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Archive for July, 2003
What is the total percent of the Earth’s water?
Jul 2nd
Dear Wimble,
What Is The Total % Of The Earth’s Water?
Mr. X
Dear Mr. X,
Well, I appreciate your effort with this question. But in all honesty, it’s one of the most difficult questions to answer. You may be wondering why. Read the question again. Carefully now. Ok. Point proven. Now, let the Great Wimble give it a go.
Let’s get some facts straight. For starters, it is estimated that there is 326,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of water on Earth. That’s a lot of water. However, about 98% of that water is in the ocean, and undrinkable at this point in time. Almost 2% is fresh water. Of course that’s still a lot of water.
Now, I’m assuming that in your question, you wanted to know the percentage of water compared to land. Well, approximately 70% of the earths crust is covered in water.
However, if you look at your question another way, you may be interested in know how much of something is in the Earth’s water. However, you didn’t specify what that something is, which makes this question so difficult. In fact, even if you did, it’s nearly impossible to determine how much of that something is actually in the water, due to the fact that there’s so much of it.
Let me just say that there are lots of things in the oceans and lakes. You’ll find lots of pollution, some urine, some dead animals, and millions of other contaminants. However, keep in mind that the amount is small. In fact, if you even had 1 million gallons of urine in the lakes, you’re going to be plenty fine. Nothing to worry about. Of the 326,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of water on earth. 1,000,000 of that is practically nothing.
Hope I was able to help. Glad to hear from you again.
Wimble
What does “Wimble” really mean?
Jul 1st
Dear Wimble,
Geez, I’ve started a trend with the “!” at the end of the name. O.K. here’s my question. What does “Wimble” really mean? It’s your alias name, I know, but what’s the true meaning of “Wimble”?
DP!
Dear DP!,
Yes, DP!, you have started somewhat of a trend. And there may be more to it than just the !. But I won’t go there. May be inappropriate for the young readers. I’m glad you asked this question. I’m sure many people are interested in know where my name came from and what it actually means.
“Wimble” is a nickname given to me by college friends. Some of you may already know the history behind it. I won’t go into detail, because one definition of Wimble is not appropriate. However, that was just a definition from the game Balderdash from one of my so called “friends”. How RUDE!!!
Anyway’s, the real definition is “a small tool used for boring”. (That’s boring holes, kind of like drilling, but bigger).
But the nickname did come from the game Balderdash. We were playing it one night, and I got bored, so I started making the definitions being other people. This word happened to be the definition that someone wrote about me. So, it stuck.
I will have to admit though, the nickname does make for a great “genius” name. Doesn’t it? Wimble. What is the first think that pops in your head when you read this? A genius? Or an idiot? Ok. I guess it’ll fit for both. I’ll let you decide
Hope I was able to help. Glad to hear from you again.
Wimble