New scientific theory agrees with statement from my story

[nortonew]

A new scientific theory explained in this article shows a rather amazing similarity to a statement from one of my stories!

Ice Age blast 'ravaged America'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6676461.stm

A controversial new idea suggests that a large space rock exploded over North America 13,000 years ago.

The article states:
According to the new idea, the comet would have caused widespread melting of the North American ice sheet. The waters would have poured into the Atlantic, disrupting its currents.

This is very similar to a statement from my story The Sidereal Prophetess
http://www.templeofdagon.com/writers/er ... rophetess/

In that story, two characters are discussing the mythical deluge commonly associated with the Biblical Noah. One of the characters makes the following statement:

"Well, I don’t think it is entirely correct to say that the whole world was completely flooded," answered Professor Jenkins, "My research indicates that the very highest mountains probably never were submerged. As for where the water came from and where it went, that is sort of complicated. It appears that about 10,000 or 12,000 years ago, the world was a lot colder and much of the water that is now in the oceans was then frozen into large sheets of ice. There was a massive ice sheet over much of North America at the time. The Elder Gods caused this ice sheet to melt rapidly, sending a huge rush of water into the surrounding oceans. The incredible rush of water caused the oceans all around the world to sort of ’slosh’ up onto all the continents, thus producing a world wide flood and wiping out most of humanity. After the oceans had calmed, the continents as we now know them dried out, but much of the ancient world remains underwater. The ocean levels rose by about 100 feet. I believe the ruined cities of many ancient civilizations now lie several fathoms down along the continental shelves."

A little further on, the character continues with this statement:

"Well, if you look at a map of North America, you can see a line of large lakes across the northern section that sort of resemble massive impact scars. I’m speaking of Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake, Lake Winnipeg, and the five Great Lakes. I believe that the Elder Gods caused some sort of extremely hot, huge objects to strike all across the ice sheet. I think that triggered the great meltdown," answered Jenkins.


Obviously, the theory isn't a perfect match with what I wrote, but it is amazingly similar, (at least in my opinion).

[JJ Burke]

yeah, that geography does kinda look like something blew up there. weird