Is it possible for there to be a flood large enough to cover the world?

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Subject: Is it possible for there to be a flood large enough to cover the world?

Date: Mon Aug 23 16:44:50 1999
Posted by Dennis Boyle
Grade level: 10-12 School: Center Grove High School
City: Greenwood State/Province: Indiana Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 935441090.Es

Message:


The Mayans believed that at the end of a 5000 year cycle in their calendar, 
which will be in 2012, there would be a flood that would cover the whole earth. 
 I know that if all of the polar ice melted, the sea levels would only rise 
about 200 feet, but is there any way that such a flood would be possible?

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