A Meter of Rain

[red-beard]

Conversion factor is 39.5" to 1 meter

[island911]

Saved up? The law of conservation of hurricane rain?

The US has gone a record long 142 months w/o a hurricane hitting land.

[pwd72s]

Hope you're on high ground. Holy sheet!

[Heel n Toe]

Well there's floodin' down in Texas
All of the telephone lines are down
Well there's floodin' down in Texas
All of the telephone lines are down
And I've been tryin' to call my baby
Lord and I can't get a single sound

Well dark clouds are rollin' in
Man I'm standin' out in the rain
Well dark clouds are rollin' in
Man I'm standin' out in the rain
Yeah flood water keep a rollin'
Man it's about to drive poor me insane

Well I'm leavin' you baby
Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay
Well I'm leavin' you baby
Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay
Well back home are no floods or tornados
Baby and the sun shines every day

[Heel n Toe]

Intellicast - Current Radar in San Antonio, Texas

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by island911

The US has gone a record long 142 months w/o a hurricane hitting land.

Hurricane Mathew turned eastern NC into a freakin' lake last year .

[GothingNC]

I remember, it was horrible !

We even had bad flooding in the Raleigh area even though the Hurricane only stayed for about 12 hours.

[red-beard]

The issue is the storm will stall over the coast, for a WEEK. Most of the time a storm passes inland and dies out. Two high pressure systems will stall it along the coast, and that is making the storm totals so high.

[KFC911]

It's gonna be brutal....and devastating James
....but you already know this.

[IROC]

Another way to visualize 1 m of rain is that it equates to about 19,600 gallons per acre. So, it's like having a small swimming pool dumped on every yard in a residential neighborhood.

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by IROC

Another way to visualize 1 m of rain is that it equates to about 19,600 gallons per acre. So, it's like having a small swimming pool dumped on every yard in a residential neighborhood.

That's it? I thought it would be a lot higher.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

That's it? I thought it would be a lot higher.

That's a massive amount.....everywhere! The coastal areas are flat...no where for the water to go....but it does . Streams become rivers, rivers become raging, and lower areas become huge lakes....

Bottom line....humans, and LOTS of them, live where Mother Nature says you probably shouldn't be living...or pay....eventually...

[nota]

we once got 11 inches of rain in about 5 hours from a wave
not even a storm or tropical depression just a wave with no name
and it all fell from 12 midnite to dawn

[Hads930]

Red Beard you have a PM

[Crowbob]

There are 43,560 sq ft in an acre. Times 3 ft deep equals 130,680 cubic feet of water 3 feet deep per acre. There are 7.48 gallons of water per cubic foot. So there are 977,486 gals/acre.

In addition, that water is not static as in filling a pool. It moves, and moves rapidly. A gallon of water equals 8.35 pounds. So there's the rough equivalent of 8,162,011 pounds of mass per acre in motion.*

Add the wind force and tidal surge and you have a pretty soggy environment.


*All calculations are subject to revision as I can't do maths too good.

[willtel]

Originally Posted by IROC

Another way to visualize 1 m of rain is that it equates to about 19,600 gallons per acre. So, it's like having a small swimming pool dumped on every yard in a residential neighborhood.

I'm not a math guy but I found this on a Google search of "inches of rain to gallons per acre".

Volume and weight. One inch of rain falling on 1 acre of ground is equal to about 27,154 gallons and weighs about 113 tons.

So wouldn't that mean that 30" of rain on an acre would equate to 814,620 gallons?

Again I'm not a math guy.

[Crowbob]

The Saturn V rocket which propelled the astronauts to the moon produced 7,648,000 pounds of thrust at liftoff. That means there is more energy in 30 inches of rain than it takes to go to the moon PER ACRE!

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

There are 43,560 sq ft in an acre. Times 3 ft deep equals 130,680 cubic feet of water 3 feet deep per acre. There are 7.48 gallons of water per cubic foot. So there are 977,486 gals/acre.

In addition, that water is not static as in filling a pool. It moves, and moves rapidly. A gallon of water equals 8.35 pounds. So there's the rough equivalent of 8,162,011 pounds of mass per acre in motion.*

Add the wind force and tidal surge and you have a pretty soggy environment.


*All calculations are subject to revision as I can't do maths too good.

Originally Posted by willtel

I'm not a math guy but I found this on a Google search of "inches of rain to gallons per acre".



So wouldn't that mean that 30" of rain on an acre would equate to 814,620 gallons?

Again I'm not a math guy.

It always boggles my mind when I look at the flooding and all that mass of water and realize, it all fell out of the sky! It just does not seem possible.

[island911]

Originally Posted by GothingNC

I remember, it was horrible !

We even had bad flooding in the Raleigh area even though the Hurricane only stayed for about 12 hours.

Apparently that was the edge. Unless the eye hits land... not my rule.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by IROC

Another way to visualize 1 m of rain is that it equates to about 19,600 gallons per acre. So, it's like having a small swimming pool dumped on every yard in a residential neighborhood.

43560 (acre square feet) * 3 feet deep = 130680 cubic feet = 977554 gallons

That is about 1.5 Olympic pools!