Saturday, March 13, 2004
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RAINDROPS ON ROSES
Cliff brought in an almanac last night in support of the news report that while Honolulu rain is not infrequent, it is often just showers rather than aquifer-filling soakers.
During respites from mixing drinks, I made some notes. Below is annual precipition in inches of rain (though it may have come down as snow in colder climes) of various cities. All figures are rounded to the nearest inch.
Boston, MA - 43
Chicago, IL - 36
Columbus, OH - 39
Denver, CO - 16
Honolulu, HI - 18
London, GB - 30
Los Angeles, CA - 13
Miami, FL - 59
Minneapolis, MN - 29
New York, NY - 50
Paris, FR - 26
Portland, OR - 37
San Francisco, CA - 20
Toronto, ONT - 31
The almanac also notes that the wettest place in the world (GWB will check Mars to see if we can include the entire solar system) is Mount Waialeale on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, with an average annual rainfall of 460 - no, it's not a typo - 460 inches. That's about 100 miles northwest of Honolulu. Perhaps when the crews finish building the tunnel for Deb from San Francisco to Hawaii, they can run a pipeline from Kauai to supply water to the holding tanks of Waikiki.
Cliff brought in an almanac last night in support of the news report that while Honolulu rain is not infrequent, it is often just showers rather than aquifer-filling soakers.
During respites from mixing drinks, I made some notes. Below is annual precipition in inches of rain (though it may have come down as snow in colder climes) of various cities. All figures are rounded to the nearest inch.
Boston, MA - 43
Chicago, IL - 36
Columbus, OH - 39
Denver, CO - 16
Honolulu, HI - 18
London, GB - 30
Los Angeles, CA - 13
Miami, FL - 59
Minneapolis, MN - 29
New York, NY - 50
Paris, FR - 26
Portland, OR - 37
San Francisco, CA - 20
Toronto, ONT - 31
The almanac also notes that the wettest place in the world (GWB will check Mars to see if we can include the entire solar system) is Mount Waialeale on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, with an average annual rainfall of 460 - no, it's not a typo - 460 inches. That's about 100 miles northwest of Honolulu. Perhaps when the crews finish building the tunnel for Deb from San Francisco to Hawaii, they can run a pipeline from Kauai to supply water to the holding tanks of Waikiki.
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