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FakeNoose

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18. Is that the real reason that Noah built his Ark?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2023, 11:35 PM

Feb 2023

Somebody - maybe God who knows? - gave Noah a heads-up and told him to build a very large boat that was sealed with pitch from the outside that had the ability to roll over and right itself in the huge waves. And somebody told Noah to rescue two animals (male and female) of every species he could find. Hmmm ...

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Dinosaur-killing asteroid splashed mile-high tsunamis that swept the entire world [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2023 OP

Have any remnants of the asteroid been found? brush Feb 2023 #1

The Irridium Anomaly? WheelWalker Feb 2023 #3

Yes, in a thin layer all over the globe. yardwork Feb 2023 #4

I read about this discovery a few years ago Marthe48 Feb 2023 #10

You mean large pieces? I find it unlikely that any will ever be found as the impact probably cstanleytech Feb 2023 #13

Last night I couldn't sleep until BigmanPigman Feb 2023 #2

You're a Wizard, Harry! tavernier Feb 2023 #5

I'm used to it by now but still find it odd. BigmanPigman Feb 2023 #7

This happens to me, too. LisaM Feb 2023 #8

Welcome to the club. BigmanPigman Feb 2023 #14

Ha, it just happened to me again. BigmanPigman Feb 2023 #22

The Czar Bomba thermonuclear test. Roughly 55 or so megatons in the Russian high arctic. paleotn Feb 2023 #11

I read that it created forest fires all over the planet too.... BigmanPigman Feb 2023 #16

It's the Lattice of Coincidence Hieronymus Phact Feb 2023 #19

That was clear as mud, as my mom would say. BigmanPigman Feb 2023 #21

Video littlemissmartypants Feb 2023 #6

Interesting to think what would have happened without the asteroid SCantiGOP Feb 2023 #9

It's hard to say. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2023 #15

That's up for debate (the serious decline) NickB79 Mar 2023 #26

I'm under the impression that they were seriously declining. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #27

Now THAT was a very bad day. Very bad. paleotn Feb 2023 #12

One professor also suggested hypercanes as a subsequent result of the asteroid impact near water tornado34jh Feb 2023 #17

Is that the real reason that Noah built his Ark? FakeNoose Feb 2023 #18

With 65 million years between Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #24

There's another Chicxulub-sized meteor out there with our names on it. LudwigPastorius Feb 2023 #20

NASA tested the DART missile 4 months ago Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #25

Wow! n/t Backseat Driver Feb 2023 #23