(I’m posting potential sources in the Comments section so my links to them will work automatically. I plan to remove them from Comments if and when I finish this post.)
WORLDWIDE FLOOD LEGENDS
https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=4073#p3908
http://nwcreation.net/noahlegends.html
Below, I rearranged the legends to show them from East to West and North to South, pretty much. The numbers before the Locations just indicate the original numerical order of the list. The list shows that the legends or myths have a lot of common elements, which are very suggestive of at least one real major Flood event.
D = Destruction by Water
. --- G = (God) Divine Cause
. --- ----- W = Warning Given
. --- --- --- --- H = Humans Spared (a few were)
. --- --- --- --- ----- A = Animals Spared
. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- V = Saved in a Vessel
. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Legend Location & People
D --- G --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 32 U.S.A.- Hawaiians
D --- . --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 33 Vanualu- Melanesians
D --- G --- W --- H --- A --- . --- 14 French Polynesia- Raiatea
D --- G --- . --- H --- . --- V --- 13 Fiji- Walavu-levu tradition
D --- G --- . --- H --- . --- V --- 26 New Zealand- Maori
D --- . --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 01 Australia- Kurnai
D --- . --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 05 Borneo- Sea Dayak
D --- G --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 09 China- Lolo
D --- G --- . --- H --- . --- V --- 23 Malay Peninsula- Jekun
D --- . --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 34 Vietnam- Bahnar
D --- . --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 06 Burma- Singpho
D --- G --- . --- H --- . --- V --- 18 India- Andaman Islands
D --- . --- W --- H --- A --- V --- 19 India- Bhil
D --- G --- W --- H --- . --- V --- 20 India- Kamar
D --- . --- W --- H --- . --- V --- 28 Russia- Vogul
D --- . --- W --- H --- A --- . --- 21 Iran- Zend-Avesta
D --- . --- W --- H --- A --- V --- 02 Babylon- Berossus' account
D --- G --- W --- H --- A --- V --- 03 Babylon- Gilgamesh epic
D --- G --- W --- H --- A --- V --- 11 East Africa- Masai
D --- G --- W --- H --- . --- V --- 12 Egypt- Book of the Dead
D --- . --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 15 Greece- Lucian's account
D --- G --- . --- H --- . --- V --- 22 Italy- Ovid's poetry
D --- . --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 35 Wales- Dwyfan/Dwyfan legend
D --- G --- . --- H --- . --- V --- 17 Iceland- Eddas
D --- G --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 07 Canada- Cree
D --- G --- W --- H --- A --- V --- 08 Canada- Montagnais
D --- . --- W --- H --- A --- V --- 29 U.S.A. (Alaska)- Kolusches
D --- G --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 30 U.S.A. (Alaska)- Tlingit
D --- . --- W --- H --- A --- V --- 31 U.S.A. (Arizona)- Papago
D --- . --- W --- H --- . --- V --- 24 Mexico- Codex Chimalpopoca
D --- . --- W --- H --- A --- V --- 25 Mexico- Huichol
D --- . --- W --- H --- A --- V --- 10 Cuba- original natives
D --- G --- . --- H --- A --- V --- 16 Guyana- Macushi
D --- G --- W --- H --- . --- V --- 04 Bolivia- Chiriguano
D --- . --- W --- H --- A --- . --- 27 Peru- Indians of Huarochiri
35 -- 18 -- 17 -- 35 -- 24 -- 32 -- Total Occurrences out of 35
There's a much longer list at http://talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html but they haven't been analyzed like the 35 above, so they aren't easy to compare.
