nPeace
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I don't think it's possible for anyone to accurately answer that question, since the Bible is silent on that.I was doing some research on another topic that I had been thinking about, however, I read this quote in one of the articles that I was reading:
Even after the Fall, it makes sense that these weather variations were minimally different. But with the global Flood that destroyed the earth and rearranged continents and so on, the extremes become pronounced — we now have ice caps and extremely high mountains that were pushed up from the Flood (Psalm 104:8). We now have deserts that have extreme heat and cold and little water.
click here: State of the Water Vapor Canopy Model | Answers in Genesis
Therefore, after reading that, what I would like to ask those who believe in the Genesis account about the flood: Why would the flood have been the best and the most efficient way for God to have cleansed the earth of the saturated evil that existed at that time? Considering all the extreme changes and consequences that are supposed to have occurred as a result of the flood.
However, one can guess.
While God could have used a "Sodom and Gomorrah special" throughout the earth, that would not have 1) required a "signal post", 2) been thorough enough.
We have to remember that 1) the beings of higher intelligence were among men. 2) Men were more intelligent, since they were closer to perfection.
So taking those facts into consideration, we can think about this.
Imagine that Bin Laden knew that his compound would be attacked, by a barrage of hellfire missiles, so that not even an ant a few feet below the surface would survive.
What would the smart person do?
Meanwhile... Deep below the surface...
A flood would wipe out every crevice. Not even an ant would survive... literally.
I would guess another possible reason for using the flood, was to have a "signal post". People would see the big structure Noah was building, which took years to complete. So they were given the opportunity - a long time, for some to pay attention.
Noah's kin had opportunity to take Note. Everyone did.
That's my guess, but I don't know.