Tuesday, August 29, 2017

THE SIZE OF HARVEY


Having seen a few conversations regarding the size of Houston and the scale of Harvey, I decided to do some quick map comparisons of the devastation Harvey is wreaking. The map images are courtesy of Google, the map of the rain levels from Harvey are from the New York Times. The darkest areas shown on this are areas that have received over 40 inches of rain.

Here is the area affected by Harvey:


Here is Harvey's rainfall over the area:

 SAN FRANCISCO

 NEW YORK

LOS ANGELES

CHICAGO

SEATTLE

LONDON

PARIS

TOKYO

SHANGHAI

BANGLADESH

BARCELONA

 BERLIN

BUENOS AIRES

DAMASCUS

DUBLIN

ROME

MEXICO CITY

MUMBAI

SAO PAOLO