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  1. 06-01-2011, 07:13 AM #1
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    Dutchman builds Ark

    http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...110527ARK.html

    Though there's little chance that rising sea levels -- a symptom of global warming -- would ever bring an inundation of biblical proportions to the Dutch coast, one man in the city of Dordrecht is building a modern-day ark anyway.

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    Johan Huibers, 60, the successful owner of a big construction company, has spent the last few years building an ark, identical in size to the one Noah is said to have constructed in the book of Genesis.

    The new ark is 300 cubits in length, or 450 feet; 30 cubits high, or about three stories; and 50 cubits, or 75 feet, wide. Mr. Huibers is building the ark out of Swedish pine because some versions of the Bible suggest God ordered Noah to use “resin wood,” which Mr. Huibers says is pine.

    For his part, Mr. Huibers sees a role for the ark far beyond Dordrecht. He has sent a letter to the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, requesting permission to bring the ark there for the Olympic Games next summer. Investors from Texas have visited, urging him to bring the ark to Galveston.

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    That is one gargantuan project. The scale is almost hard to get your head around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by N8YX View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by PA5COR View Post
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    Funny thing, though: there is no certainty about the size of the cubit. It could be anywhere from 18 to 27 inches (45 to 67 cm), which means his big boat could be off by a very large factor.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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    Carlo.... lest you forget... THIS IS JUST THE DINGHY!!!!!!!! :rofl:
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    He already build a half size Ark before this one, and actually made some money from that ;)
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    Quote Originally Posted by PA5COR View Post
    He already build a half size Ark before this one, and actually made some money from that ;)
    Just goes to show you that there are gullible religious nuts in the Netherlands too.
    Last edited by NQ6U; 06-03-2011 at 12:11 PM.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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