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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 4351216, member: 34"] It is neat. I came across the website a few years ago when it was linked in an article and it's just something that triggers in my head on Thursday morning to check out. The maps tab on the top is a good tool to compare from week to week with side by side images. As for particulars of how much rain one area gets and how long the affects are, there's a bunch of variables. I do know the more dense the soil, the more likely heavy rains are able to sustain an area. Rocky areas which wash rain off in to rivers, and steams, or areas with sandy soil, don't retain water as much. I have in-laws in Phoenix and they'll tell you during monsoon season, it's much more preferable for a slow, steady rain than heavy squalls. The dirt is so compact if it rains to fast it runs off before it can soak in to the land. I'm on the Florida panhandle and only have to dig 2"-3" to get from top soil to almost pure sand. Twice in the 15+ years I've lived here we've gotten over 20" of rain in a 24-30 hour period. I had over a foot of standing water in my backyard. Took less than a day for it to soak through the soil and everything back to normal. It's Florida and most of it's flat so water doesn't run off as much as it soaks through the ground and in to aquifers. On the plus side the well I used for water to spinkle my lawn is only 30' deep. And that is my complete amount of information of soil and water. [/QUOTE]