On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:37:38 -0700 (PDT) Michael Nellis
 writes:
> Oh, boy.
> 
> --- Barb Jernigan  wrote:
> 
> > > Try a storm of fair to middling asteroids (with maybe one 
> > > dinokiller)  landing out in the pacific.  
> > 
> > Not enough water.
> > He wants it to STAY submerged.
> 
> He'll need a small planet's worth of ice.  
> 
> I could work out the figures for you if you like.  Assume that the
> average height of land above sea level is ten thousand feet 
> (Everest
> is 24 thou, plus), find out the volume of a sphere with the radius 
> of
> Earth (in feet, of course), and the volume of a sphere with the
> radius of Earth plus 10,000.  Subtract A from B, the result is how
> much water you'd need in cubic feet.
> 
> I think he's gonna need a fair to middling size artistic license. 
> :-)

=shrug=
he'll move on by then
and, thanks, but we have the research department in-house. =gentle smile=


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