Ever have something meaningless bother you?

  • Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 60010
    June 7, 2012 at 3:07 am #1333694

    Last weekend as I was sitting in my man cave, I was looking out at the river and I wondered, “just how much water is going past me?”

    Now I’m not great at math, but I’m pretty good at Google, so this is what I came up with.

    Todays flow is 70,400 cubic feet per second.
    x 7.4805
    = 526627.20 gallons per second

    /660,000 gallons in an Olympic size swimming pool
    = .80 pools per second.
    x 60
    = 48 pools per minute
    x 60
    = 2880 pools per hour
    x 24
    = 69120 pools per day.

    Or 190,346,112 TONs of water per day.

    Bed time.

    chirp
    Rochester
    Posts: 1471
    June 7, 2012 at 3:26 am #1074356

    Brian, you have been watching way to much water go by. Now you need to figure out how many fish have gone by you.

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    June 7, 2012 at 3:55 am #1074361

    Quote:

    Last weekend as I was sitting in my man cave, I was looking out at the river and I wondered, “just how much water is going past me?”

    Now I’m not great at math, but I’m pretty good at Google, so this is what I came up with.

    Todays flow is 70,400 cubic feet per second.
    x 7.4805
    = 526627.20 gallons per second

    /660,000 gallons in an Olympic size swimming pool
    = .80 pools per second.
    x 60
    = 48 pools per minute
    x 60
    = 2880 pools per hour
    x 24
    = 69120 pools per day.

    Or 190,346,112 TONs of water per day.

    Bed time.

    The fact that you did the math bothers me.

    So, your answer is yes.

    super_do
    St Michael, MN
    Posts: 1091
    June 7, 2012 at 11:23 am #1074378

    Wouldn’t it have been easier to just have a ?

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    June 7, 2012 at 11:52 am #1074382

    Quote:

    Todays flow is 70,400 cubic feet per second.
    x 7.4805
    = 526627.20 gallons per second

    /660,000 gallons in an Olympic size swimming pool
    = .80 pools per second.
    x 60
    = 48 pools per minute
    x 60
    = 2880 pools per hour
    x 24
    = 69120 pools per day.

    Or 190,346,112 TONs of water per day.

    Bed time.

    My better half has used this formula to figure out the weekend beer consumption

    blufloyd
    Posts: 698
    June 7, 2012 at 12:02 pm #1074383

    Not very good at math but I gather you were not in a bathroom at time.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    June 7, 2012 at 12:25 pm #1074389

    Your math is right Brian,,,If a guy wanted to take it farther and perhaps make it even more accurate, a person would have to figure the volume of body size of fish and everything growing and not growing. He’d also have to subtract the wet weight of such in volume and add that to the volume going down river. The dry weight then would be subtracted from the overall totals of the wet weight giving a more accurate measurement. If the fish and any other object is going up river that would also have to be subtracted because its going up river, and also figure out its constant, (reminds me of a saying). The amount soaking into the river bed and sides of the river plus evaporation would have to be found out or accurately approxamated and figure the angles of it soaking into the riverbed, wheather its going slightly down river or up river. Last but not least You’d also have to figure what portion ends up as a gas other then oxygen but that could be an accurate approxamation adding up all the gasses, then subtantartica (subtracted, and this is making me dizzy) from the water volume. Think I’ll go fishing.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 60010
    June 7, 2012 at 2:08 pm #1074419

    Mossy, what…oh, you are sitting in the bathroom.

    sgt._rock
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2517
    June 7, 2012 at 2:43 pm #1074429

    Brian turn off the sports channel showing all those ads for upcoming Olympic Games. You have pool brain.

    millerman
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 627
    June 7, 2012 at 4:17 pm #1046644

    I’ve had meaningless people bother me!

    olisflyrod
    Lakeville MN
    Posts: 157
    June 7, 2012 at 5:03 pm #1074471

    HAY- how about some pictures of the river???

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18776
    June 7, 2012 at 5:28 pm #1074481

    “Ever have something meaningless bother you?”

    Other than this post?

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 60010
    June 7, 2012 at 7:01 pm #1074518

    Quote:

    HAY- how about some pictures of the river???

    …trying to take me off track huh?

    I’m high and dry until tomorrow afternoon. Guess no one else has a camera down there.

    Brian Hoffies
    Land of 10,000 taxes, potholes & the politically correct.
    Posts: 6843
    June 7, 2012 at 7:36 pm #1074532

    Ever have something meaningless bother you?

    Umm, thought about the Vikings once but that was nothing compared to what you are going through.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    June 7, 2012 at 9:39 pm #1074560

    …trying to take me off track huh?

    Some people will do anything Right Brian and no I’m in the outhouse watching people catch fish out the window,,,,,Not the toilet.

    I’m high and dry until tomorrow afternoon. Guess no one else has a camera down there.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    June 7, 2012 at 9:59 pm #1074570

    Does someone have a windy outhouse, the wind must be blowing the wrong direction, right Brian,,, Hey who cares as long as the fish are biting.

    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
    Posts: 9559
    June 8, 2012 at 2:21 am #1074616

    Quote:

    And by they way, I know for a fact your poop does stink.

    Now you’ve gone and given Brian’s aroma enhancer secret away.

    chirp
    Rochester
    Posts: 1471
    June 8, 2012 at 2:40 am #1074620

    Is that what he calls stink bait?

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 60010
    June 8, 2012 at 2:48 am #1074623

    Quote:

    Is that what he calls stink bait?

    I call it the smell of rose buds, but obviously Steve has other thoughts.

    jeff_huberty
    Inactive
    Posts: 4941
    June 8, 2012 at 11:38 am #1074655

    Your calculation is all wrong, you did not account for Historical Evapotranspiration.

    Recalculating

    river rat randy
    Hager City WI
    Posts: 1736
    June 8, 2012 at 1:59 pm #1074702

    BK….. .You need 3 or 4 more part time Jobs.! …rrr Ps. Nights and weekends

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 60010
    June 8, 2012 at 2:17 pm #1074713

    When I retire, I’m moving my camper into Bud’s spot.

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