>From a report on the flooding in the U.K.: Around 25mm (two inches) of rain is expected to fall on the Yorkshire Moors and Dales within the next 24 hours which could cause river levels to rise dangerously again. I guess those ifp rainfalls are twice as wet as the metric ones. <g> The full article is at: http://itn.co.uk/news/20001105/britain/01storms.shtml?dtn. Bill Potts, CMS San Jose, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]