Wilbur ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #1 Posted August 29, 2017 Of water has been dumped on Texas. That is an amazing figure. I am sure they are the inferior US gallon but it is still a lot of water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #2 Posted August 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Of water has been dumped on Texas. That is an amazing figure. I am sure they are the inferior US gallon but it is still a lot of water. that's like a brazillian liters 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #3 Posted August 29, 2017 Can you convert the gallons for us Wilbur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted August 29, 2017 24 minutes ago, petitepedal said: Can you convert the gallons for us Wilbur? Into beer? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #5 Posted August 29, 2017 One estimate has the final total at around 21 trillion gallons, which would be enough water to cover the entire contiguous 48 states with about .25" of water. To put in in comparison to Katrina, the amount of water Texas received would have made the flood waters 128 feet deep in New Orleans. The amount of water would be equal to 9 days of output from the Mississippi river. The National Weather Service had to add a new color to their rainfall maps to accommodate Harvey. If the total for any area hits 60 inches, it will be a one in a million years event. Only Wilbur, Maddmaxx and Roadrunner are old enough to remember that far back. I have seen rescue vehicles going past my office tower on the way to Houston. Dallas is already receiving evacuees and the entire metropolitan area is coming together to create facilities to accommodate them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #6 Posted August 29, 2017 When I completed my IIT graduate research at the U. of Toronto in 1975, I became aware the the U.S. had smaller gallons. I wonder if that originally came about as a business cartel effort to trick people, just like almost ALL the major brands of spaghetti sauce (Prego, Ragu, etc.) have uniformly reduced the size of their jars from 32 oz. to 28 oz. to 26 oz. and now to 24 oz. I now have to buy an 8 oz. can of tomato sauce to add to the brand names so I have enough sauce for a pound of pasta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted August 29, 2017 So, there is 6 million people and if all of them filled their 10 gallon hats... hmm.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #8 Posted August 29, 2017 5 minutes ago, Wilbur said: So, there is 6 million people and if all of them filled their 10 gallon hats... hmm.. Only the men wear ten gallon hats. So about 1.5 million ten gallon hats, but 3 million pick up trucks..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #9 Posted August 29, 2017 6 minutes ago, MickinMD said: When I completed my IIT graduate research at the U. of Toronto in 1975, I became aware the the U.S. had smaller gallons. I wonder if that originally came about as a business cartel effort to trick people, just like almost ALL the major brands of spaghetti sauce (Prego, Ragu, etc.) have uniformly reduced the size of their jars from 32 oz. to 28 oz. to 26 oz. and now to 24 oz. I now have to buy an 8 oz. can of tomato sauce to add to the brand names so I have enough sauce for a pound of pasta. So if we simply increase gallon size, can we decrease the impact of the flooding? Only 2 million Wilbur gallons of rain fell sounds better to me. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share #10 Posted August 29, 2017 21 trillion us gallons 79.494 trillion litres 17.486 trillion Imperial gallons. There, now we all understand each other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted August 29, 2017 Share #11 Posted August 29, 2017 20 minutes ago, jsharr said: One estimate has the final total at around 21 trillion gallons, which would be enough water to cover the entire contiguous 48 states with about .25" of water. My rough calculation indicates that a quarter inch of water over the 48 contiguous states (about 3.12 million square miles) would be achieved with just 15 trillion gallons of water. 21 trillion gallons should cover the 48 states in 0.35 inches of water. Of course, I could be wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 29, 2017 Share #12 Posted August 29, 2017 22 minutes ago, Wilbur said: 21 trillion us gallons 79.494 trillion litres 17.486 Imperial gallons. There, now we all understand each other. Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #13 Posted August 29, 2017 25 minutes ago, Road Runner said: My rough calculation indicates that a quarter inch of water over the 48 contiguous states (about 3.12 million square miles) would be achieved with just 15 trillion gallons of water. 21 trillion gallons should cover the 48 states in 0.35 inches of water. Of course, I could be wrong. I was sort of guessing as the article said .17" inches but I was not sure if that was based on 9 trillion or 15 trillion gallons. I guess it was the 9 trillion figure. Anyway, it is a metric crap ton of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted August 29, 2017 Share #14 Posted August 29, 2017 37 minutes ago, jsharr said: I was sort of guessing as the article said .17" inches but I was not sure if that was based on 9 trillion or 15 trillion gallons. I guess it was the 9 trillion figure. Anyway, it is a metric crap ton of water. 3.12 million square miles equals 87 trillion square feet. 87 trillion cubic feet of water equals 650 trillion gallons of water. Since 0.25 inches of water would represent 0.0208 cubic feet of water per square foot, the total gallons needed to cover the 48 states in 0.25 inches of water would be just 13.6 trillion gallons. 0.17 inches would equate to a little over 9 trillion gallons. 21 trillion gallons would result in almost 0.4 inches of rain over the entire country. An amazing catastrophic event, in any case. Almost biblical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted August 29, 2017 Share #15 Posted August 29, 2017 49 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Huh? It's really wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 29, 2017 Share #16 Posted August 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: It's really wet. Thanks for the help. You just might have made my new BFF list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #17 Posted August 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Thanks for the help. You just might have made my new BFF list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted August 29, 2017 Share #18 Posted August 29, 2017 8 minutes ago, Kzoo said: You just might have made my new BFF list. You have a list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretaker Posted August 29, 2017 Share #19 Posted August 29, 2017 Must have been on God's bucket list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 29, 2017 Share #20 Posted August 29, 2017 I'll stick with snow, TYVM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #21 Posted August 29, 2017 1 minute ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: I'll stick with snow, TYVM You are so going to get an epic snow hurricane for having an attitude like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted August 29, 2017 Share #22 Posted August 29, 2017 Too bad there is no way to direct some of that water our way. They are experiencing record flooding and we are dry as dust.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotgun Posted August 29, 2017 Share #23 Posted August 29, 2017 Who the hell had time to measure that many gallons of water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 29, 2017 Share #24 Posted August 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, shotgun said: Who the hell had time to measure that many gallons of water? The mayor. He wan't evacuating residents so he measured rain. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 30, 2017 Share #25 Posted August 30, 2017 9 hours ago, Wilbur said: 21 trillion us gallons 79.494 trillion litres 17.486 trillion Imperial gallons. There, now we all understand each other. How many cubic furlongs? I'll have to see if Google knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 30, 2017 Share #26 Posted August 30, 2017 23 hours ago, MickinMD said: When I completed my IIT graduate research at the U. of Toronto in 1975, I became aware the the U.S. had smaller gallons. I wonder if that originally came about as a business cartel effort to trick people, just like almost ALL the major brands of spaghetti sauce (Prego, Ragu, etc.) have uniformly reduced the size of their jars from 32 oz. to 28 oz. to 26 oz. and now to 24 oz. I now have to buy an 8 oz. can of tomato sauce to add to the brand names so I have enough sauce for a pound of pasta. Can you convert 21 trillion US cheater cartel gallons of rain into jars of Prego and / or Ragu for us? Also, how much pasta are we going to need? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 30, 2017 Share #27 Posted August 30, 2017 On 8/29/2017 at 9:24 AM, bikeman564™ said: that's like a brazillian liters Brazilians are always the best! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share #28 Posted August 31, 2017 Okay, the volume is now put to 90 trillion gallons. Almost a year of water from Niagara Falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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