SOURCE OF THE FLOOD WATERS
OCEAN IMPACTS CAUSED TORRENTIAL RAIN
https://creation.com/large-cratonic-basins
Water ejected into the atmosphere (or higher) [by ocean impacts] would spread around the earth and fall back as intense rain. This provides a potential mechanism for the Bible’s 40 days of rain.28
TSUNAMIS ERODED SEAFLOORS & DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS ONTO THE LOWLAND SUPERCONTINENT
https://www.socalsem.edu/noahs-flood-the-key-to-correct-interpretation-of-earth-history
Numerical experiments so far suggest that large tidal pulses are required to drive the water strongly enough to erode, transport, and deposit the required volumes of sediment ... [onto] a single circular [lowland] supercontinent that covers 38% of the spherical surface. Figure 13 contains snapshots of the solution from this model at a time of only one day after the onset of a tidal pulse of amplitude 2500 m centered at 30° latitude and 90° longitude relative to the center of the continent. The circular continent initially is slightly domed, with a height of 150 m above sea level at its center and 24 m below sea level about its perimeter. The surrounding ocean has a uniform depth of 4000 m [with] (a.) suspended sediment load, (b.) cumulative bedrock erosion, (c.) net cumulative sedimentation, and (d.) topographic height relative to sea level in a global erosion/sedimentation model. The velocities indicated are the velocities near the top of the moving water layer [242 m/s]. The vertical water velocity profile decreases to zero in a logarithmic manner at the land surface according to standard turbulence theory. Cavitation erosion of crystalline bedrock [seafloor?] is assumed to produce sediment that is 70% fine sand with a mean grain size of 0.063 mm, 20% medium sand with a mean grain size of 0.50 mm, and 10% coarse sand with a mean grain size of 1.0 mm. A modest amount of isostatic compensation is folded into the topography calculation. Bottom friction and turbulent eddy viscosity are included in the momentum equation and cause the water velocities to diminish with time. Nevertheless, moderate erosion and sedimentation continues for several weeks after the tidal pulse. A significant amount of erosion occurs at the continent margin. The experiments conducted thus far indicate that six such pulses spaced about 30 days apart are adequate to erode, transport, and deposit, on average, the 1,800 m of sediment observed to blanket the continental surface[s] today. The strong, global-scale tsunami-like waves these pulses initially generate do indeed result in erosional unconformities that affect most of the continent surface.
A LARGE ORBITING BODY CAUSED THE TIDAL WAVES
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/icc_proceedings/vol8/iss1/37/
[W]hat was it that drove the water motion? In the investigations leading to the Baumgardner (2013) paper, several possibilities were explored, including bolide impacts in the ocean, torque from a close approach of a planetary body, and the tidal effects of such a close encounter. Of these three possibilities, it was found that only the third can drive the water flow strongly enough and over a large enough fraction of the earth’s surface to generate sufficient sediment and distribute it over the land surface in any sort of pattern that might bear some resemblance to the actual sediment record. Even in that case it was necessary to postulate multiple near approaches, presumably by the same extraterrestrial body, during the time span of the Flood.
WHAT ABOUT PLATE TECTONICS?
… [After earlier dismissing plate tectonics as a possible cause, but suggested again by a colleague] I reexamined the idea and realized that, if during the Flood the overriding plate locks with the subducting plate, even for a few minutes, when the plates unlock and slip, a huge tsunami would result. I further realized that given the total length of the subduction zones that had to be active during the Flood, the total number of such large tsunamis would have been large and their frequency quite high. A simple analysis showed that with plate speeds on the order of 2 m/s, a subduction angle of 45°, and a plate locking interval of 60 minutes, the sea bottom is depressed by more than 5 km. When the plates then unlock and slip, the seafloor rebounds toward its undepressed state, launching a gigantic tsunami easily capable of traversing a supercontinent.
NO, NOT PLATE TECTONICS
I’ll show later that Plate Tectonics was likely not the cause of the tsunamis of the Great Flood. A planet or moon on an elliptical orbit would have been a possible cause, since large impacts very likely occurred during the Flood and it’s possible that the orbiting body was part of a swarm of asteroids. While most of them either impacted Earth or the Moon (or even other planets or moons as well) or flew on past to become NEA’s, or Near Earth Asteroids, one or a few of them could have gone into temporary orbit around the Earth. It’s even possible that the orbiting body became our present Moon. There could easily have been enough dust and debris around the Earth to cause a body’s elliptical orbit to circularize.
VIDEO ON THE GREAT FLOOD
Noah's Flood and Catastrophic Plate Tectonics (from Pangea to Today) at
_This video contains a lot of good data. It follows the usual Creationist assumption that there was only one Great Flood, but some of data suggest that there were two Great Floods. I.e., the first Flood occurred when Pangaea was all one lowland supercontinent. It would have been easier then for big tsunamis to flood the entire supercontinent.
VIDEO ON THE PANGAEA BREAKUP
Shock Dynamics Geology at
_Some centuries later a swarm of asteroids struck again, one of which was big enough to break up the Pangaea supercontinent. The force caused the new continents to split apart and move rapidly over the Moho layer. The initial shock and the later friction caused the mountain ranges to form around the world. The tsunamis this time would only have flooded the lowlands, not the newly formed higher grounds.
_See also http://newgeology.us/
_If Noah's ark was real, it must have been in the second Flood, if it landed on mountains, since mountains formed during the breakup. On the other hand, most mythology suggests that the ark was a celestial apparition.
