You wrote:
At 05:57 PM 12/5/97, Gordon Simons wrote:
>However, let me relate an anecdote: Back in 1964 (I think the year is
>right), my wife and I had to change our vacation plans when Glacier
>National Park was closed for the summer -- due to massive flooding. Yes,
>flooding. Heavy snows, recently melted, were followed in the spring by
>very heavy rains on water-soaked slopes, and big-time flooding with fast
>moving water occurred.
>
>Twenty miles of interstate highway was devastated. We saw some of it.
>Huge sections of the interstate were totally gone -- sculpted out and no
>where to be seen. In their places were large holes. Massive damage, but
>nothing on the order of the Grand Canyon.
>
>All of this occurred at elevations in excess of a mile. I was shocked by
>what water could do in a very short period of time.
There is absolutely no doubt that water can excavate regions and do lots of
damage. But the issue is whether there is enough water and the distribution
of the excavation.
glenn
Adam, Apes, and Anthropology: Finding the Soul of Fossil Man
and
Foundation, Fall and Flood
http://www.isource.net/~grmorton/dmd.htm