Luke
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45 litres per square metre according to some other reports of the same emergency
Media mistakes
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Black Hole
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Perhaps that's how rainfall gets expressed in other parts of the world, ie as "litres" meaning litres per square metre. They might be just as mystified by inches.
Why do they bother with saying per square metre? It's not like it's just raining in a square metre. It does so in the next and in the next.
Just say the depth of rain/flood is 45 mm
The amount of rain falling will not be equal to the depth of flooding caused will it. Absorption and run off or into will cause a massive difference.
( One for "Assume v. Presume" I know but why is it Absorption and not Absorbtion when absorbing and absorbed are used. )
Don't think so.
It's the depth of a cuboid with a base of 1 m2
MikeSh
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It is that, but that doesn't mean it's the origin of the term.
I'm not saying you aren't right but can you cite a source for your assertion? Otherwise you're just giving an alternative opinion.
(This is heading into AvP territory
)Good explanation here. This recent chat has reminded me of an earlier signage error at the entrance to Datchet Sailing Club, with facts about the Queen Mother Reservoir, stating it holds 38m^3 of water (correct figure is 38 million m^3 - interestingly I see Wikipedia quotes "38,000 megalitres", which is also correct, but using units I find harder to get my head around).
EEPhil
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If that was all it holds it's hardly worth calling it a reservoir. More like a (very) small swimming pool. Model boats?
Black Hole
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Interesting, but with elements of claptrap.
Designed?!!
Difficulties of pronunciation are only relevant in that laziness creeps in and then spellings follow pronunciation. Don't try telling me that the vocal tract is unable to perform such feats – it's a question of practice. Take, for example, the African click languages.
People pontificate and then other people take those pontifications as fact. They're not, they are only opinions.
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) (my emphasis)Thanks for the link though speaking for myself I find that Absorbtion rolls of the tongue far better than Absorption maybe due to me being non Latino
Black Hole
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My guess is that's a misprint and there's a shuttle bus.
EEPhil
Number 28
You'd think so. But the geography of the stop is such that a shuttle tram is possible. Quite often, when there is an accident or other blockage, a trapped tram operates a shuttle service.
MikeSh
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Sounds like something from a Thomas the Tank Engine book.