Ironically, since we have been discussing bible versus nature, Live Science just posted this article.-It's kind of interesting you brought up the Red Sea. -The last I'd heard about that, was that they had strong suggestions that there was a mistranslation of "reed" to "red" sea. Apparently there's a region adjacent to the Red sea that was very very shallow--enough for people to cross. But marshy enough that chariots couldn't move. -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_Sea-The lack of archaeological evidence of chariots beneath the Red Sea leads me to put more backing behind the "Reed Sea" hypothesis. -Alternatively, I also know that low-tide events create "escape routes" as well. Down near Cabo San Lucas there's a "lover's point" you can go to, where you can walk to the area in the evening and then be "trapped" in a cove until the next tide.

There are a few small problems with trying to determine that. The first is the S wave and P wave propagation through the crust and mantle. The second is determining the force needed to fracture the substrate under extreme pressure (because you would have to determine that pressure first which is two sided, downward pressure from gravity, and outward pressure from the core, neither of which will be equally distributed.) The next problem would be to determine the time frame. There is contradictions in regards to the age of the meteorites listed, but we could probably thin that down if we had an approximate age.
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> The chicxulub asteroid was 10 kilomters across, but there is no evidence at the time that it caused a huge flood, but lots of volcanic acivity, and loss of the dinosaurs. Your strike would have to be bigger. By how much?-That's exactly the critical direction I was going: by determining how big the strike was, we can determine quickly whether or not a meteor strike would be likely--Genesis doesn't talk about anything like a nuclear winter, so we know that there is an upper bound. We'll use Chixulub for that.

There are a few small problems with trying to determine that. The first is the S wave and P wave propagation through the crust and mantle. The second is determining the force needed to fracture the substrate under extreme pressure (because you would have to determine that pressure first which is two sided, downward pressure from gravity, and outward pressure from the core, neither of which will be equally distributed.) The next problem would be to determine the time frame. There is contradictions in regards to the age of the meteorites listed, but we could probably thin that down if we had an approximate age.-The chicxulub asteroid was 10 kilomters across, but there is no evidence at the time that it caused a huge flood, but lots of volcanic acivity, and loss of the dinosaurs. Your strike would have to be bigger. By how much?

You are most likely correct there, as far water not reaching the top of mount Everest. However, this is not as discouraging to me as you might think. I think, from a skeptical perspective we could say that a global flood could happen, but it would not reach the top of Mount Everest. That would leave two avenues of research for me, one for a trigger, most likely meteoric, the other geological evidence of such a major event. The only trouble with evidence is that Geology has just as many interpretations as the bible LOL. Going to do so more digging, then I'll step up to the plate and lob more balls at you and see if you can deflect them. :)-I know that we could do a force calculation--with some numbers about the kind of force it takes to force water out of perovskite, and we could scale that up to find the mass of the meteorite that would have had to hit the earth. -I think a world flood would be possible from a meteor strike event--one that would have flooded all the low-lying areas as seawater plunged up the riverbeds. This would have again--flooded the majority of civilizations at the time.

Likewise, a spirited debate is worth its weight in gold to me. Such a refreshing change from the norm of non-thinking people I normally deal with.-Before I came to this site I was incredibly insulted by a guy in alt.atheism named Michael Gray. He claimed he was a physicist; but the guy immediately read everything I wrote as tripe (as if being critical of what we really know is bad.) And he went rapidly for ad hominem... -I found this site and never once have I seen this happen. I'm very happy to have you here!

By the way, I live in San Antonio... will have to get together for a beer sometime ;)-Perhaps at Little Rhein or Me Tierras? Perhaps Dick's on the river walk?

I work in the oil patch, for a geophysical exploration company. Currently, I am on the MV Conti off the coast of Norway about 60 miles west of the fjords near Bergen. Been working in geophysics nor for about the last 5 years.-As a Houstonian, in my medical pratice I knew many oil patch patients. One was a petroleum geologist who looked at Phillips seismics deep in the Gulf 25 years ago and predicted the elephants now being tapped, when and where allowed. And the NY Times today is surprised that BP is going to retap the reservoir of its failed well, as if that salt dome is somehow dangerous!!