Book Review Guide to Yellowstone National Park From a Creationist Perspective Harold Coffin

Michael J. Oard is a cosmos scientist with a specialization in Atmospheric Science. He is a prolific author who has published numerous books and papers in widely recognized creationist and secular journals. He worked for shut to 30 years as a meteorologist/weather forecaster with the (United states) National Weather Service, and now dedicates much of his time to creation science research. Mike's research interests accept focused primarily on topics such as geological bear witness for Noah's overflowing, the Ice Age, and the mass extinction of the Woolly Mammoths.^[one] He speaks regularly at creation conferences and other venues for Creation Ministries International and has served on the board of directors of the Cosmos Research Social club since 2001.^[two]

Mike received his Masters of Scientific discipline caste in Atmospheric Science from the University of Washington in 1973. He then worked every bit a meteorologist for the U.S. National Conditions Service until 2001, and every bit the pb forecaster in Montana from 1981 to 2001.^[iii]

Publications

Books

• An Ice Historic period Acquired past the Genesis Overflowing. Institute for Creation Research, El Cajon, California, 1990.
• Ancient Ice Ages or Gigantic Submarine Landslides? Cosmos Research Gild Books, 1997.
• Dinosaur Challenges and Mysteries : How the Genesis Flood Makes Sense of Dinosaur Evidence, Including Tracks, Nests, Eggs, and Scavenged Basic. Creation Book Publishers, Atlanta, Georgia, 2011.
• Flood by Pattern. Master Books, Greenish Woods, Arkansas, 2008.
• The Frozen Record : Examining the Water ice Cadre History of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. Institute for Cosmos Enquiry, Santee, California, 2005.
• Frozen in Fourth dimension. Principal Books, Dark-green Forest, Arkansas, 2004.
• The Geologic Cavalcade : Perspectives Inside Diluvial Geology. John K. Reed and Michael J. Oard, editors. Creation Enquiry Lodge Books, Chino Valley, Arizona, 2006.
• Life in the Swell Ice Age. Master Books, Greenish Woods, Arkansas, 1993.
• The Missoula Flood Controversy: And the Genesis Overflowing. Creation Research Society Books, Chino Valley, Arizona, 2004.
• The New Weather Volume. Master Books, Green Forest, Arkansas, 2015.
• Road Guide to Yellowstone National Park and Side by side Areas : From a Creationist Perspective. With Harold Coffin, John Hergenrather, Dennis Bokovoy. Cosmos Research Society Books, Chino Valley, Arizona, 2005.
• Stone Solid Answers : the Biblical Truth Behind 14 Geologic Questions. Michael J. Oard and John Thou. Reed, editors. Master Books, Greenish Wood, Arkansas, 2009.
• Uncovering the the Mysterious Woolly Mammoth. Master Books, Green Forest, Arkansas, 2007.
• The Weather Book. Master Books, Green Forest, Arkansas, 1997.
• Your Guide to the M Canyon. Master Books, Green Woods, Arkansas, 2008.
• Your Guide to Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks : a Dissimilar Perspective. With Tom Vail, Dennis Bokovoy, John Hergenrather. Main Books, Green Forest, Arkansas, 2010.

Articles

• A Classic Tillite Reclassified as a Submarine Droppings Flow Oard, Chiliad.J. Journal of Creation 11(one):vii, 1997.
• Astronomical Problems Oard, M.J. Journal of Creation 9(1):5–6, 1995.
• Did Lucy walk upright? Oard, M.J.. Journal of Creation xv(ii):9–x, 2001.
• Do Greenland ice cores show over ane hundred thou years of annual layers? Oard, 1000.J. Journal of Cosmos 15(3):39–42, 2001.
• Stop-mesozoic extinction of dinosaurs partly based on circular reasoning Oard, One thousand.J. Journal of Creation fifteen(two):6–vii, 2001.
• The extinction of the dinosaurs Oard, M.J., 1997. Journal of Cosmos 11(2):137–154.
• The extinction of the woolly mammoth: was it a quick freeze? Oard, M.J. Periodical of Creation 14(3):24–34, 2000.
• How Well Practice Paleontologists Know Fossil Distributions? Oard, Thou.J. Journal of Cosmos 14(1):7–8, 2000.
• The Ice Historic period and the Genesis Inundation by Michael Oard. Acts & Facts Jun one, 1987.
• In the footsteps of giants by Michael Oard. Creation 25(2):10–12. March 2003
• Is catastrophic plate tectonics part of Earth history? by Michael J. Oard, Journal of Creation sixteen(one) 2002. Apr 2002.
• No Dark Affair Institute in the Milky way Galaxy Oard, Thousand.J. and Sarfati, J.D. Journal of Creation 13(i):3–4, 1999.
• But One Lake Missoula Alluvion by Michael J. Oard. Periodical of Cosmos 14(2):14-17, 2000
• Polar dinosaur puzzler by Michael J. Oard. Journal of Creation 20(two):vi–7, Baronial 2006.
• Rapid Cave Formation past Sulfuric Acid Dissolution Oard, G.J. Journal of Creation 12(iii):279–280, 1998.
• Watery ending deduced from huge Ceratopsian dinosaur graveyard by Michael J. Oard. Periodical of Creation 16(ii):3–four, August 2002.

