http://www.thunderbolts.info/velikovsky-ghost.htm
Excerpt:
‘Talbott and Thornhill do not accept Velikovsky’s specific chronology of events, and they place the age of planetary upheaval just prior to the flowering of monumental civilization, which they see as a creative act of human REMEMBERING. Rather than declare Velikovsky to be categorically “right” or “wrong”, they cite these claims as crucial to any assessment of Velikovsky’s contribution to science—
1. The present order of the planets is new. In geologically recent times the planetary system was unstable, and at least some planets moved on much different courses than they do today.
2. Erratic movements of the planets led to global catastrophe on Earth.
3. Through rigorous cross-cultural comparison of the ancient traditions, an investigator can reconstruct the celestial dramas.
One more principle must also be included, according to the authors. Velikovsky said that the key to reconciling his claims with scientific theory would be ELECTROMAGNETISM, a force in which astronomers and cosmologists had no interest in 1950. He stated that if the Sun and the planets are not the “electrically neutral” bodies astronomers assume, then even “the law of gravitation must come into question.”’
One point: since the Hebrews tell us God did these 'natural occurrences' I would presume the precision of the destructive shower of brimstone at places like Sodom argues for these being not so natural occurrences. Rather the Hebrews were showing the precise use of natural 'Physics' to accomplish His purposes.