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To: VadeRetro

ehhh, high tide?


58 posted on 03/10/2006 5:27:35 PM PST by steveo (Father's Against Rude Television. You may already be a member.)
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To: steveo
ehhh, high tide?

Let's not assume a tsunami. Suppose we have to raise the average water level by 3 miles.

Using the figure from here, the Earth radius is 3,959. Take that as center to sea-level.

Volume of the Earth, cubic miles:

V = 4/3pi(r^^3),

2.599234 x 10^^11 cubic miles.

Same thing with radius plus 3 more miles of water.

2.6051457 x 10^^11 cubic miles.

The difference: 591,331,720 cubic miles of water.

Present estimates of the total Earth's water: 326 million cubic miles.

Amount of water then / amount of water now = 1.8

62 posted on 03/10/2006 5:57:00 PM PST by VadeRetro (I have the updated "Your brain on creationism" on my homepage.)
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