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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Boy, I've been diligently insulating at my house for the last couple of weeks, and thinking of you folks for inspiration only to find that in my absence you've been talking about sending Martha Stewart to outer space. ;-) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I live in a low spot, and we've got rainy conditions for 2/3 of the year. Does anyone have any good cheat sheets for figuring out how much rain water (in gallons) are coming off my roof, lawn and land? I've got to install some type of additional drainage system and i'd like to add rainwater catchment - but I'm not sure what scale I should be looking at.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Total roof area is about 1000 square feet (including the garage) and it's about 0.15 acre but I should calculate for 0.25 acre to include run-off from the neighbors. Daily rainfall is typically 0.5-1 inch but it's not unusual to have 3-4 inches in a 2 day period. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Erin Rasmussen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TR Miles Techical Consultants Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and BioEnergy Discussion Lists<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>erin@trmiles.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>