RE: A question about the flood myth, baraminology, and Pangaea
February 26, 2016 at 10:06 pm
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2016 at 10:09 pm by TheRocketSurgeon.)
(February 26, 2016 at 8:10 pm)IATIA Wrote:(February 24, 2016 at 1:39 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: In order for the floodwaters to have covered the mountain in that time, it would have had to rain 17.55 inches of rain per hour that entire time. No flash flood? The heaviest sustained rainfall on record is Tropical Cyclone Denise, at 71" in a 24-hour period, or 2.95 inches per hour, back in 1966.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_we...cords#Rain
The record rainfall for 1 hour is 13.8".
Rainfall Records
I don't know what that website is... but the NOAA says it was nowhere near that hard, about 15" in the space of two hours, and still caused catastrophic flash flooding:
A notable flood of short duration and high intensity occurred during the night of August 4-5, 1943, in central West Virginia. The affected area was about 50 miles long and 10 miles wide in the diamond-shaped Kanawha River Basin, with elevations generally ranging from about EL 600 to EL 1500 (Figure below). Point rainfall amounted to as much as 15 inches in 2 hours. According to the U.S. Weather Bureau (1943), the record-breaking rains were accompanied by “one of the worst, if not the worst, electrical storms of record.”
There were 23 deaths due to the flood, all of whom lived along relatively small tributaries. Six precipitation gages in the area recorded rainfall depths of only 0.31 inches to 5.0 inches, failing to provide a complete picture of the scattered intense rainfall pockets in the area. Representatives of the Corps of Engineers, the Weather Bureau, and the West Penn Power Company thoroughly investigated the storm, interviewing local residents and obtaining an additional 118 data points from the amount of water collected in pails, tubs, jars and other containers that were uncovered and open during the storm.
http://www.floodsafety.noaa.gov/states/wv-flood.shtml
All that said, I'm talking about long-term sustained rainfall, of the "Forty days and forty nights" type, to a height enough to cover Mt. Ararat... you don't even want to know the numbers if Everest and Chhoghori (K2) need to be covered for this fairytale!
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