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hatrack

(59,583 posts) Wed Mar 21, 2018, 09:53 PM Mar 2018

This Is What 2.93 Inches Of Rain In 20 Minutes Looks Like - Belo Horizonte, Brazil 3/16/18

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This Is What 2.93 Inches Of Rain In 20 Minutes Looks Like - Belo Horizonte, Brazil 3/16/18 (Original Post) hatrack Mar 2018 OP

3" in 20 minutes? RandomAccess Mar 2018 #1

It looks more like a tsunami. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #2

dear gawd. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #3

Cars become battering rams and chambers of death through drowning. Horrific. Doodley Mar 2018 #4

QciA...Flow (e.g. gallons per minute, cubic feet per second equals coefficient of runoff (c1 for c-rational Mar 2018 #5

Good Grief! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #6

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

1. 3" in 20 minutes?

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Wed Mar 21, 2018, 10:00 PM

Mar 2018

How is that even possible??

PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. It looks more like a tsunami.

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Wed Mar 21, 2018, 10:06 PM

Mar 2018

sheshe2

(83,708 posts)

3. dear gawd.

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Wed Mar 21, 2018, 10:23 PM

Mar 2018

Doodley

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4. Cars become battering rams and chambers of death through drowning. Horrific.

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Wed Mar 21, 2018, 10:39 PM

Mar 2018

c-rational

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5. QciA...Flow (e.g. gallons per minute, cubic feet per second equals coefficient of runoff (c1 for

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Wed Mar 21, 2018, 10:48 PM

Mar 2018

asphalt or roofs, 0.1- 0.4 for non impervious surfaces, and multiply br the area the rain fell on i.e. square feet. I do appreciate the dimensional analysis.

Rhiannon12866

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6. Good Grief!

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Fri Mar 23, 2018, 03:17 AM

Mar 2018

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