178 sq miles===113,920 acres. (640 acres to a sq mile also called a section ).
That size == 113,920 acres times 325,851 gallons per acre feet==== 371,209,459.2 gallons
371,209,459.2 gallons times 8 pounds to a gallon ===
2,969,675,674 pounds of water for the current surface of the lake.....12” deep. Almost 3 BILLION POUNDS.
Would have to know the depth of the lake to get the GRAND TOTAL WEIGHT of Tulare Lake.......
ISN’T MATH FUN ??
yes sir I do love me some good numbers.
And a good variable or 2 makes me giddy.
I have to say that β3 BILLION POUNDS.β sounds like a lot of geologic stimuli to me ... now I'm no rocket surgeon so ...take it as you will.
I just can't get past a 178 sq mile lake just popping up ..
... makes me really wonder now .. how deep this thing is?
so is this thing going to be a giant mosquito pond?
or what ?
Check your orders of magnitude.