 ripped around the earth in about two minutes' time, and it jettisoned water about 200 miles high that broke the firmament. So when the Bible says it rained from above and below, that's how it did it, because it broke that firmament, and then the rain came down, and then the rain, actually the water gushed up first from the fountains of the great deep. So there's evidence that certainly it was a natural phenomenon that caused the great deluge. However,