘n hazey skies.

 

Here’s more on using baking soda for cleaning, this time for outdoor tasks.

What follows is lifted in whole from a book entitled “The many uses for Baking Soda” which is available out there in many forms.

 

Baking Soda Uses Outside of your Home

There are a multitude of tasks that you perform outside of your home, in your car, for the children’s toys, cleaning your lawn mower and so many other types

of machinery as well. Using baking soda to clean outside of you home is safe and a natural clean that you won’t have to worry about harming the environment.

Using baking soda instead of chemicals will also cut down on the costs of cleaning that you do. You can apply many of the recipes for cleaning that you

will find earlier in this book for rust, silver, and chrome and for deodorizing to items that you clean outside of your home.

If you have a little crayon marks on fabrics in your car you can use a little baking soda sprinkled on the fabric and wipe it down with a damp cloth to

get it off.

You can clean your birdbath with a water and baking soda paste and then rinse clean with water. The baking soda will leave no harmful chemicals behind that

could possibly hurt the birds while keeping your birdbath fresh and mold free.

If you have paintbrushes that are hard because they are already used, you can soften them right up with a quart of hot water, a quarter cup of vinegar and

a cup of baking soda. Let your paint brushes sit over night and then rinse them off for a great-restored paintbrush that is ready to be used again!

Do you have a musty smell in your car after leaving the windows down or after a rainy season? You can combat odors in the car by sprinkling a little baking

soda in the trunk of the car, putting a little baking soda under the mats in the car and by sprinkling a little baking soda on the seats in your car.

If you have outdoor furniture you can wash them down using a gallon of hot water and a cup of baking soda. This mixture will clean while it deodorizes.

Adding a cup of lemon juice to your water will also whiten the furniture even more.

For stains on your floor mats rub put a little baking soda on your cloth and rub it directly on the floor mat to get stains out fast.

Cleaning your shovels and gardening tools with a thick paste of vinegar and baking soda before putting them away at the end of summer will help prolong

their life while preventing rust at the same time.

Cleaning terra cotta pots is easy using a thick paste of baking soda and vinegar, then rinsing with a hot soapy water for a great sterilized pot that is

ready for the next plant!

If you have found a little tape left on your windows in the car or on your house, you can use a paste of baking soda and water to loosen the glue that holds

the tape on.

You can wipe down hammocks and trampolines in your lawn, with a baking soda and water mixture that will keep the dust down, brighten the colors, and to

help you keep your outdoor ‘toys’ clean.

You can keep ants out of your kitchen by sprinkling baking soda under your cupboards and around your kitchen where the ants seem to be getting in.

If you are washing your siding, add a half-cup of baking soda to each gallon of water for a great clean that brightens your colors.

If you have a greenhouse, washing down the walls with water and baking soda will keep molds and fungus from growing.

If you have a rose plant that is infected with a black mold, spray it with a quart of water mixed with a cup of baking soda to prevent molds from spreading.

If you have spilled oil or gas in the garage, you can sprinkle baking soda and salt over the area to absorb the spill, then you can simply sweep it up!

You can clean your sidewalks of patios using a broom and a box of baking soda. Sprinkling the baking soda over the concrete, wetting it a little and scrubbing

with the broom will leave your concrete walkways or patios clean.

If ants like your children’s sandbox, mix in a box of baking soda with the sand. A box for every fifty pounds of sand in the sand box will keep ants away.

If your lawn is infected with fleas you can keep them from jumping on your pets – sprinkle baking soda through your lawn, wherever your pets will be wandering

about and the fleas will leave this area. You will have to reapply new baking soda after each rain. Sprinkling a little baking soda on the cat or dog once

a week also will keep fleas from making a home on your pet.

Keep roaches from entering your home – sprinkle baking soda along your basement walls, around water pipes and around any source of water in your basement.

Getting ready for a new summer season? You can clean out the children’s pool getting rid of mold and mildew by using a gallon of water, a cup of baking

soda and a cup of vinegar to scrub the pool.

You can clean the bikes using a paste of baking soda and vinegar to get rid of the winter dust and any rust that may have been starting.

After using your sprayer to water plants you can add a little baking soda to the container before putting it away to keep mildew and fungus to a minimum.

Wash your sleds and toboggans with a baking soda and vinegar mixture before putting them away for the winter. The vinegar and the baking soda will work

together to prepare the sled for the heat of the attic so that it does not become ‘brittle’ while in storage.

You can clean chrome on your car using a baking soda and water thick paste. Letting this air dry and then buffing with a soft cloth will give you a great

shine. You can also use this on bikes or on chrome anywhere!

After bringing in your raincoat, sprinkle a little baking soda in the pockets before hanging it up. The baking soda will keep your raincoat fresh for its

next use!

Keep a half-cup of baking soda in the ashtray in the car to absorb smoke odors and to keep smoke odors off of you.

Maintenance tip: clean your automobile battery by using a soft brush and a paste of water and baking soda to clean up any grease, grime and dirt which could

affect the life of your battery in your auto.

Keep a large box of baking soda in your workshop to sprinkle on if a fire should break out preventing you from loosing everything.

Use a gallon of hot water with three cups of baking soda to clean dead bugs off of your windows and the hood of your car. Test this mixture before using

on your paint job; sometimes-custom paints or decals could scratch when using baking soda on the car.

You can sprinkle baking soda around in your garden to keep rabbits from eating your lettuce or your cabbage while not harming the rabbits!

Using baking soda in your garden, sprinkle on your cabbage will keep slugs or snails from destroying them.

When you are harvesting onions or radishes, sprinkle a little baking soda on the vegetables to keep the odors from spreading through your kitchen.

If you love camping, take along a box of baking soda to use when you need to wash up a few dishes after meals. Using a cup of baking soda in a gallon of

water will clean up your dirty dishes fast.

When you go camping you can take a box of baking soda to brush your teeth or to use as a deodorant without having to pack extra stuff.

Cleaning your wood deck is simple when you sprinkle on a little baking soda, use a broom and a bucket of water to scrub off dirt and dust!

If you use your camper often, put a box of baking soda in the bathroom to absorb all the bathroom odors while you are out on the road!

When you bring home the fishing equipment after a trip you can sprinkle baking soda in your fishing bags, in your fishing net and over your hands to get

rid of stinky fish and fish bait smells.

Use a sprinkle of baking soda in the boat to absorb moisture in the bottom and to prevent mold or mildew from growing when the boat is not in use.

If you have a old car outside that you are dreaming of restoring, sprinkle baking soda through out it so you can keep musty and mildew smells out of the

leather or vinyl interior.

If you are an avid hunter, wash your clothes with just baking soda for a great clean that will also neutralize human odors so when you are out in the woods

the animals will not smell you.

Brushing your boots off with baking soda will get rid of any smells of humans or other household smells when you are going out hunting.

You can keep a box of baking soda in the gun cabinet to absorb moisture that could rust your guns or knives.

You can dip your fishing lures in baking soda before using them to keep your human smell off of lures so that the fish will be attracted to your lure.