1 square miles = 4 014 489 600 square inches
The very least Vermont received in rainfall was approximately 7 cubic inches of water in a rain guage or over 28 trillion inches of rain per square mile.
What rain was delivered in less than 12 hours.
Why does a marketing firm advertise a rain gauge in full sunlight?
28 trillion inches is approximately 121,212,120.699 gallons.
121,212,120.699 gallons X 9,612 square miles = 1,165,090,904,158.788 gallons of rainfall fell on Vermont in less than 12 hours.
There is 127,729,000,000,000 gallons of water in Lake Erie.
In less than 12 hours about 1% of the water volume of Lake Erie fell on Vermont. As a result there is serious undermining of the land itself due to the force of the 'run-off' and 'overland flow.' Vermont is going to suffer severe infrastructure challenges due to this hurricane.
Bennington (click title to entry - thank you) Police Chief Paul Doucette looks at a collapsed bridge on Route 9 in Woodford, Vt. on Aug. 28, 2011.
I am very worried about Vermont, Connecticut and our neighbor to the north which received far too much water than their infrastructures were ever designed to handle.
When a covered bridge after standing for 141 years washes away in a matter of hours, one has to wonder how anyone in Vermont is still alive.
