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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sharing this good advice from
another list I’m on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We received more than 2 ft of
snow this past weekend. By now you have cleared things up only to find out we
have another foot or more on the way today. The question is did you clear off
your deck?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Snow weighs between 15 and 18
lbs per sq ft. (your back remembers that)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you have even a small deck
of 12’ X 12’ that is 4320 lbs of snow sitting on it right now (over
2 tons)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Divided by 180 pounds per
person, that means 24 people are standing on your deck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>With another foot that will
mean 36 people will be standing on that space 12’ X 12’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Or 6480 lbs, and that is
using the 15 lbs per sq ft. number.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In other words, if you can,
go shovel at least some of that snow off your deck before the next one hits us
today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lissa
Scott<br>
Feeding Raw Meaty Bones since 2001<br>
AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator #9661 since 2003<br>
Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League<br>
MAGDRL web: <a href="http://www.magdrl.org/" title="http://www.magdrl.org/"><span
style='color:black'>http://www.magdrl.org</span></a><br>
<i>"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves
himself." - Josh Billings</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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