Grand Canyon (Pt. 2)
As a follow-up to the article I did a few weeks ago on the "Creationist" view that the Grand Canyon was caused by Noah's Flood I ran across this piece
(Yup, the flood did this all right, through solid rock and everything!)
Look boys and girls, there is one sure way to tell if it's real or if it's memorex. If science tells you something and gives an explanation then it's real. If religion tells you something and wants you to take it on faith alone, (In other words, something that makes you go WTF) then it's bullshit! See?
On a higher note ;-) the Grand Canyon does have another interesting feature and that is a new glass platform that gives a spectacular view!
Grand Canyon West, a destination owned and operated by the Hualapai Tribe at the Grand Canyon’s western rim, announces March 28, 2007 as the official public opening date of The Sky-walk.
The Sky-walk will be the first ever cantilever shaped glass walkway suspended more than 4,000 feet above the canyon’s floor and extended 70 feet from the canyon’s rim.
Access to The Sky-walk will run from dawn to dusk and will cost $25 per person in addition to the cost of a Grand Canyon West entrance package.
One hundred and twenty people will be allowed on the bridge at a time. Admittance is first come, first serve for walk up visitors; however, reservations can be made.
Guests will enter and exit the walkway via temporary buildings while the adjacent visitor’s center is being completed.
Grand Canyon West plans to issue numbered shoe covers – in order to avoid scratches and slipping - to each visitor that enters the open-air walkway.
One thing for darned sure! If you suffer from "fear of heights" this observation platform is definitely NOT for you!
Your "vertigo" scribe;
Allan W Janssen
Washington, DC -- The Bush Administration has decided that it will stand by its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood rather than by geologic forces. The park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees, according to internal documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
Despite telling members of Congress and the public that the legality and appropriateness of the National Park Service offering a creationist book for sale at Grand Canyon museums and bookstores was "under review at the national level by several offices," no such review took place, according to materials obtained by PEER under the Freedom of Information Act.
Instead, the real agency position was expressed by NPS spokesperson Elaine Sevy as quoted in the Baptist Press News: "Now that the book has become quite popular, we don't want to remove it!!!!!!!!!!"
(Yup, the flood did this all right, through solid rock and everything!)Look boys and girls, there is one sure way to tell if it's real or if it's memorex. If science tells you something and gives an explanation then it's real. If religion tells you something and wants you to take it on faith alone, (In other words, something that makes you go WTF) then it's bullshit! See?
On a higher note ;-) the Grand Canyon does have another interesting feature and that is a new glass platform that gives a spectacular view!
Grand Canyon West, a destination owned and operated by the Hualapai Tribe at the Grand Canyon’s western rim, announces March 28, 2007 as the official public opening date of The Sky-walk. The Sky-walk will be the first ever cantilever shaped glass walkway suspended more than 4,000 feet above the canyon’s floor and extended 70 feet from the canyon’s rim.
Access to The Sky-walk will run from dawn to dusk and will cost $25 per person in addition to the cost of a Grand Canyon West entrance package.
One hundred and twenty people will be allowed on the bridge at a time. Admittance is first come, first serve for walk up visitors; however, reservations can be made.
Guests will enter and exit the walkway via temporary buildings while the adjacent visitor’s center is being completed.
Grand Canyon West plans to issue numbered shoe covers – in order to avoid scratches and slipping - to each visitor that enters the open-air walkway.
One thing for darned sure! If you suffer from "fear of heights" this observation platform is definitely NOT for you!
Your "vertigo" scribe;
Allan W Janssen
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