Noahs Ark and Rain question

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I know there are people out there that do and dont believe Noahs ark, But this thread isnt about that.
Its just a question i thought up while sitting on the hill at work:p

How many Mililitres of rain a day would there have had to had to flood the world in 40 days?:D

(I chose Mililitres because thats how rain is normally messured, Unless you use points. Either way you can convert them)

Get thinking people:)
 
Zip said:
Unless you use points.
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Pints without the "o" or 568 of those pesky millilitres if you prefer.

The surface area of the Earth is approx 510,072,000 km² apparantly so how deep are you talking about for yon flood? High enough for the Ark to come to rest on Mount Arafat which is about 70m high from a quick look on Wikipedia and an alleged resting place of the Ark? The sums are beyond my ability but that would give you a good start to calculate from. If you assumed a basic rainfall of 2m or 2000ml per day then you'd have the required height if it were preserved in a vertical column but since the amount required would be increasing significantly as the volume rose up and out (i.e. calculating the volume of a obloid sphere) I've got no idea.
 
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World Surface area: 510,072,000 km²
High of highest land: 8,848 m

Then you'd need to take out the space that is currently occupied by land above sea level so you could work out how much rain would be needed to fill the earth until no land was above the water to get a vague idea.
 
More to the point, where is all this extra water coming from ?

I thought that even if all the ice on earth melted, it wouldn't cover all the land.
 
You sit on a hill at work, what do you do -- man the fort?

Also, get your bum back on CN. OcUK went to poo without you :p
 
"The Great Flood" is mentioned in a number of ancient texts, including the bible, the stone tablets of Uruk, etc. The latest research ( no link I am afraid) points to a colapse of a natural dam and the flood was caused by sea water. The "whole world" was not flooded, only the part the ancients thought the whole world was, Mesopotamia.
 
Snakedoctor said:
"The Great Flood" is mentioned in a number of ancient texts, including the bible, the stone tablets of Uruk, etc. The latest research ( no link I am afraid) points to a colapse of a natural dam and the flood was caused by sea water. The "whole world" was not flooded, only the part the ancients thought the whole world was, Mesopotamia.
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I have seen a Documentry on that before.:)
 
Snakedoctor said:
"The Great Flood" is mentioned in a number of ancient texts, including the bible, the stone tablets of Uruk, etc. The latest research ( no link I am afraid) points to a colapse of a natural dam and the flood was caused by sea water. The "whole world" was not flooded, only the part the ancients thought the whole world was, Mesopotamia.
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That's the modern general coneseus. one which i agree with. It would have only been the land surounding the red sea.
 
TheKnat said:
More to the point, where is all this extra water coming from ?

I thought that even if all the ice on earth melted, it wouldn't cover all the land.
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Logic doesn't apply when you're reading a mythical book and talking about the big "G" ;)
 
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