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May 19th 05, 09:09 PM

wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote:

Ham op wrote:

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Where did the water come from, and where did it go?

- Mike -

Some say: "From the Mediterranean; to the Black Sea."

Yep, there is the possibility of an ancient flood
that may have made a mess out of the Mediterranean.
I believe this may have been possible.

Mike:

The last flood to have made a mess of the Med. Sea
happened more than 5 million years ago.
Just prior to water rushing through what is now the
Strait of Gibraltar, the Med. was a set of unconnected
salt lakes, surrounded by salt pans.

Ham:

Yes, some do say that water suddenly poured into the
Black Sea from the Med., but their numbers are shrinking.

Allow me to burden you with my standard rant on this
topic. Please, and thank you.

engage rant mode

Sadly, you, and maybe millions of other people,
have been misled on this subject.

Thanks for the references, but you have som incorrect attributions in
the post.

For the argument I simply stated that such a flood was a possibility.
I'm aware that opinion is starting to run against that theory.

But you have to admit that it is still more plausable than th e
idea of of a 40 day rainfall that raises sea level at least 29,035+ feet.

I'm not subtracting the amount that tectonic forces have raised Everest
due to not knowing exactly *when* the great flood occured, if the
current rate of upthrust was maintained in that time, and also if
erosion rates have remained the same or not. But if the flood was 3000
years ago (keeping in mind that many fundies allow no greater age than
4004 bce) we could have the mountain some 98.5 feet less in altitude at
the peak at 0.394 inch per year upthrust.

- Mike KB3EIA -