What would have happened had all of the existent water in the atmosphere fallen during those forty days and forty nights?
Calculations indicate that there is approximately 0.013 x 1015 m3 of water in the planet's atmosphere. This corresponds to approximately 13 x 1018cm3 of water. Now the questions looks like this: What would have happened if, during forty days and forty nights, 13 x 1018cm3 of water had fallen in the form of rain?
To answer this question, we need to know the surface area of the planet. It is approximately 510,067,000 km2. This corresponds to approximately 51 x 1017 cm2. If we imagine that the surface of the earth is completely smooth and that the oceans, seas, rivers, and streams are at the same level as the earth, then the water would reach a height that is provided by a simple equation, namely:
V = A x h where V is volume, A is area and h is height. To obtain the height, the equation is as follows: h = V/A
By substituting V with the volume of existent water in the atmosphere and A with the surface area of the planet, we have:
h = 13 x 1018cm3/51 x 1017 cm2 = 2.55 cm
Therefore, if all of the existent water in the atmosphere were to fall upon the earth, independent of the amount of time it rained, the maximum height attained would be 2.55 centimeters, according to available data. We have now offered the first disagreement between the Bible and our current knowledge with respect to the deluge.
2006-11-29 14:46:48
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answered by tkrao1 1
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The present area of the seas and oceans multiplied by their average depth would give you the volume of water. Assuming that there was a minimal volume before the flood . The present volume would indicate the volume of the water at the time of the Earth's flood.
The Biblical record indicated that there were erruptions below the earth . So the volume of water was not neccessarily all from the rain. So water may have existed below ground before it was made to move out of the ground.The flood that came at the time of Noah created a geographical catastrophy and caused movement of the earth on a global scale and all sorts of deformations.From mountain to rivers shifts on continental basis.And the earth must have carined . It must have been a monumental event.
In our present day there is a risk of again to experience a flood on a large scale due to global warming resulting in the melting of the ice formations of antartica.
But we might experience a nuclear winter instead before we see all the glaciers melting unto water.
2006-11-29 14:48:05
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answered by goring 6
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The biblical flood never happened - it is a fairy tale and your question is stupid.....
2006-11-30 00:34:49
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answered by Anonymous
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