#MEwx Overcast, rainy with fog in places and using vinegar for tasks out of doors
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This morning we have patchy fog with mostly cloudy skies, scattered showers and thunderstorms. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Highs in the mid 70s with light and variable winds.
Tonight we’ll have mostly cloudy conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Patchy fog with lows in the upper 50s. Winds will be light and variable.
The outdoor temperature is 61.2°F, the dewpoint is 60.9°F and it feels like 61.2°F.
We received 0.39 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.
Today’s sunrise is 5:44 AM, sunset is 7:45 PM and we’ll have 14 hours 1 minutes of daylight today. Moonrise is 5:18 AM and Moonset is 12:32 PM. The moon phase is Waxing Gibbous and is 74% illuminated. Our next full moon will be on August 19 and our next new moon is on September 3.
The wind velocity is between 2.0 MPH and 2.5 MPH from the Northeast.
The Relative pressure is 29.87, the Absolute pressure is 29.67 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and a few clouds.
The Humidity is 99%, the UV index is 0 placing the average person at Low risk and the solar radiation reading is 92.5W/m2.
Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast, rain in places with patches of fog.
How using vinegar for tasks out of doors can make your life easier.
These tips come from a book entitled “The Many uses of vinegar” which you can get on line almost for free.
Ways That Vinegar can be Used Outside of Your Home
Did you realize that there are many ways the vinegar can be used outside of your home to cut your cleaning costs and aid in your everyday chores? Read on
for more helpful hints in how vinegar can make your life a little simpler. These tips and ideas include uses that involve the hard to handle stains, smells,
and animal uses as well.
Do you have horses but hate the way the flies are always hanging around? Use about ¼ cup of vinegar in the grain once a day at feeding time and the flies
will keep away from the horses!
Are you a camper? Are you always on the go? Did you know that gasoline and propane lantern mantles last longer and burn brighter on the same amount of fuel
if they are soaked for several hours in distilled vinegar and allowed to dry before using. Money saving tip!
If you have chickens, use vinegar to clean out the water containers to keep mold from growing! Simple soak with vinegar for about five minutes then rinse
with water.
If you have rabbits, use vinegar to clean out the water containers to keep mold from growing! Simple soak with vinegar for about five minutes then rinse
with water. This also works with the water bottle that you hang in the pen.
If you have cast iron radiators you know how important it is to keep the valves functioning properly. To clean the valves out simply boil a pot that is
a ½ and ½ solution of water and vinegar. Boil the valves for about twenty minutes. Then take out of the water / vinegar solution and bake them in the oven
for ten minutes until they are dried out. You’ll see dirt in the bottom of the pan when you are finished.
Do you find flies annoying when you are out at the pool? Pour vinegar the entire way around the edge of your pool (not in the water) to keep flies away
from this area!
Do you have cats as pets? Wash out their litter box with pure vinegar let air dry and refill with litter to keep the fresh smell even longer!
Do you or your kids get carsick? To clean up vomit in the car while removing the odor as well, use a mixture of ¾ vinegar and ¼ water. Spray on the affected
area and wipe with a damp cloth.
Do you have grass growing in areas where it shouldn’t be, like between rocks or on a driveway? Try this; pour hot vinegar on the grass once daily for three
days and the weeds will die without the use of hard chemicals.
When you have to leave your car outside overnight in the winter, mix 3 parts vinegar to 1 part water and coat the windows with this solution. This vinegar
and water combination will keep windshields ice and frost-free.
When you are driving do you often have bugs hit your windshield? Keeping your windshield clean is difficult but using about 3 cups of vinegar in your washer
reservoir in the summer months gives you the added bonus of getting bugs off fast.
If you have problems with frost and ice on your windshield in the winter months, keep a spray bottle of vinegar in the car, and spray your windshield, watch
the ice and frost just melt away. This works quick, when you don’t have time to wait for your car to ‘thaw out’ to see and drive carefully!
Are you a homeowner and you use a septic tank? Instead of using costly and harsh chemicals in your septic tank, use vinegar. Flushing vinegar down the toilet
will work its way into your septic tank, and will keep germs down to a minimum. This also helps keep your toilet clean from hard water stains!
If you have stains on your concrete, pour some vinegar on the concrete, and let it sit overnight. Hose off with water and be amazed at how clean your concrete
is!
Are you a garden lover, and azaleas are on your list? Water your azalea plants once a month with a quart of water with about ½ cup of vinegar added. Vinegar
is very acidic and they will grow with this extra touch.
Plants that love the same mixture with vinegar are rhododendrons and gardenias!
Vases love to hold flowers, but fresh cut flowers often won’t last long in a vase. Use two tablespoons of vinegar with three tablespoons of sugar in your
vase for your next batch of fresh flowers to make your flowers last extra long!
Farmers use vinegar to neutralize and clean their milking equipment. The vinegar will leave the system odorless and bacteria free without using harmful
chemicals.
There are not many cars that are made today that have a lot of chrome on them, but do you know how to keep your chrome clean? You can polish chrome with
full strength vinegar for a clean shine.
Indoor and outdoor carpet alike can be treated with vinegar if your pet has made urine stains. Blot the top of the carpet, and treat with cool vinegar and
water mixture. Be careful, using hot water, as hot water sets a stain in carpet.
Love fresh vegetables picked from the garden but you don’t like the bugs that come with it? Wash vegetables with vinegar and salt and watch the bugs’ just
float away leaving you clean ready to eat vegetables!
Does the avid fisherman live in your home? If you have to scale a fish, rub vinegar on the fish five minutes before you are ready to begin and you will
find the process much easier!
Keep cats away from your flower garden by sprinkling vinegar all around your flowerbed. While keeping cats away, you will keep ants away and promote the
acid level for your flowers!
If your dog is always scratching at his ears, you can help your pet easy! Clean the inside of the dogs ears with a soft cloth dipped in ½ water and ½ vinegar
to help stop ear wax, and to chase little bugs away!
Do you have a problem with fleas on your pets? Add a little vinegar to their drinking water to deter fleas from infesting your favorite pet.
Farmers use apple vinegar in their drinking water for chickens to keep them from pecking at each other.
If you like to show your horse or dog, spraying vinegar on their coat gives them an extra shine. This is a great alternative to the expensive show products
available.
If your cat or dog has a skin infection rinse them in vinegar after their weekly bath to promote healing and cut bacteria growth.
To keep cats away from a small child’s sandbox pour vinegar around the perimeter of the sandbox weekly. Reapply if you notice the cat trying to get back
in the sand box, but this trick works wonders at keeping bugs and pests away as well!
If you have a puppy that you are trying to train, get a squirt gun, fill it with vinegar, and when the puppy is bad squirt him. The smell of straight vinegar
helps to let the puppy ‘know’ that he was bad.
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