an inch = a foot?

[jude]

born and raised here- first I ever heard this. Any truth to it?
Wind switched and kept us dry, btw. No complaints!
-Jude

[quote]Officials feared that the high tide about 2:30 a.m., coupled with the heaviest rains and wind, could converge to create the most lasting effects of Isabel on the New Jersey coast.

"Every inch of rain equals a foot of tide," said Frank McCall, Cape May County's director of emergency management. "So we're just praying the heavy rains don't come at the same time the high tide does."

Without the rain, officials said, they were expecting the tide to be eight to nine feet overnight - about four feet over the usual four to 41/2 feet.

The tide along the Delaware Bay also could rise by as much as two to four feet, McCall said.

"That is really unusual and could pose some problems for areas that normally don't have problems," he said. "But overall this is like a big northeast storm for us - almost a commonplace effect for us. So we feel very prepared."[/quote]