A modern flood?

Glenn Morton (grmorton@earthlink.net)
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 22:15:24 -0500

Those who are convinced that a riverine flood in Mesopotamia is the
basis for the Noah legend, should keep their eyes on Lake Sarez in
Tadjikistan. In 1911 an earthquake cause an avalanche that formed a dam
500 m high blocking a major river. A lake formed behind the river and
today it holds 17 cubic kilometers of water and is 60 km long. What is
worse, the natural dam is now leaking severely and is expected to fail
if a major earthquake hits the area. It is calculated that a wall of
water 300 feet high would rush down the river and even 1000 km
downstream the wall would be the height of a 2 story building.

The reason I raise this is that when the dam fails (not IF) it will be
interesting tosee how closely such a riverine flood would match the
Biblical account. Will the flood last one year? Will the flood carry
boats up onto a mountain? Will people be able to pole their way upstream
as Dick Fischer suggests happend in Mesopotamia? Will all evidence of
the flood sediment magically disappear as is claimed by some to have
happened to the flood sediment in Mesopotamia? Stand by and watch.
Probably within our lifetimes this dam will fail and the answers will
become clear.

More can be found on this at:
http://www.newscientist.com/cgi-bin/pageserver.cgi?/ns/19990619/newsstory1.html