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Post by puffy on Jun 9, 2018 21:53:32 GMT -5
It's late Saturday night and I don't have anything to do before I go to bed but post this silly thought..Suppose instead of raining clouds dropped there water all at once,
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2018 22:07:23 GMT -5
That would be called Saint Louis
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 10, 2018 6:50:07 GMT -5
Or Ireland.
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Post by Darin on Jun 10, 2018 7:04:01 GMT -5
Average weight of a Cumulus cloud is around 1 million pounds ... that would be a big drop!  |
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Post by Stanhill on Jun 10, 2018 7:06:22 GMT -5
Average weight of a Cumulus cloud is around 1 million pounds ... that would be a big drop! ...takes a sturdy umbrella.
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Post by pappyjoe on Jun 10, 2018 7:15:58 GMT -5
In SE Louisiana, I’ve seen 3 inches of rain in one hour. That’s pretty close to what you described.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 10, 2018 8:32:03 GMT -5
Average weight of a Cumulus cloud is around 1 million pounds ... that would be a big drop! Wow. That would destroy property... Everything. |
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Post by Matthew on Jun 10, 2018 9:50:55 GMT -5
There is a "Micro-burst",where a cloud will drop
a heavier content in a (relatively) small area.
They had one in Ft Worth some years back that
caused an airplane crash.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 10, 2018 10:10:01 GMT -5
There is a "Micro-burst",where a cloud will drop a heavier content in a (relatively) small area. They had one in Ft Worth some years back that caused an airplane crash. good grief that's crazy. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 10, 2018 10:10:55 GMT -5
It's also amazing how much conversation can be had from a 'silly' comment. Great thread, @  . |
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Post by gav on Jun 10, 2018 15:26:42 GMT -5
Cherrapunji, India, is one of the wettest places on Earth, thanks to monsoon rains each year. Cherrapunji now holds the world record 48-hour rainfall with a whopping 2,493 mm, or 98.15 inches, of rain on June 15-16, 1995
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Post by william on Jun 10, 2018 17:25:05 GMT -5
In 1997 a category 1 hurricane (Danny) stalled in Mobile Bay. Mobile, being on the east side of the storm, experienced most of the water pushed out of the rivers and bay thanks to a steady north wind. Good thing--it dropped somewhere between 36 and 48 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. An official recording station on Dauphin Island recorded 37 inches, and radar estimates 48 inches just offshore. I assure you--that is a bunch of rain. It was some sort of record until Harvey visited Texas recently. |
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Post by toshtego on Jun 10, 2018 17:31:56 GMT -5
Rain? What is that?
Welcome to New Mexico where it all walked away.
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Post by cappadoc on Jun 10, 2018 17:43:46 GMT -5
Average weight of a Cumulus cloud is around 1 million pounds ... that would be a big drop! How in the hell does one weigh a cloud?  |
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Post by Darin on Jun 10, 2018 18:03:17 GMT -5
Average weight of a Cumulus cloud is around 1 million pounds ... that would be a big drop! How in the hell does one weigh a cloud? Here ya go! www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zsbwjxs |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Jun 10, 2018 18:06:57 GMT -5
That would indeed be crazy. We had a small storm stall on us a few years ago. It dropped 7" of rain in 1 hour. Dams broke, roads flooded, spillways overfilled... it was a huge mess.
I couldn't even imagine what would happen, besides the weight of the water crushing everything, if it all came at once!
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Post by trailboss on Jun 10, 2018 18:12:34 GMT -5
I went to Olympic National park in Washington and hiked through it...with an average rainfall of 12 feet per year, after a three day hike the wife, she had to shave the moss off my back...instead of Fabio (I had a longer mane), I was Mossio....better looking though.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 10, 2018 20:06:44 GMT -5
Average weight of a Cumulus cloud is around 1 million pounds ... that would be a big drop! How in the hell does one weigh a cloud? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2018 21:47:30 GMT -5
Seems like every time I had the pleasure of visiting England, those days before I retired........it rained almost every day. At times the fog was so thick you could not viably see across the street. But always had a pleasant stay and fabulous choices of some of my favorite tobacco’s. Purchased my first Comoy’s back in the early 70’s in London. Still an outstanding smoker. Something special about well aged Algerian briar, just my opinion.
