Combining the rain in North and South Carolina brings the total up to an unbelievable 11 trillion gallons. USA Today’s Doyle Rice calculates that’s enough water to fill 636 million swimming pools, or over 130,000 Rose Bowls filled all the way to the top.
Rice also notes that the Carolinas combined saw about 1/3 the volume of Lake Tahoe in water. In case you’re unsure of how much water Tahoe holds, the 2 million year-old lake would cover the entire state of California with over 14 inches of water.
...Coincidentally, the Carolinas’ 11 trillion gallons would have been exactly enough water to put an end to the California drought....
Friday, October 09, 2015
The Carolinas Got Enough Rain to End the California Drought
So much rain:
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