What does 10 TRILLION gallons of water even equate to?
That's one weather prediction for southern California in the next week. Gary Haupt
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10 trillion gallons of water by comparison to just the water contained in Lake Michigan alone (only one of the 5 Great Lakes) is less than 1/8 of an 8 ounce glass of water (1 oz) taken from a 16' deep full Olympic sized swimming pool.
FWIW: 22,394 sq miles of water surface on Lake Michigan alone and contains 6 QUADRILLION gallons of water. 10 trillion gallons over a large area of huge California really isn't that much water from rain. However, the ground is very slow to soak it in there. So much thin mud type soil over rock makes it even worse as the water must run off rather than down thru the soil. The runoff quickly overfills the reservoir and exposes the poor planning done for the dam there!
FWIW: 22,394 sq miles of water surface on Lake Michigan alone and contains 6 QUADRILLION gallons of water. 10 trillion gallons over a large area of huge California really isn't that much water from rain. However, the ground is very slow to soak it in there. So much thin mud type soil over rock makes it even worse as the water must run off rather than down thru the soil. The runoff quickly overfills the reservoir and exposes the poor planning done for the dam there!
