[metmom]

As a result, Noah’s generation was blindsided by the onset of the Flood and the ensuing cataclysm.

I would beg to differ on this point.

IT took Noah 120 years to build the ark. He preached while doing it.

They were not unwarned. They CHOSE to ignore the warning.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

I think the point the author was trying to make is that while they may have heard the warnings - they didn’t believe them.