What does 10 TRILLION gallons of water even equate to?

dodge guy wrote:
That means the tree huggers will need to find something else to complain about since the drought is just about over.

They have already started. I saw on another forum some envirowhackos complaining the controlled releases were damaging the salmon spawning beds and riparian vegetation.

Here is who is doing the "prediction". Remember; he s a weather man. If he is wrong, it doesn't matter. He is just throwing a big number out there to get a little attention.
NW Oregon and Washington areas can get 3.3" in one day.

Here is some of what Ryan Maue said.

It's difficult to calculate the amount of rainfall the entire state of California will have received by next week. But one weather expert has offered an estimate: 10 trillion gallons.

Ryan Maue, a Georgia-based meteorologist for WeatherBell Analytics, used forecast data from the National Weather Service to predict that an average of 3.3 inches of rain will fall across the state from Feb. 15 to Feb. 22.

"That's a very large number compared to previous winters and especially compared to the previous year," Maue said.

Maue cautioned that the numbers include the entire area of the state and that some areas obviously will see more precipitation as storms move in.

It would be great if they had a way to contain the water. As it is most will flow back to the ocean. Lots of major cities will have issues in the future with the growth they are experiencing. Alanta GA just barely got by there last drought same with the Dallas-Fort Worth there last drought. It's going to take some long term planning. Kansas has a issue with it's lakes as well, there silting in. The we're only designed for so many years of useful life.

Regardless if you believe in man made climate change or just natural climate change the results are the same.

and it's not about climate it's about control!!

It means that my dream of LA washing into the ocean is that much closer

Chris

The drought is not over if it all washes into the ocean.
The reservoirs have to be replenished every year.
No rain next year, back to drought conditions
It's not about the weather it's the climate... please let's not go there.

I know you are talking about gallons but here is another comparison of how much a trillion is. NO, I didn't say anything about 20 trillion in debt.

To me, it means that the world is NOT ending and there are natural ebbs and flows to the world. We have warm periods and cold periods, we have droughts and we have wet times. It means to me that humans really don't have as much "control" over what happens as some of us think that we do.

That is a lot of water though, and I believe it means that California will have a lot more system failures, because they have not properly designed or properly maintained their man made infrastructures to handle these types of events. I'm quite curious to see what the response of the federal government will be to California's request for federal aid...

That means the tree huggers will need to find something else to complain about since the drought is just about over.

10 TRILLION gallons of water means someone can make a lot of beer. :)

Artum Snowbird wrote:
If I calculated it right, it would raise the Salton Sea's 376 square miles by 125 feet. It all has to fall there though.

Except there's no boundaries to contain it. Research Ancient Lake Cahuilla. You would go a ways to refilling that..