Agi Hammerthief wrote:There where no torrents, the waters gently rose cuz it was raining everywhere.
Except on the mountains.
It probbably only rained over water
and where it was flat enough to not cause torrents
Or something.

CdesignProponentsist wrote:

Agi Hammerthief wrote:There where no torrents, the waters gently rose cuz it was raining everywhere.
Except on the mountains.
It probbably only rained over water
and where it was flat enough to not cause torrents
Or something.

I thought the grand canyon and other geological features were explained by a great flood "torrent".

Calilasseia wrote:If the assorted drivel from creationists is to be taken at face value, the original floating petting zoo was supposedly twice the size of a Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser. Similar length, but twice the beam.

Just one slight problem. Ask any marine or naval architects responsible for ships this size what would happen, if you tried building a vessel that size from wood, and chances are they'll charge you not only for their consultancy time, but for the change of underwear after they've wet themselves laughing. There's a whole brace of reasons wooden ships were limited in size to around a maximum of 250 feet in length, the inability of larger vessels to remain watertight during hogging and sagging being merely one of them, and that's in seas with modest wave heights. The moment any full-sized Ark replica meets a wave of the sort that paid a "trick or treat" visit to Sendai in 2011, it'll be turned into a very large pile of matchwood in fairly short order. Just to give you an idea what that wave was like, here's the view from a Japanese coastguard cutter (one, needless to say, made of steel, despite being a lot smaller) ...



I think we should let Ken Ham tow that scow out to Japan and let it ride another tsunami, with him aboard.

DoctorE wrote:

Calilasseia wrote:If the assorted drivel from creationists is to be taken at face value, the original floating petting zoo was supposedly twice the size of a Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser. Similar length, but twice the beam.

Just one slight problem. Ask any marine or naval architects responsible for ships this size what would happen, if you tried building a vessel that size from wood, and chances are they'll charge you not only for their consultancy time, but for the change of underwear after they've wet themselves laughing. There's a whole brace of reasons wooden ships were limited in size to around a maximum of 250 feet in length, the inability of larger vessels to remain watertight during hogging and sagging being merely one of them, and that's in seas with modest wave heights. The moment any full-sized Ark replica meets a wave of the sort that paid a "trick or treat" visit to Sendai in 2011, it'll be turned into a very large pile of matchwood in fairly short order. Just to give you an idea what that wave was like, here's the view from a Japanese coastguard cutter (one, needless to say, made of steel, despite being a lot smaller) ...



I think we should let Ken Ham tow that scow out to Japan and let it ride another tsunami, with him aboard.

Ark Encounter Is A Financial DISASTER, Ken Ham In A Panic.

Earlier this summer, creationist Ken Ham opened the massive waste of lumber known as the Ark Encounter.

The Ken Ham creation located in Williamstown, Kentucky, claims to be a life sized re-creation of Noah’s ark from the flood myth in Genesis.

In the myth, the Hebrew god Yahweh tells Noah that he’s about to drown every living thing on the planet. He asks Noah to build a ship with which to save himself and his family from the impending destruction.

In addition, Yahweh tells Noah to load the ship with two of each kind of animal on earth so that once the floodwaters subside, Noah can then release the animals and life will sort of “re-set,” only ideally a little less wicked this time around.

Grant Co. leaders: Ark Encounter doesn't live up to economic promise

Ham called the Ark a success but its success has not had quite the ripple effect that many in Grant County expected.
“It’s been a great thing but it’s not brought us any money,” said Grant County Judge-Executive Steve Wood during a break from a budget meeting.

“I was one of those believers that once the Ark was here everything was going to come in. But it’s not done it. It’s not done it. I think the Ark’s done well and I’m glad for them on that. But it’s not done us good at all.”