RAIN.........continued

Ahh, the patter of raindrops leads a man's thoughts to..........constructing an ark.  In the interest of helping others, who might not be as adept at the conversion of cubits to modern day measurements as myself, I offer the following:

 A cubit is the measurement from a mans forearm to the tip of his middle finger. As you can see that means that each mans cubit is a different size. To solve this problem in Ancient times the universal cubit would be the length of the kings cubit.

According to Wikipedia

The distance between thumb and another finger to the elbow on an average person measures about 24 digits or 6 palms or 1½ feet. This is about 45 cm or 18 inches. This so-called "natural cubit" of 1½ feet is used in the Roman system of measures and in different Greek systems.

Over time, units similar in type to the cubit have measured:

• 6 palms = 24 digits, i.e. ~45.0 cm or 18 inches (1.50 ft)
• 7 palms = 28 digits, i.e. ~52.5 cm or 21 inches (1.75 ft)
• 8 palms = 32 digits, i.e. ~60.0 cm or 24 inches (2.00 ft)
• 9 palms = 36 digits, i.e. ~67.5 cm or 27 inches (2.25 ft) 

Good to know when you're downloading plans from any of those "DIY Ark" sites.  The take away here is that your ark may vary a bit.  Not to worry, so long as you can fit all of your stuff aboard.  Happy arking!