Secular Publications

• Reed, R.J. , 1000.J. Oard, and Yard. Sieminski, 1969. A comparison of observed and theoretical diurnal tidal motions between thirty and 60 kilometers, Monthly Weather condition Review 97(6):456–459.
• Oard, Chiliad.J., 1974. Application of a diagnostic Richardson number equation to a case study of articulate air turbulence, Journal of Applied Meteorology 13(7):771–777.
• Oard, Yard.J., 1977. A winter season minimum temperature formula for Bakersfield, California using multiple regression, NOAA Technical Memorandum, NWS-WR/113.
• Oard, M.J., 1980. Regression equation for the meridian wind gust 6–12 hours in advance at Groovy Falls during stiff downslope windstorms, NOAA Technical Memorandum, NWS-WR/154.
• Oard, Thou.J., 1982. Baroclinic prog biases in item weather patterns and the utilise of analogs, Preprints of the ninth Conference on Weather Forecasting and Analysis.
• Oard, M.J., 1982. Pinnacle wind gust regression equation for Great Falls 3–15 hours in advance during downslope windstorms, Preprints of the 9th Briefing on Weather condition Forecasting and Analysis.
• Oard, 1000.J., 1984. Forecasting leap storms in Montana, Preprints of the 10th Conference on Weather Forecasting and Analysis.
• Oard, M.J., 1993. A method for prediction chinook winds east of the Montana Rockies, Weather and Forecasting 8(2):166–180.

Videos

• The Ice Age: Only the Bible Can Explain It Recorded at the Seattle Creation Conference, July 2004.
• The Mammoth and the Ice Age
• Startling Evidence That Noah's Inundation Really Happened Recorded at the Seattle Creation Conference, July 2004.

Videos from the Seattle Creation Conference 2011

Videos from the Seattle Creation Conference 2004

Professional data

Education

• B.S. Atmospheric Scientific discipline, 1969, University of Washington
• One thousand.S. Atmospheric Science, 1973, University of Washington^[3]

Employment

• 1966–1970 Inquiry Assistant, University of Washington
• 1970–1971 Meteorologist, National Weather Service, Corking Falls, MT
• 1972–1973 Research Banana (part time), University of Washington
• 1973–2001 Meteorologist, National Atmospheric condition Service — lead forecaster, Bang-up Falls, Montana from 1981 to 2001 — now retired^[3]

