On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:33:25 -0600, dpb wrote:

On 11/14/2018 8:02 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:57:47 -0600, dpb wrote:
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The whole thing can sag; it would need at least one intermediate support
over the 6-ft span from what I've observed in town here. If weather not
so extreme as SW KS and the like, "maybe" it'd be ok.

I live in NW GA (Atlanta), so the maximum temperature isn't likely
worse that what you see. Just more days above ~90F (and more humidity,
which is irrelevant in this case).
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Not even close -- data I just looked up showed Atlanta mean at 30
days/yr, we were 73.

That's surprising.

Extreme temp's not even close, either, either high or low.

That's not. It's rarely 100F here. The all-time record is 106, IIRC.
Hell, we had that in Vermont. The low part, well, we do get a week
with the lows in the high-teens.

That's pretty benign, comparatively, other than the humidity that's a
killer (spent almost 30 yr in Oak Ridge, TN which is closer albeit
somewhat colder as comparison to Atlanta. The humid-a-dee-doo I never
did adjust to...

Yeah but even the humidity isn't all that bad in Atlanta. We lived
just 70mi SW (down I85) from here, in Auburn AL and the difference,
even in that short distance was amazing. It was far more humid. Really
oppressive nights.