Me (gLeN):
> How fast was the rise exactly?
Mark:
>A 300 foot rise in 2 years. At the height, it was only a few feet a >day.
>This was not so fast as to not allow people to escape, which >means one has
>lots and lots of refugees. The largest area of >inundation was in the
>north. In the South, there is apparently a >destruction horizon in Anatolia
>which apparently correlates with this >date.
>
>I'd call this epidemic distress.
Well, yes, it would appear that it would create upheaval if there was a
large enough population in the north at the time to be upheaved. And this
occured BEFORE 5500 BCE, right? (Or have I gotten things mixed up.) There's
so much happening at this time, all at once, in one area. Crazy stuff, it
is.
>Think of what a 300 foot rise in the level of the Great Lakes would do.
Well, gee. What WOULD happen? I guess it would flood Toronto causing
millions to flee to the States (They certainly aren't gonna head into the
northern bushes or worse yet, Winnipeg or Newfoundland! Blah!). Why, the
Great Canadian Cultural Displacement (GCCD) would overwhelm all of New
England, causing the natives to say "eh" and "good mornin' to ya" to perfect
strangers. While shootings would drop substantially, sales from tuques would
skyrocket. A whole American spelling reform would result and taxes would go
WAY up to support health care for all. Lacrosse would become America's
national pasttime. Cantonese would become the third official language
alongside French.
Now, Mark, if you had gotten out your atlas, you could have presented an
even greater hypothetical epidemic like a 300 ft rise in Lake Manitoba or
the Red River. But then, I've been praying for Winnipeg to wash away for
years now.
- gLeN
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