WFO Ft. Worth trivia for the day

[Jonathan Whitehead]

Originally posted by NWSFOFWD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

TRIVIA (YARD WATERING): 1 CU FT OF WATER IS 7.48 GAL... SO ONE INCH
OF WATER OVER 12 SQ FT IS 7.48 GALLONS. TO COVER A SMALL YARD...
1200 SQ FT...WITH ONE INCH OF WATER IS 748 GALLONS OR 100 CU FT OF
WATER. MY YARD IS ROUGHLY 7200 SQ FT...OR 6 TIMES THE USAGE IN THE
EXAMPLE. TO DUPLICATE A ONE INCH RAINFALL...4488 GALLONS IS USED.

 

[Morgan Palmer]

That's very interesting. It makes me even more infuriated when I see people (I live in TX) watering the street in addition to their lawns. (misaligned sprinklers)

 

[Tim Vasquez]

In my experience it's been corporate properties that do that a lot. I remember during the big high-tech boom in Dallas during the late 90s, you'd drive around new office parks at night and the streets would be soaked.

Tim