Presentations

Title	Clarification
Is Genesis Important?	This talk shows that Genesis 1-11 is important considering the challenge of the culture is causing a massive exodus of young people. Barna reports that seventy% of young evangelical church building-goers leave the church after graduating from high schoolhouse. Answers in Genesis asked them why and found that about one-half doubted the Bible considering of the long ages taught as fact in the culture. About 25% were influenced by evolution. The question of whether Genesis 1-11 can exist interpreted differently than the straightforward historical meaning is addressed. The answer is a clear "no". The usage of the give-and-take "day" in Genesis 1 is given every bit an case in which the exegesis of the discussion in context ways a 24-hr solar mean solar day. As far as the age of the earth, Jesus indicated three times that the earth was young. If the articulate words of Genesis ane-11 can be distorted, then any clear passage in the Bible can be made to say anything. Biblical anarchy has resulted with millions losing their "faith." Great harm has occurred within the Church as a whole and continues. Genesis is indeed very of import. Nosotros practise non take to compromise with the worldview of naturalism because there is much scientific data to support Genesis. One example is the extreme complication of the biological world, as shown by the cell, poly peptide molecules, and DNA. Every bit far as the former ages are concerned, the Charge per unit project has shown that the millions and billions of years tin be accounted for by a period of accelerated decay at the time of cosmos and possibly during the Flood. Both adults and young people demand to learn this prove, so that they tin can stand up in a culture that is pushing evolution and old ages more and more than.
Is Development a Fact?	Although the culture claims evolution is a fact, this talk explores 3 main reasons why information technology cannot be a fact. First, evolution cannot be a fact by the definitions of evolution and science. Macroevolution is not observed going on today, and then it is not science. Proofs of evolution are in the surface area of "microevolution," which is really the diversification of the genetic cloth already created in the organisms and is not real evolution. Macroevolution is simply the history (or organized religion every bit some phone call it) of the atheistic worldview.(versions available for adult and children grades three to 12) Second, evolution cannot exist a fact because modern biology shows that every organism is vastly likewise complex to have evolved past hazard, even with the pathetic mechanisms of mutations and natural selection. Furthermore, macroevolution is not seen in the fossil record because complication is tremendous, correct from the "oldest" organisms and the lack of the millions of transitional fossils required by macroevolution. Closed shelled mollusks also show that the rocks containing the fossils were deposited quickly and worldwide. Third, development cannot be a fact because it is contradicted in the Bible. Genesis 1 states that organisms were created by kinds and created to reproduce inside their own kinds and non into another kind, which is evolution. Furthermore the order of cosmos contradicts the evolutionary guild twelve times. The Bible also teaches and summarizes in Rom 5:12 that at that place was no expiry of man or the animals until human sinned, while evolution states that there has been mass death, survival of the fittest, etc., for hundreds of millions of years before man supposedly evolved at the very cease.
Is Development Probable?	We are told by evolutionists that given plenty time, what seems incommunicable becomes nearly certain, making evolution seem plausible. This talk provides a quantitative estimate of such an assertion, which goes against the 2d law of thermodynamics that states order goes to disorder with time in an isolated arrangement. I use a very simple probability equation to show that non even one simple step in the supposed evolution of life from non-life tin can occur in the supposed age of the universe.
Noah's Flood: What Does the Bible Say?	This talk lists the many reasons why Scripture conspicuously says the Genesis Alluvion was global, and that Jesus believed in a global Flood. Information technology talks about details of the ark, such as whether it was roomy plenty for all the animals. What nosotros know nigh the pre-Flood environment is discussed as well as the controversial suggested mechanisms for the Alluvion.
Worldwide Evidence for Noah'southward Overflowing	The evidence for the global Genesis Flood is provided by all the hundreds of alluvion traditions from all over the world. Evidence for the Flood is found in sedimentary rocks that commonly embrace huge distances and show little or no erosion between layers—different how mainstream geologists interpret the rocks based on small events over millions of years. Trillions of fossils in the sedimentary rocks provide powerful evidence for a global Flood, since fossilization today is rare (remember that mainstream scientists rely on present processes to explain the past). Moreover, the fossil tape does not bear witness evolution considering of the gaps in the fossil record. Mollusks that make upwardly 95% of fossils are predominantly closed shelled, strongly indicating that they were cached and fossilized quickly all over the earth. This points to a global ending and non small events over millions of years, the culling mainstream view. Lastly, the talk delves into what we learned near the Flood from the eruption of Mountain St. Helens.
