Philip M Anybody care to go further and calculate the volume of that water on the entire globe from sea level to 30,000ft? And where it could get stored afterwards. 1. It's about 1.12 * 10^9 cu mi increase or about 0.43% increase in volume. 2. No b..... idea mate! Paul D Sick of deleting your inbox? Yahoo!7 Mail has free unlimited storage. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/unlimitedstorage.html