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Post by exbenedict on Jun 10, 2018 22:06:06 GMT -5
When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, it dropped enough water to deflect the Earths crust by 1/4 of an inch according to GPS readings.
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Post by Matthew on Jun 10, 2018 22:17:48 GMT -5
So,How many here have seen it rain upwards?
I have,once.I was driving my family into
town to get out of the path of a tornado.
Didn't get caught up in it,but was close
enough that it was pulling the rain up into
it off the ground.
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Post by antb on Jun 13, 2018 2:30:15 GMT -5
This thread made me smile Thanks guys!  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 13, 2018 11:35:19 GMT -5
So,How many here have seen it rain upwards? I have,once.I was driving my family into town to get out of the path of a tornado. Didn't get caught up in it,but was close enough that it was pulling the rain up into it off the ground. I used to see water spouts all the time when I was pulling a net on Galveston bay. They were mostly small and didn't last long, kinda like dust devils. Now the 3 tornadoes dancing next to the highway as I was leaving Corpus Christi in 1970 ahead of Ceila could have emptied the bay. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 13, 2018 11:52:17 GMT -5
When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, it dropped enough water to deflect the Earths crust by 1/4 of an inch according to GPS readings. It work out to be 133 billion tons. If anyone doesn't believe this deflection, note that the coast of the Great Lakes is rebounding about a half inch per year from the last ice age. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 13, 2018 11:53:38 GMT -5
During Harvey, we had over 16" of rain in one day. It was impressive. And then it just kept raining...
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 13, 2018 14:58:05 GMT -5
During Harvey, we had over 16" of rain in one day. It was impressive. And then it just kept raining... That must have been scary to watch, especially when places nearby were starting to flood. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 13, 2018 15:14:43 GMT -5
During Harvey, we had over 16" of rain in one day. It was impressive. And then it just kept raining... That must have been scary to watch, especially when places nearby were starting to flood. Well, it wasn't personally scary. We have been through dozens of floods. Our house is high and the water never near us. In Houston, which is very flat, it rains "like a cow pissing on a flat rock" 100mm in an hour isn't unusual. The streets are designed to be an overflow for the storm drains. After Hurricane Carla, we were swimming in the streets with 4'of water. I have driven many times with water over the hood of the car. I guess you can get used to earthquakes, if you live in LA. It was kind of rough watching the other people's homes being flooded, and inspiring to see that everyone with a boat helping with rescues. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 13, 2018 15:47:37 GMT -5
That must have been scary to watch, especially when places nearby were starting to flood. Well, it wasn't personally scary. We have been through dozens of floods. Our house is high and the water never near us. In Houston, which is very flat, it rains "like a cow pissing on a flat rock" 100mm in an hour isn't unusual. The streets are designed to be an overflow for the storm drains. After Hurricane Carla, we were swimming in the streets with 4'of water. I have driven many times with water over the hood of the car. I guess you can get used to earthquakes, if you live in LA. It was kind of rough watching the other people's homes being flooded, and inspiring to see that everyone with a boat helping with rescues. I'd say it was. It was rough watching it from over here. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 14, 2018 10:55:28 GMT -5
Well, it wasn't personally scary. We have been through dozens of floods. Our house is high and the water never near us. In Houston, which is very flat, it rains "like a cow pissing on a flat rock" 100mm in an hour isn't unusual. The streets are designed to be an overflow for the storm drains. After Hurricane Carla, we were swimming in the streets with 4'of water. I have driven many times with water over the hood of the car. I guess you can get used to earthquakes, if you live in LA. It was kind of rough watching the other people's homes being flooded, and inspiring to see that everyone with a boat helping with rescues. I'd say it was. It was rough watching it from over here. I think it is hard to watch people suffering whether they are down the street or on the other side of the world. I have been to Mexico City several times and I am all over the news when they have an earthquake. Ireland is the only place that I have visited in the eastern hemisphere, and luckily that corner of Heaven does not have any natural disasters. I think they have a political disaster, but I won't discuss that. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 14, 2018 11:38:46 GMT -5
I'd say it was. It was rough watching it from over here. I think it is hard to watch people suffering whether they are down the street or on the other side of the world. I have been to Mexico City several times and I am all over the news when they have an earthquake. Ireland is the only place that I have visited in the eastern hemisphere, and luckily that corner of Heaven does not have any natural disasters. I think they have a political disaster, but I won't discuss that. Oh that they do... That they do. |
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