August 19, 2006

It just started to rain as we pulled away. It didn't amount to much. I'm a terrible guess on how much rain we got, but I'd guess a fraction of an inch. Maybe a 10th of an inch?

Every time we seriously water the lawn, we use about 1,000 gallons of water. It usually takes all day to do that. Whenever it rains, I notice the lawn doing so much better than how it responds to watering. Then I found out what an inch of rain actually produces.

I think we have something close to a half acre. It's somewhere like 17,000 square feet.

So, 17,000 square feet X 144 square inches per square foot = 2,448,000 square inches

2,448,000 square inches X 1 cubic inch of rain = 2,448,000 cubic inches of rain.

1 cubic foot of water = 7.48052 gallons ÷ 1728 cubic inches per cubic foot = 0.004329005 gallons per cubic inch of rain.

2,448,000 cubic inches of rain X 0.004329005 gallons per cubic inch of rain = 10,597 gallons of water per inch of rain.

If we really got a 10th of an inch of rain, it was like watering all day long.

August 11, 2006

I've been away for a few days doing freelance work and working to launch Brad On 2, Brad Schmitt's new home on the internet at WKRN News Channel 2. Brad used to write the entertainment stuff over at the Tennessean. He now calls ABC affiliate WKRN home and will be regularly featured on-air and on his new website.

Starting next week, I will also join the WKRN family as a producer. WKRN has been going through a lot of changes recently. WKRN is ranked locally as #3 behind the NBC and CBS affiliates. More to come...

August 04, 2006

It must have rained about 4 hours straight today. We needed the relief. Vince took this picture a couple of days ago while he was watering the lawn in the evening. Pink skies at night...

August 03, 2006

Our next door neighbors pulled up the potato plants a few minutes ago, and this is what we found. I was surprised we'd have any. The plants were dying, and it was past time. We planted about 7 plants in a row between both our properties.