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Noah's Ark is Coming To San Diego
NBC San Diego ^ | Caroline Howe

Posted on 04/29/2016 1:49:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A Dutch-built ark plans to travel the world and stop along California's coast.

Noah’s Ark will travel to San Diego, but not without making a few stops first.

Beginning this summer, the massive boat will be shipped by barge 5,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to Fortaleza, Brazil during the 2016 Olympic Games and later onto Rio de Janeiro for the Paralympic Summer Games, according to the Ark of Noah Foundation director, Herald Janssen.

Shortly after the ark’s trip to Brazil, the barge will likely begin to bring Noah’s Ark to the California coast. "We cannot promise how long it will take, but we will come to California," Janssen told CBS Los Angeles.

The life-size replica of the Bible’s ark weighs 2,500-tons, is larger than a football field and can hold approximately 5,000 people.

The five-story boat was built in The Netherlands by Dutch carpenter Johan Huiders as a religious attraction. The ark acts as an interactive museum and even includes life-size replicas of animals.

Huiders partnered with the Ark of Noah Foundation to raise money for the around-the-world voyage.

Although it is too early for Janssen to say when the ark will arrive in San Diego, he does believe it will make it to California eventually.


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To: SunkenCiv
Y’know, because, even without being loaded with animals, it won't survive the open seas. What's that tell ya?

Perhaps the Sumarian boat in Gilgamesh would be more seaworthy?

21 posted on 04/29/2016 2:40:22 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: BroJoeK; nickcarraway

http://arkofnoah.org/

Bring the Experience of Hope to Thousands in Brazil... Your support will help bring the experience of hope to thousands in Brazil... Your support is needed to be a part of this journey, so we may bring very deserving Brazilians to the Ark of Noah to tour the exhibit and learn about the teachings of Christ. Be sure to view all our Donation Levels to see how your support will bring the experience of hope and love of Christ to thousands... The Ark of Noah is a fantastic exhibit. The Netherlands visitors have loved, and now we need your help to bring the Ark of Noah to Brazil so visitors, families, orphans may all experience the Ark of Noah exhibit... The Ark of Noah Foundation focuses on spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ and bring hope to the underprivileged. Your donation enables the Ark of Noah Foundation to fulfill its mission to bring the Experience of Hope to Thousands in Brazil. It will also help transport the Ark of Noah from The Netherlands to Brazil, and support outreach and operations of the Foundation. Ark of Noah Foundation Tax ID Number is 33-0499320... All donations are final. No refunds will be made.

- Holds more than 5,000 people at once
- 95 feet wide (29 meters)
- 410 feet long (125 meters)
- 75 feet tall (23 meters)
- 5 decks
- 2,500 tons (5,000,000 pounds)


22 posted on 04/29/2016 2:50:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: chajin; PROCON
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23 posted on 04/29/2016 2:51:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Vaquero

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24 posted on 04/29/2016 2:52:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: nickcarraway

Biggest mistake in history was Noah failing to swat those 2 mosquitoes.


25 posted on 04/29/2016 3:01:34 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: nickcarraway

120 years or so to build the thing.


26 posted on 04/29/2016 3:05:49 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BroJoeK

Tells me they didn’t build it the way Noah built the ark.


27 posted on 04/29/2016 3:08:06 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Wasn’t it built with shit’em wood?


28 posted on 04/29/2016 3:11:01 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Ken H

Gopher wood, which scholars consider to be cedar.


29 posted on 04/29/2016 3:15:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: chajin

“Although it is too early for Janssen to say when the ark will arrive in San Diego, he does believe it will make it to California eventually.”

While we pick on the steel reinforcements - It’s important to remember that when the Ark was built, such nonsense as land wasn’t an issue to navigation.

I think it’s appres-peux that California should be it’s destination. Nothing in California is a destination for God’s will.


30 posted on 04/29/2016 3:15:51 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: nickcarraway
Life-size Noah's Ark near Cincinnati, OH.
31 posted on 04/29/2016 3:50:44 PM PDT by upchuck (I'm here until my Free Republic 401K is fully vested.)
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To: nickcarraway

A wise man would NOT try and cross the Pacific in that tub.


32 posted on 04/29/2016 4:27:48 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Zathras

The Ark wasn’t really made for navigation. It floated where The LORD willed.


33 posted on 04/29/2016 4:35:10 PM PDT by Bellflower (It's not that there isn't any evidence of God, it's that everything is evidence of God.)
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To: nickcarraway
Such BS. An ark is a boat with no rudder and no means of propulsion.

ML/NJ

34 posted on 04/29/2016 4:35:50 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: nickcarraway

The ultimate prepper.


35 posted on 04/29/2016 4:38:03 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: nickcarraway
the massive boat will be shipped by barge

I'm calling Fake on this Ark.

36 posted on 04/29/2016 6:41:00 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." - Karl Marx)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Built with “cedar” wood because they had to go to sea you see.


37 posted on 04/30/2016 5:45:59 AM PDT by Redcitizen
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