World's Surface Shaped past Receding Floodwater: First as Sheet Flow	The talk first discusses what the Bible says about how the Floodwater drained from off the continents. Then geological bear witness for parts of the Earth's chaff rising and parts descending to drain the Floodwater is presented. Geological evidence of sheet currents flowing off the continents is shown in the course of huge erosion of domes and the erosional remnants left behind. All the eroded sediment is deposited at the margin of the continents forming the continental shelf and gradient. As the h2o is moving off the continents, sometimes at high speed, a rough surface is planed smooth by the debris being carried along by the Floodwater. These surfaces are called planation surfaces, if they are flat, and erosion surfaces, if they are rolling. A veneer of the droppings is normally left on top of the planation or erosion surfaces every bit a sparse layer of cobbles and boulders. These rounded rocks from water action sometimes contain percussion marks acquired by all the intense turbulence of the draining Floodwater. At the same time, resistant rocks are carried long distances from their sources, documented from the northwest states and adjacent Canada for send distances of up to 800 miles. All these features are difficult if not incommunicable to explain past the alternative ideas of mainstream geologists.
Earth's Surface Shaped by Receding Floodwater: Final by Channelized Menses	After sheet catamenia continued for many days, more and more than mountains and plateaus extended above the draining Floodwater, forcing the water to aqueduct around these objects. Channelized flow, therefore, carves valleys and canyons rapidly, and creates many other features that are difficult if not impossible to explain past mainstream geologists. Such features include water and wind gaps, which are perpendicular cuts through mountains, ridges, or plateaus; pediments, which are planation surfaces at the foots of mountains or ridges; and submarine canyons that are cut perpendicular to the shoreline through the continental shelf and gradient.
What is the Origin of the 1000 Canyon?	The origin of the Thou Canyon has been a huge mystery for mainstream scientists for over 150 years. This is demonstrated right away in this talk. Then the talk goes into the two creationists hypotheses for the origin of the Grand Canyon. It shows that the postal service-Flood dam-breach hypothesis, supposedly happened when two to three lakes positioned due east of Grand Canyon past the draining Alluvion waters, breached several hundreds years later the Alluvion. There are many problems with this hypothesis, two of which seem fatal. The second creationist hypothesis is more likely and that is the One thousand Canyon was carved belatedly in the Flood by rapid channelized erosion. Evidence for this is presented as well equally how each segment of the Yard Canyon can be carved by the draining, channelized Floodwater.
Any Happened to the Dinosaurs?	This is a fun talk with lots of cartoons. It goes into the types of dinosaurs, which is important for how many dinosaurs were needed on the ark, a subject discussed after in the talk. Evolutionists accept many problems with dinosaurs, such equally what animals they evolved from and why they went extinct. Other bug include dinosaurs living at polar latitudes, dinosaurs living in the "desert," and unfossilized dinosaurs with soft tissue that is supposed to take survived in the ground for over 65 one thousand thousand years. The last topic is whether dinosaurs were on the ark. If they were, then there were postal service-Flood dinosaurs, which explains a host of mysteries, such as dragon legends all over the Earth, pictographs and other artwork depicting dinosaurs, and the likelihood that Job saw dinosaurs, such as Behemoth and Leviathan. (versions for adult and children grades 3 to 12)
The Ice Age: Only the Bible Tin Explain Information technology!	The Ice Age is a major mystery for mainstream Earth science, the difficulty of which is analyzed in the talk. The prove indicates that the Ice Age occurred subsequently the Overflowing, and then the Flood must have resulted in a climatic change right subsequently that resulted in a rapid Ice Age. Many details of the Ice Historic period take been worked out from over 30 years of research, such as information technology was simply about 700 years long, at that place was only one water ice age, the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sail more often than not congenital up during this time, animals of the Water ice Historic period were a mix of warmth-loving and cold-loving types, the existence of large lakes in now dry out areas of the Earth, and the mass extinction at the end of the Ice Age.
Whatever Happened to the Woolly Mammoths?	This talk shows that the woolly mammoth lived during the Water ice Age; they did not dice early in the Flood by a quick freeze. It focuses on the mammoths in Siberia and answers many mysteries of why they would alive in Siberia, what they would eat, and how they died. Many other mammoth mysteries are also answered by the post-Overflowing rapid Ice Age, such every bit why the lowlands of Siberia, Alaska, and the Yukon were not glaciated; why there were so many big animals so far north; why some mammoth carcasses are plant in a generally standing position, having suffocated; and why some accept cleaved bones.
What Does the Lake Missoula Flood Teach United states?	This talk describes the abundant prove for the being of glacial Lake Missoula at the peak of the Ice Age and its bursting forth creating the Channeled Scablands of eastern Washington in a matter of days. It focuses on the question of why practically every mainstream earth scientist rejected the Lake Missoula flood for twoscore years, despite an overwhelming corporeality of evidence. The reason shows their bias against big events and shows why they volition never see show for the Genesis Inundation that stares them in the face up. Now that mainstream scientists have accepted the Lake Missoula flood, they have gone on to postulate anywhere from twoscore to 100 at the tiptop of the last ice age, not to speak of their other 30 supposed water ice ages in the by 2.v million years. Obvious evidence is presented that there really was but one big Lake Missoula inundation. The features left backside from the Lake Missoula overflowing are then used to testify that similar features all over the World were acquired by a global Alluvion.
