Date: September 2nd, 2026 9:19 PM Author: sickened submissive station
Shit like that is why we get flood narratives from 10,000 years ago during the last glacial retreat. Torrents of mud were flooding land that now sits beneath 30 meters of sand in the middle east. Glaciers were collapsing until there were no more glaciers left, then the middle east dried up except for Egypt, which kept flooding but for different reasons and at regular intervals
Date: September 2nd, 2026 10:14 PM Author: pale insanely creepy party of the first part coldplay fan
scientists have discussed two scenarios. under one, a huge slab of rock and glacier broke off and fell 4000 feet or more, landing in a muddy area where streams headed their way downhill. the falling matter hit the ground with such force that a slurry of water, ice, rocks, and mud took off at high speed down the narrow valley. like this:
the other scenario i've seen is one where the falling debris sealed off a valley with a dam and the streams built up a lake behind the blockage -- until the dam suddenly collapsed. like this: