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Bob avatar
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Here's a fun fact that may or may not win you a bar bet. Orlando had about 17.5 inches of rain for June. Assuming the average lot size at 1/4 acre, that works out to 119,700 gallons of water on each lawn this past month!

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Kurt avatar
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Here's a fun fact that may or may not win you a bar bet. Orlando had about 17.5 inches of rain for June. Assuming the average lot size at 1/4 acre, that works out to 119,700 gallons of water on each lawn this past month!

And I bet there were plenty of sprinklers going. :lol: :(
Bob avatar
SoWal InsiderAuthor
#3
And I bet there were plenty of sprinklers going. :lol: :(
Yes, there were. Standard procedure for most homeowners with new sprinkler sysytems is to disconnect the rain sensor after initial inspection. The city waters the road medians and parks even now between 5-6 in the morning. Even though thay use reclaimed water, it's not needed.
BeachDreamer avatar
Beach Fanatic
#4
I think we must have gotten 17 inches of rain just in the last two days.

Signed - Floating in Texas
Cil avatar
Beach Fanatic
#5
Is this the third rainy year y'all have had? I remember hearing about a lot of rain last year, and it was rainy the summer before that. What's going on?
Beach Comber
#6
Could it be considered wasteful to dump out a cooler of ice when the party is over instead of waiting for it to melt so it can be filtered and used for drinking water?
alic65 avatar
Beach Lover
#7
Not in Missouri :floor:
Beach Comber
#8
It was just something I thought about today as I washed my SUV out in the driveway.
alic65 avatar
Beach Lover
#9
water shortages are really bad, we've had about all the rain we can handle this month, we are drowning here in big MO. 😀

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