Life Hypothetical: How would the world be different if... - Page 2

**Rain Man** · 09-23-2009, 09:32 AM

...if raindrops were really, really big? I'm talking the size of a 55-gallon barrel.

The total volume of water in rain would be the same, but instead of a bunch of little drops we had a smaller number of barrel drops?

Let us ponder this on a cloudy Wednesday.

Coogs · 09-23-2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Buzz

"Olathe" just say'n...

RJ · 09-23-2009, 10:04 AM

I like Olatha better. It sounds all midieval and stuff.

ChiefJustice · 09-23-2009, 10:12 AM

Giant metal collanders would have to be constructed over major cities.

Outside of these zones...I can see a Mad Max type of world.

Cars made of giant sponges....others encased in layers of bubble wrap.

The true road warriors in this scenario...are the motorcycle riding mutant dolphins with nothing to lose.

Other than that,I don't don't see it being that much different.

RJ · 09-23-2009, 10:21 AM

This scene never gets made.

seclark · 09-23-2009, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by RJ

This scene never gets made.

maybe, "screaming in the rain"
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**Rain Man** · 09-23-2009, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

Honestly the Americas may still have been unsettled from Europeans. Whos going to cross the Atlantic if one raindrop will destroy your ship?

Ooh, that's a good point. We definitely wouldn't have had sailing ships.

What about snow? If raindrops are that big would we have big snowflakes that settle down upon delighted children like fluffy kisses from Mother Nature, or would they be big scythes of ice crystal slicing sledders in half like King Solomon in a parka?

JohninGpt · 09-23-2009, 10:28 AM

God, please do not let it hail.

HC_Chief · 09-23-2009, 10:35 AM

At 440lbs per drop, I'd say the world would be MUCH different.

RJ · 09-23-2009, 10:37 AM

April showers bring,

Death, destruction and earthquakes.

seclark · 09-23-2009, 10:43 AM

would Rain Man still use the nic, "Rain Man"?
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ChiefJustice · 09-23-2009, 10:55 AM

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would Rain Man still use the nic, "Rain Man"?
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If so...the general public would have him crucified after the 2nd drop

RJ · 09-23-2009, 11:00 AM

He could still go by Rain Man, but he would have a radically different on line persona. He would probably be banned frequently.

BY1401 · 09-23-2009, 11:50 AM

I'm having a hard time imagining what the atmospheric conditions would have to be like in order for this to happen.

Sofa King · 09-23-2009, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by morphius

I'm not even sure that there would be life on land and if any plants were able to survive they would have to be low to the ground as that kind of weight would shred off limbs and leaves.

fungus and mold would still be ok... it grows very quickly and could always come back between rain droppings...

JohninGpt · 09-23-2009, 12:16 PM

I think humans would have eventually adapted to it, much as ants can handle the rain we have now. Maybe we would have developed super strength.

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JohninGpt Dammit Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Busted Stick, IT Casino cash: $5218304	I think humans would have eventually adapted to it, much as ants can handle the rain we have now. Maybe we would have developed super strength.
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