[OldDominion]

40 days underwater wouldn't remove all vegetation. As a matter of fact, if you look at God's reason for the flood (to eliminate evil men), it's clear He did not intend to destroy the trees, etc

According to the Bible, the Flood covered the entire earth for about a year. Any flood of that magnitude would indeed strip all vegetation from the earth. That amount of vegetation under the pressure of so much water and earth churn is likely where the present day off-shore coal deposits came from.

[HeadOn]

Of course, you are correct. Sometimes my lack of thought amazes me.

However, God is God, and if He wanted vegetation to live underwater for a year, He could make it happen.

Thanks for the correction.