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The Admiral · 12-01-2002, 07:31 AM

Here is something I have often wondered about but have never seen discussed. Maybe because it's not worth discussing?

I think the distance from the eastern tip of the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea is only about 100 miles. The level of the Dead Sea is over 1300 feet below that of the Mediterranean. Earthquakes are not unheard of in the area. Is there any significent degree of probability that a quake could cause a fissure that would allow the Mediterranean to flow into the Dead Sea basin? What might be some of the effects if it did happen? Isn't there some speculation that this is the manner in which the Black Sea was formed?

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Marduk · 12-01-2002, 02:27 PM

I've heard that as well, a TV show about the Dead Sea and how it is evaporating and may not be around for long (PBS). But I believe they said that this happened quite some time ago, long before the Noah Flood was supposed to have happened.

Celsus · 12-01-2002, 03:38 PM

If you're refering to how the Dead Sea was formed, I would say that's a possibility, considering its salinity. However, I couldn't tell you much more. I don't know if it's evaporating, but the Middle East's consumption of water is probably going to cause salinisation of the water table like in Mexico City.

If you're asking if such a thing might happen again, I don't think it will. Palestine is quite hilly as I recall, and not like a straight slope down from the coast. If it did happen though, the effects would be disastrous considering the Middle East already has serious water shortages forecasted within the next twenty or thirty years, and like I mentioned, salinisation of groundwater is impossibly difficult to clean up.

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The Admiral Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Racine, Wi. USA Posts: 768	flood Here is something I have often wondered about but have never seen discussed. Maybe because it's not worth discussing? I think the distance from the eastern tip of the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea is only about 100 miles. The level of the Dead Sea is over 1300 feet below that of the Mediterranean. Earthquakes are not unheard of in the area. Is there any significent degree of probability that a quake could cause a fissure that would allow the Mediterranean to flow into the Dead Sea basin? What might be some of the effects if it did happen? Isn't there some speculation that this is the manner in which the Black Sea was formed? The Admiral

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Marduk Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: the 10th planet Posts: 5,065	I've heard that as well, a TV show about the Dead Sea and how it is evaporating and may not be around for long (PBS). But I believe they said that this happened quite some time ago, long before the Noah Flood was supposed to have happened.

12-01-2002, 03:38 PM	#3
Celsus Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,875	If you're refering to how the Dead Sea was formed, I would say that's a possibility, considering its salinity. However, I couldn't tell you much more. I don't know if it's evaporating, but the Middle East's consumption of water is probably going to cause salinisation of the water table like in Mexico City. If you're asking if such a thing might happen again, I don't think it will. Palestine is quite hilly as I recall, and not like a straight slope down from the coast. If it did happen though, the effects would be disastrous considering the Middle East already has serious water shortages forecasted within the next twenty or thirty years, and like I mentioned, salinisation of groundwater is impossibly difficult to clean up.

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