It was raining quite hard this Spring. Flood warning abounded. The newsman indicated that during the worst of the rain, an absolute downpour, one inch fell in one hour.

For Noah it must have been much worse. Much worse than even movies about the event portray.

Genesis 7:19 indicates

The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.

20 The water prevailed 30 feet higher than the highest mountain. and all the mountains were covered. 

21 All flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind was destroyed.

Well how much rain is that?

Mount Everest at 29,029 ft is the highest mountain on Earth.  The math is quite straightforward. It rained for forty 24 hour periods.

29,000/40 == 725 feet per day.

24 hours per day == 30 feet per hour.

12 inches per foot == 360 inches per hour.

Basically Noah’s rain had to be like standing under a waterfall which was pouring down everywhere. It was 360 times worse than the worst heavy rain we experienced this year which last 1-2 hours and caused widespread damage. His deluge lasted 40 days in a waterfall.

Now that’s a Storm!!

(Circa Forrest Gump – You call this a storm??! . …. Forrest Gump – Lieutenant Dan Have You Found Jesus ?)