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Old 11-09-2024, 03:15 PM
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There is an extensive network of measurements of rainfall in the US. From the rainfall reports and the area of coverage you can compute how many gallons of water fell. Alternatively, you can also use a model run as a proxy. The models put out precipitation on the ground on a per grid volume basis. You can just add them up. An inch over a square mile is 17.4 million gallons.

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Originally Posted by Rainger99 View Post
They are claiming that the rain from Helene and related storms was 40 trillion (that is trillion) gallons!!

Not sure how they measure it.


Helene, other storms dumped 40 trillion gallons of rain: NOAA | wcnc.com

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