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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: NW Lower Michigan
Posts: 29,759
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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.
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