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A precautionary warning about awnings

When you put your awning up you should leave one end lower than the other. That way, if it rains, the water will run off easily. If the awning is up level rain can collect in the middle and get quite heavy.

On July 4th, 2001, a bright, sunny day, I put the awning up level to get it out of the way. While we were over on the other side of the farm, about 1/2 mile away, a scattered thundershower dumped two inches of rain on us and destroyed the awning.

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   {short description of image} Based on the water in the dog food bowl, it appeared that 2" of rain fell in 15 minutes.

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