[petertard]

See how God has decided to punish us for complaining, 40 days and 40 nights of rain. Serves us right.

[annette kurten]

st swithin`s day isn`t until the fifteenth.

[Voynich]

Blame the ducks. It was them who prayed for rain.

[maurice45]

Originally Posted by Voynich

Blame the ducks. It was them who prayed for rain.

I concur

[skp20040]

One can rest assured Thames Water will come up with some other excuse to complain about lack of supply, maybe it will be the wrong type of water.

[shackfan]

Originally Posted by petertard

See how God has decided to punish us for complaining, 40 days and 40 nights of rain. Serves us right.

2 Points:
There is no god.
Sure its been a damn sight more than 40 days and 40 nights

[soulboy77]

Originally Posted by skp20040

One can rest assured Thames Water will come up with some other excuse to complain about lack of supply, maybe it will be the wrong type of water.

Well it has come out that quite a few of the water companies have sold off many of their reservoirs so have no way of capturing this massive amount of water falling on us. They rely too much on extraction from underground aquifers.

[technologist]

Originally Posted by skp20040

One can rest assured Thames Water will come up with some other excuse to complain about lack of supply, maybe it will be the wrong type of water.

for them it is
as the majority of their water comes from the aquifer which is still empty....

[rumpleteazer]

I kind of want to see them declare another hosepipe ban now just to see the public outrage

[lordOfTime]

Originally Posted by shackfan

2 Points:
There is no god.
Sure its been a damn sight more than 40 days and 40 nights

Are you sure about that?

[PeacockAntony]

Originally Posted by lordOfTime

Are you sure about that?

It was a stupid comment to make on a forum really.
But then again, have you got any proof that he does? Other than that book.

[peon]

what is the standard measuring vessel when the met office or EA says things like "60mm of rain fell..." ?

a level of 60mm of rain in a cup is less than 60mm of rain in a barrel, or 60mm a reservoir for example

[varialectio]

Originally Posted by peon

what is the standard measuring vessel when the met office or EA says things like "60mm of rain fell..." ?

a level of 60mm of rain in a cup is less than 60mm of rain in a barrel, or 60mm a reservoir for example

No it's not. its more water in a barrel but spread out over a proportionately larger area. For any given area, enough water will have fallen to cover it to a depth of 60mm. So the size of the vessel doesn't matter.

[lordOfTime]

Originally Posted by PeacockAntony

It was a stupid comment to make on a forum really.
But then again, have you got any proof that he does? Other than that book.

Of course I don't have any proof. But shackfan seems like he does.

[peon]

Originally Posted by varialectio

No it's not. its more water in a barrel but spread out over a proportionately larger area. For any given area, enough water will have fallen to cover it to a depth of 60mm. So the size of the vessel doesn't matter.

unless i'm having a brainmelt, if i fired a hosepipe at a cup then a bucket each with a ruler stood in it, which would rise by 60mm first, and require the least water to reach that level?

[spiney2]

its a good job we're not asking for investment in resevoirs in case of future drought.

there is no money to pay for them.

[varialectio]

Originally Posted by peon

unless i'm having a brainmelt, if i fired a hosepipe at a cup then a bucket each with a ruler stood in it, which would rise by 60mm first, and require the least water to reach that level?

I fear you are. You're thinking about a total quantity of water filling a smaller vessel deeper, not a rate of rainfall in mass per unit area.

Try this instead of your hosepipe. Think of a room that has a ceiling pierced with thousands of holes. Each hole is dripping at a constant number of drips per second. Now place a cup and a bucket in the room. They will fill to the same depth in a given time because the bucket, although of larger capacity is also wider so it's collecting water from more dripping holes than the cup.

[peon]

Originally Posted by varialectio

I fear you are. You're thinking about a total quantity of water filling a smaller vessel deeper, not a rate of rainfall in mass per unit area.

Try this instead of your hosepipe. Think of a room that has a ceiling pierced with thousands of holes. Each hole is dripping at a constant number of drips per second. Now place a cup and a bucket in the room. They will fill to the same depth in a given time because the bucket, although of larger capacity is also wider so it's collecting water from more dripping holes than the cup.

ah, of course. my bad

(thanks for explanation, which wasn't condescending of my stupidity)