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Experts find evidence of 12,000-year-old flood of epic proportions that drained an ancient lake at a rate of more than 800 Olympic swimming pools per second
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| 6 August 2021
| CHRIS CIACCIA
Posted on 08/07/2021 5:31:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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08/07/2021 5:31:47 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/07/2021 5:38:43 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
"We're all going to die!" (eventually)
Very interesting. You can see the horizontal water erosion lines on the sides of the hills (mountains for you East Coast folks) surrounding Missoula Montana from the glacial melt lake that carved out the badlands in Eastern Washington state's Columbia Basin.
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posted on
08/07/2021 5:42:34 PM PDT
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Sparticus
(Primary the Tuesday group!)
To: BenLurkin
Over the span of roughly nine months, approximately 5,000 cubic miles...
Glacial Lake Missoula, during its periodic drainings, would drain one tenth of that volume in a day or two.
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posted on
08/07/2021 5:54:33 PM PDT
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DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: BenLurkin
This was the event that led to the Mediterranean and the Black Seas being filled to current levels.
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posted on
08/07/2021 5:58:40 PM PDT
by
yuleeyahoo
(The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
To: BenLurkin
12,000 years ago fits in with the legend of Atlantis being destroyed by flood as well as the Biblical flood story. Many cultures around the world have a flood myth.
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posted on
08/07/2021 6:06:32 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(We may or may not have reached herd immunity, but we've definitely achieved herd stupidity.)
To: BenLurkin
There was two huge lakes in New England, Lake Hitchcock is where the Connecticut River Valley is now and Lake Connecticut is where Long Island Sound is now.
Every culture has a flood, so was it Noah's Flood?
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posted on
08/07/2021 6:52:24 PM PDT
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Deplorable American1776
(I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/5/21 at the NCGOP convention)
To: BenLurkin
That’s what happens when glaciers are struck by a large asteroid.
To: yuleeyahoo
“”
There are about 130 million square miles of ocean, or 3.6 trillion square feet. And 147 billion cubic feet in a cubic mile.
Take 5,000 cubic miles times 147 billion, then divide by 3.6 trillion and you get..
A headache.
And 2.4 inches, worldwide.
Someone check my math...
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posted on
08/07/2021 8:04:01 PM PDT
by
Basket_of_Deplorables
(Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
To: BenLurkin
I used to live in Lewistown MT the center of the state. In the Snowy Mountains there are fossils of sea shells everywhere. I have one I found myself. To me, that’s incredible.
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posted on
08/07/2021 8:05:40 PM PDT
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tinamina
To: BenLurkin
Could it have something to do with the end of the last ice age, the most recent time the climate changed significantly?
Dang mammoths and their oversized humvees.
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posted on
08/07/2021 8:06:18 PM PDT
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BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: BenLurkin
The incident is also believed to have contributed to the greatest natural disaster in Great Britain's history.
(Lake Agassiz is discussed around the 4:50 mark.)
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posted on
08/07/2021 8:08:24 PM PDT
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Bratch
To: Bratch
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posted on
08/07/2021 8:16:10 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: Bratch
Why does every event involving water have to be compared to Olympic swimming pools?
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posted on
08/07/2021 8:42:46 PM PDT
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Corey Ohlis
(Visualize Swirled Peas)
To: Corey Ohlis
It’s a measurement most folks can understand. In America, many things are compared to football fields. Most of the rest of the world uses soccer pitches for the same scalar reason: It’s something nearly everyone is familiar with.
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posted on
08/07/2021 8:59:38 PM PDT
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Don W
(When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: Corey Ohlis
Because backyard swimming pools vary in size.
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posted on
08/07/2021 9:01:26 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: DuncanWaring
Glacial Lake Missoula...
Not to mention Lake Bonneville which broke through its earthen dam at Red Rock Canyon SE of Pocatello, ID. Its remnants are now the Great Salt Lake.
There were glacially moderated floods in Alaska too. All of these occurred about 12-15,000 years ago when the ancient peoples were fooling around with primitive SUV’s...
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posted on
08/07/2021 9:53:26 PM PDT
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43north
(Its hard to stop a man when he knows he's right and he keeps on comin'.)
To: BenLurkin
Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes but in Canada directly above and above North Dakota there are 100,000+ lakes and many many larger lakes then all the lakes combined in Minnesota. Glaciers rolled back and forth thru the eons creating the lake beds.
To: yuleeyahoo
"This was the event that led to the Mediterranean and the Black Seas being filled to current levels. " The fresh water Black Sea flooded with salt water around 5600 BC. Probably Noah's Flood.
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posted on
08/08/2021 5:12:30 AM PDT
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blam
To: Vermont Lt
"That’s what happens when glaciers are struck by a large asteroid."Did A Comet Hit Earth 12,000 Years Ago?
"Nanodiamonds found across North America suggest that major climate change could have been cosmically instigated"
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08/08/2021 5:16:50 AM PDT
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blam
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