Is Human being the Cause of Global Warming?	Global warming seems to be the major topic of business concern by many environmentalists, the media, and politicians. There is a huge amount of hysterical statements made by many, and there are many contradictory statements floating around in the civilisation. This talk goes offset into the facts and second what are likely facts, based on the scientific literature. From this data analysis, we can clear away much of the fog on this issue. We can understand what is going on with this hot button topic.
Dinosaur Tracks, Eggs, and Bonebeds Explained Early on in the Flood	Despite being able to explain many big-picture observations of the rocks and fossils, there are still a few hundred earth science challenges to the Flood model of earth history. One of these challenges is the existence of billions of dinosaur tracks, millions of dinosaur eggs, and scavenged bonebeds on thousands of feet of Overflowing strata. Such observations seem to imply too much time to have happened early in the Flood before dinosaurs were all dead past Twenty-four hours 150. However, a closer examination of the bonebeds, tracks, and eggs indicates many unusual features for a uniformitarian environment. Unique features of bonebeds include the observations that some dinosaur graveyards are huge, monospecific, and lack babies and immature juveniles. Unique features of dinosaur tracks are that practically all trackways are directly, tracks are always on apartment bedding planes, and baby and immature juvenile tracks are rare. Several unusual features observed with dinosaur eggs are that they are practically always laid on flat bedding planes, despite their significant porosity that would outcome in the death of the embryo, and nest structures are very rare. Such observations from all beyond the world suggest that another hypothesis is needed. An hypothesis volition exist presented to explain the dinosaur data, which has been previously suggested in the creationist literature. This is the BEDS (Briefly Exposed Diluvial Sediments) hypothesis, which postulates that after rapid sedimentation during the Genesis Alluvion, the altitude between the tiptop of the sediment and the Floodwater surface became shallow. Such sediments would then become vulnerable to exposure by local drops in relative sea level acquired by five mechanisms operating during the early Flood. There would of course exist local rises in relative sea level inundating the BEDS. There could be hundreds of local sea level oscillations of various amplitudes and periods on BEDS during the first 150 days of the Inundation due to all 5 mechanisms. Interference patterns from all the mechanisms would reinforce bounding main level lows and highs. Dinosaurs pond in the water, finding refuge on log mats, or trapped on higher refuges and then could walk on BEDS and lay eggs. A gentle, local rising in relative sea level would comprehend up the tracks, eggs, and dead dinosaurs, preserving and eventually lithifying or fossilizing them. Because of all the oscillations in local body of water level, there could be multiple layers of tracks and eggs at any one location. The BEDS hypothesis also can potentially explain a number of other seemingly puzzling features associated with dinosaur tracks and eggs, such equally true mudcracks, raindrop imprints, coprolites, ripple marks, "paleosols," burrows and tracks of invertebrates, possible social insect nests, and bird tracks. BEDS can besides explain these features when not associated with dinosaur tracks.
The Geomorphology of the Uinta Mountains and its Implications	The Uinta Mountains provides evidence for Flood runoff. As the Uinta Mountains uplifted and massive erosion occurred, a large, gravel capped pediment formed forth the north and south side of the uplift. This pediment, chosen the Gilbert Pinnacle erosion surface, bevels rocks of all ages within the uniformitarian geological column (used for discussion purposes only). The "gravel" up to large boulder size is called the Bishop Conglomerate and is commonly composed of red Uinta Group Quartzite from the eye of the mountains. Pediments are not beingness formed today, only are being destroyed. They are readily explained by fast Floodwater flowing parallel to the mountain range (Oard, 2004). After forming, the Gilbert Peak erosion surface was profoundly dissected by subsequent erosion, which must have occurred tardily in the Inundation Waters gaps are common in the Uinta Mountains. These water gaps are likewise nearly impossible to explain by uniformitarianism but can be readily explicate by Flood runoff. The pediment and h2o gaps were formed during the Cenozoic and therefore the Inundation/post-Overflowing purlieus is in the late Cenozoic in this area. The pediment also caps sedimentary rocks of the Green River and Bridger Formations, making these formations Flood formations.

References

1. ↑ Michael Oard Creation Ministries International. Accessed November 11, 2015.
2. ↑ Lath of Directors 2015 Creation Inquiry Guild. Accessed November 11, 2015.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 three.1 three.2} Michael J. Oard: Meteorologist by Answers in Genesis

Meet Also

• Oard's Alluvion Follies Response to arguments of the anticreation website (EvoWiki)

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