FL.25._THE GREAT FLOOD; *NOAH’S FLOOD: THE KEY TO CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF EARTH HISTORY https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=360#p3388
FL.45.+Noah’s Flood — Where did the water come from? https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=660#p6943
FL.37._COMPARING CREATIONIST FLOOD MODELS https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=540#p5186
FL.37.COMPARING 2 CREATIONIST FLOOD MODELS; MY COMMENT https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=540#p5192
FL.41._CREATIONIST ERROR: ONLY ONE CATACLYSM, THE FLOOD: I'd like to critique; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=600#p6114
FL.39._TWO FLOODS https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=570#p5658
FL.37.CAUSE OF THE GREAT FLOOD; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=540#p5172
FL.46_[CREATIONISTS SAY ONE GREAT FLOOD] https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=675#p7260
FL.17.*RAIN DURING GREAT FLOOD https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=240#p2647
FL.36._HEIGHT & VELOCITY OF SOME FLOOD WAVES; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=525#p5138
FL.37.TIDAL WAVES; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=540#p5192
FL.46_TRANSCRIPT OF A NOAH'S FLOOD VIDEO https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=675#p7193
FL.46_TSUNAMIS; PULSING TSUNAMIS; MODERN EXAMPLE; TSUNAMI CYCLES; 1700 TSUNAMI; TEJAS REGRESSION; GULF OF MEXICO; REGRESSION; FLOOD END; LATE OCEAN FLOORS; BIBLE RECORD; BIBLE RECORD
FL.46_GREAT LAKES REGION GEOLOGY: GREAT FLOOD; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=675#p7428
FL.45.+[FLOOD WATER FLOW NORTHWARD] https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=660#p6859
FL.45.+CHANGE IN FLOOD WATER FLOW DIRECTIONS https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=660#p6860
FL.44._GIANT RIPPLES EVIDENCE OF THE GREAT FLOOD; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=645#p6690
FL.45.+[TEJAS WATER FLOW SOUTHWARD] https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=660#p6859
FL.20.False Glaciation Evidence; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=285#p2933
FL.22._FLOOD OR GLACIER?: MOUNTAIN UPLIFT, STRIATIONS & ERRATICS; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=315#p3154
*FLOOD WINS; FOSSIL-FREE TILLITES/DEBRIS FROM SATURN?; WHICH FLOOD? NOAH'S OR YD?
FL.32.FLOOD LANDSLIDES, NOT GLACIAL FLOW; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=465#p4679
FL.43._GREAT FLOOD TILLITES, NOT USUALLY GLACIAL https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=630#p6574
FL.32.FLOOD ERRATICS https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=465#p4679
FL.25.Regarding DATING THE GREAT FLOOD BY ROCK STRATA https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=360#p3466
FL.25.UPDATE: DATING THE GREAT FLOOD BY ROCK STRATA https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=360#p3469
FL.28._3000 BC GREAT FLOOD https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=405#p3912
FL.28._GREAT FLOOD CA. 3000 BC; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=405#p3961
FL.28._JP's Flood Dating Sources https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=405#p3848
FL.38._**DATE OF GREAT FLOOD IN THE GREAT PYRAMID: **DATE OF THE GREAT FLOOD; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=555#p5440
FL.41._DID MARS CAUSE THE GREAT FLOOD? https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=600#p6087
FL.43.3. Did Earth 'Steal' Martian Water? https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=630#p6599
FL.44.YOUNGER DRYAS MEGAFLOODS WORLDWIDE; MARS FLOODS AT YOUNGER DRYAS? https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=645#p6690
FL.34._MOON & MOHO DURING FLOOD; https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=495#p5058
FL.46_[FLOOD MYTHS] KEN MOSS ON MAYA COSMOS & SATURN CONFIGURATION https://www.thunderbolts.info/forum3/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13&start=675#p7068
I just wanted to say hello here......
This looks like some good stuff and it is "ironic" in a way (but probably not a coincidence) that I have spent some time looking over some of the material at the Thunderbolts site (not a lot of it) and recently spent some time exploring material of Miles Mathis.....so, tis a small world I reckon.
I know this is "off-topic", but it has to do with electrical forces/energy I suspect as explored at the Thunderbolts site, so why not share it here I figure. Have you seen this before:
https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/10hPa/orthographic=-34.01,270.44,278
It shows wind velocity at 10 hPa elevation (upper atmosphere basically) around the South Pole and I just find the flows amazing - I think the Thunderbolts site had a video referencing the earth.nullschool a few months ago and it was nice to see others wondering about the phenomena. I sort discovered it without necessarily trying when I was just playing around with all the amazing info that is provided at earthnullschool.net - somebody from sott.net had mentioned it to me a few years ago. Anyhow, this windflow seems to oscillate between the poles every six months, but this current flow over the South Pole happening for the last few months seems more extreme in a way, but I haven't gone back and compared it to the data from previous years.....
Regardless, I can tell some of what you have here at this site is the kind of material I enjoy studying, so I suspect I'll be around and chiming in if I have something to offer....
Peace,
BK