Lake Missoula Flood: A Message of Catastrophic Processes
Description: For many years, geologists thought that the channeled Scablands and Dry Falls of Eastern Washington were carved out by gradual processes over many millions of years. Now it has been established that they were caused by a massive flood event. See deep canyons hundreds of feet deep carved in sold basalt rock, yet no flowing water is present! Discover the many evidences of the flood from Montana to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. We will examine the reluctance of the geological community to accept an alternate view to slow processes and long time frames (“the present is key to the past”). We will discuss how these sites support the catastrophic Biblical history of a world-wide flood.
We will illustrate that the face of the earth can be dramatically changed in a few minutes or hours. It doesn’t take millions of years! We will examine the outstanding example of these not well known events in our own back yard that over-shadow the scale and scope of the famous Mt. St Helens Eruption (even though the message is the same).
Speaker: Ron Payne has a B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Washington and studied microbiology at Oregon State University. He spent 35 years in the Aerospace Industry as a Senior Principle Materials and Process Engineer specializing in chemical processes, waste treatment, metallurgy, circuit board fabrication, metal finishing, adhesives, coatings, paints, cleaning, electronic assembly, procurement engineering and technical documentation. He was a Board member for the Creation Association of Puget Sound (CAPS) and also for the Mount St. Helens Creation Center for more than 15 years. He managed and provided creation resources for CAPS and spoke on various creation topics to homeschool and church groups. He specializes in creation tours to Mount St. Helens and Dry Falls sponsored by the Apologetics Forum.
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