What if everybody in Canada flushed at once: http://www.patspapers.com/blog/item/what_if_everybody_flushed_at_once_Edmon= ton_water_gold_medal_hockey_game/ Turns out that during the US/Canada olympic hockey game this was put to the test inbetween the periods - a game which about 80% of all canadians were estimated to be watching. It's a very, very interesting bit of data. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:38 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote: > Let's arrange a international "flushing minute" event. > Gus > > > On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Dr Skip wrote: > >> One time we had >> everyone flush their toilets at the same time. =A0It took 20 minutes >> for the >> water pressure to come back to the top floors. > > Johnny Carson (or was it Letterman?) suggested this on TV 30yrs ago or > so. > Interesting to think about on a community or national level... I was > talking to > a sewage plant mgr one time and mentioned that show and he remembered. > He said > that if even a decent fraction of the city did that there'd be a major > sewage > 'event' to be cleaned up... > > I suspect the top floors could have had some 'fun' with the bottom > floors by > doing the same thing, but with a more memorable odor... ;) > >> Aha. It's The luminiferous aether! >> Warning Will Robinson! >> Here theyre bee Dragones. >> >> It's like the string but without anything like the string. > > Remember, I said not to use simple examples beyond their simplicity... > The > string merely showed the ineffectiveness of wire length on a wave, > that is all. > It is good for that. Any other use is out of context and will void > your warranty... > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- = http://chiphacker.com/ - EE Q&A site -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist