It starts out okay and tells you 2 inch of rain in a large bowl is not the same as 2 inch of rain in a cup. Then, it never answer the question about how much is an inch of rainfall and how to measure it.
@zaku2939
3 жыл бұрын
Put a bucket outside and measure how much water is in after the storm. Make sure it's not covered/doesn't tip over
@alexandra.willitts6988
3 жыл бұрын
A very simple formula............ For each 1 inch of rain on a 1,000 square foot roof you would multiply .600 x 1,000. (.600 x 1,000 square feet x 1) would total about 600 gallons of water. 5 inches of rain on a 7,000 square foot roof would total about 21,000 gallons (.600 x 7,000 x 5). So just for laughs let's say that 2 1/2 inches of rain fall on a 100,000 square foot roof on a warehouse or distribution center. (.600 x 100,000 x 2.50) = 150,000 gallons. Hopefully that helps
@enufots4621
3 жыл бұрын
@@alexandra.willitts6988 I wanted to know how many inches of rain fell and not how many gallons has fallen. Let's just say I have an ~500sq ft lawn, it rained, then stopped. How many inches of rain fell in general everywhere or more specifically onto my 500sq ft lawn?
@GTILOUD
2 жыл бұрын
@@enufots4621 buy a rain meter then and why do you want to know that? .623 gallons per sqft per 1" of rain.
@m4ck356
2 жыл бұрын
You must have rocks for brains
@hoff4301
4 жыл бұрын
This my friends is not helpful.
@alexandra.willitts6988
3 жыл бұрын
Read my reply to Enuf Ots from 6 months before my reply. That is a pretty accurate formula on a much smaller scale.
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5 жыл бұрын
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@xevious2501
2 жыл бұрын
more to this explanation is the fact that the water accumulates in areas that confine the water. So although the news will say, And inch of water.. which then you would think.. its not even enough to cover your shoes. You must consider, where the volume of that inch of water is accumulated at. So to better understand, if in your in a valley, obviously the majority of that water will see to that valley filling up to levels well beyond an inch. could be several feet. in general youd have no idea what the outcome would be unless you know the lay of the land. such as places like New Orleans that are well aware they are below sea level, and their city outlining dikes, prevent both river lake and estuary waters from filling up the enormous bowl they reside in. In a flood situation the amount of water that falls upon the land accumulates faster than the water can dissipate from said area, thus flooding areas.
@annafraley5388
3 жыл бұрын
Good job, Chris...!! 👍
@SeanSchwifty
8 ай бұрын
This is nothing back in my country. We used to have rain of more than 10 feet shortly after followed by 10 feet of snow and hail. 👀
@robisolovjov4013
Жыл бұрын
So are we measuring with a bowl or cup?!
@JAROCHELOcesarcastro
Жыл бұрын
Quedé igual o peor!! 😂
@nelsona9381
4 жыл бұрын
how did they use the numbers to get the 2billions of waterfall?
@leinardesteves3987
3 жыл бұрын
Use the formula for volume. The numbers are a bit too big so they use calculators The formula is V = Area x Height The area is 18 squared miles, but we have to convert that to inches since our height is inches to make it easier. 18 squared miles = 72,260,812,800 squared inches 72,260,812,800 squared inches x 7 inches = 505,825,689,600 cubic inches 231 cubic inches is 1 gallon so 505,825,689,600 divided by 231 = 2,189,721,600 gallons or 2 billion gallons to simplify
@alexandra.willitts6988
3 жыл бұрын
..............or you can read my reply to Enuf Ots from 6 months after his original post. A much simpler formula on a much smaller scale.
@Mitchthisis
3 жыл бұрын
@@leinardesteves3987 thank you🙏🏽
@idekwhat1572
2 жыл бұрын
@@leinardesteves3987 so it's just straightforward huh. I thought they'd take elevation into account.
@leinardesteves3987
2 жыл бұрын
@@idekwhat1572 I understand why you may think of it that way since cities are never flat anyway but the "height" of the rain is measured with a rain guage, elevation isn't taken into acc since they're not figuring out the height for every specific area in the city. Think of that as the "average height of rainfall during this amount of time" instead of it being a relationship between ground height to top water height
@maybehere_
7 жыл бұрын
gotta love memes
@meat-8925
7 ай бұрын
Frank Ocean
@thire10
Жыл бұрын
Soooo... How much is an inch????
@mr.turdlybird4387
Жыл бұрын
“2 inches is 2 inches” Not when I’m with my girlfriend (I don’t have one)
@deoxi3207
Жыл бұрын
5 inches of rain fall isnt having 5 inches of water everywhere and nothing else happening. Remember that there are fking slopes, dirt and trash that could be outside. Water will pile up towards buildings that are on lowerr elevations and mudslides will occur as well as the pile up or trash. 5 inches of rain is nothing to scoff at.
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