The precipitation in new york is about 5, swimming pools in five hours, so it is urgent to protect plants.
is on fire, especially for China, and new york is even more on fire. In recent days, new york has suffered from heavy rain and floods. Up to now, this rainstorm has caused more than 4 deaths, and China people pay attention to this rainstorm in the United States, mainly because Zhengzhou, China, has just experienced a similar disaster. While paying attention to the rainstorm in new york and hoping that the disaster will pass quickly, it will inevitably be compared with the rainstorm in Zhengzhou.
geographical location and climate of the United States
The United States faces the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Pacific Ocean in the west and the Gulf of Mexico in the south, so a large amount of water vapor will flow to the mainland of the United States from the east, west and south.
In addition, the United States is located in the mid-latitude zone of North America, and it is influenced by the subtropical high and the continental low in summer. This is because the Hawaiian high is sometimes cut off by the continental low, which is called the western Pacific subtropical high in the Pacific Ocean and the azores high in the Atlantic Ocean. Therefore, warm and humid air from the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico will be continuously transported to the mainland of the United States, and thunderstorm clouds will accumulate more and more, and thunderstorm clouds are the key to produce hurricanes. The United States is strong this time.
Hurricane Ida
On August 29th, Hurricane Ida, a category 4 hurricane, landed on the Gulf Coast of the United States and moved northeast. Ida is one of the strongest hurricanes in the United States, with a wind speed of 241 kilometers per hour, just one step away from the highest level. It's no coincidence that Ida is rapidly strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico. Warm seawater is the key factor for the formation and strengthening of hurricanes. The temperature in the Gulf of Mexico this year is higher than in previous years, which is why Ida is so destructive.
American rainstorm compared with Zhengzhou rainstorm
American media reported that the heavy rainfall in the United States, in five hours, the rainfall in five administrative districts of new york City exceeded 7 inches, about 18 centimeters, equivalent to 35 billion gallons of water falling from the air. Meteorologist Pedram Jawahri estimated that the water volume of about 5, Olympic-sized swimming pools was a once-in-a-century flood, and almost the whole city. Due to the heavy precipitation, some netizens even proposed to use the West Lake in China as a unit of measurement.
Looking back at the heavy rain in Zhengzhou in July, from 2: on July 19th to 2: on July 2th, the daily precipitation in Zhengzhou was 552.5 mm, of which the precipitation in a single hour from 16: to 17: on July 2th reached 21.9 mm. Compared with the data, it only rained 18 mm in five hours in the United States, and it was more than five hours in new york.
At that time, in order to let ordinary people know more about the severity of the rainstorm in Zhengzhou, people used the West Lake as a unit to measure the rainstorm in Zhengzhou. According to the simple conversion of public information, Zhengzhou covers an area of 7,446 square kilometers, and 7446X.2X1=14.9 billion cubic meters of water was poured in Zhengzhou this hour.
The West Lake in Hangzhou has a water storage capacity of nearly 14 million cubic meters, which is equivalent to the water storage capacity of 16 West Lakes in Hangzhou. In other words, just this hour, more than 1 West Lake waters were poured into Zhengzhou. This is only an hour on the 2th, and in the past 24 hours, the rainfall in Zhengzhou has reached 546 mm, showing how big the rainstorm in Zhengzhou is.
new york rainfall is converted into West Lake water
The standard Olympic swimming pool is a rectangle of 5*25m, and the water depth is required to be 1.8m. According to the minimum depth of 1.8m, 5 * 25 * 1.8 = 2,25m3 of water, and 1 ton of water = 1m3, so it takes 2,25 tons of water to fill an Olympic swimming pool, and 5, swimming pools are 5,. The West Lake is about 14 million tons of water, so 11,25/1,4 = 7.87 West Lakes fell in an hour in this rainstorm in the United States. Compared with 16 West Lakes in Zhengzhou, the rainfall is obvious.
Impact of rainstorm in new york
The rainstorm in new york has caused more than 45 deaths, and the same tragic situation has also been staged in new york. Streets have turned into rivers, subways have been inverted, railway stations and airports have been shut down, houses have collapsed, roads have been washed away, networks have been cut off, and power outages have caused people to stay indoors, and their lives and work have been affected to varying degrees. However, one wave after another, tropical storm Larry quickly approached the United States.
The rainstorm in new york reminds people of the rainstorm in Zhengzhou once again, and many people have apologized for Zhengzhou. At that time, many people questioned Zhengzhou's drainage system and questioned Zhengzhou's failure to take defensive measures. Of course, there are some reasons. However, the United States, which has always been famous for its high-tech and developed countries, or the metropolis new york, can't even compete with such a rainstorm. It is conceivable that Zhengzhou was really powerless in the face of the disaster at that time.
it is urgent to protect the earth
221 is defined as the year of global meteorological disasters. In fact, it is not an exaggeration. Tornadoes, high temperatures, heavy rains, floods, mudslides, and natural disasters have no power to fight back. Every time a disaster happens, people sigh that it is the revenge of nature and call on people to protect the environment and the earth.
However, after the disaster caused by extreme weather, it seems that people always forget the pain, still greedily suck every bit of Mother Earth, carbon emissions are increasing, and amazon rain forest's deforestation is still not contained. I only hope that human beings can really wake up. After all, protecting the earth means protecting human beings themselves! 、