"Scott W" wrote in message
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My friend's wife, who is from Jerez brought this to my attention n New
Year's Eve. She said her mother had never seen rain like it and that
the local car park - which is a long way from a river - had floodwater
reaching past saloon cars' wing mirrors

http://www.theolivepress.es/2009/12/...-record-books/

They talk in terms of litres of rain - does anyone know what this is
in standard mm?

Litres per meter cubed = millimetres. So, 400mm. 709mm, 1200mm, 400mm,
322mm. As for the 2000 cubic hectometres, just sit back and worry.
2,000,000,000,000 litres, = 2 cubic kilometres.

jim, Northampton