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Though absolutely essential to all life as we know it, water may also be a catastrophically harmful force, and as much good as it does, water damage has simultaneously been one of the greatest risks to civilizations all through history. Evidence of humanity's collective fear of flood damage are located in the Deluge Myths, that have been shared (in various iterations) by cultures around the globe. What's more puzzling is that several of these great flood myths came from in places that, at the time of their conception, had no interaction by any means and in some cases were entirely oblivious to each other's existence. Another problem is mold damage restoration, perhaps probably the most unseen problems which is built mostly from water damage as well.

Possibly the renowned demonstration of a deluge myth, detailing apocalyptic levels of water damage, is the biblical story of Noah's Ark, shared by all three major Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam). The story goes that God, sick and tired of the wickedness of mankind, determines to flood the earth to destroy all life - save for Noah and his family, whom God deemed as righteous enough to survive. He instructs Noah to build an Ark, and upon it he'll house his family and two of every animal so that once the flood waters have receded, the earth may be repopulated. God then vows never again to destroy the earth by flood. Although still perceived literally by certain Christian fundamentalists, the tale is viewed today as allegorical, with next to zero scientific facts of water damage to support ever such a flood occurring.

What's interesting about the story is its similarities with legends and myths beginning from other places. On the opposite side of the world from Mesopotamia where the Abrahamic deluge myths originated, the Native American Hopi tribe of Arizona in the United States has its own version of the deluge myth. According to Hope mythology, humanity was destroyed four times by the water damage of a great deluge for much the same reason as in the Abrahamic myths: Hopi Gods angered by the depravity of men decided to clean the slate, sparing only a select few who lived lives dubbed decent enough to reactivate yet another iteration of humanity. Modern scientists have long pondered over the origins for these myths, and their findings, interestingly enough, aren't evidence of actual water damage, but alternatively evidence that ocean born life existed in places that have become far from any bodies of waters.

Ancient peoples having identified seashells and the remains of sea creatures atop mountains and far inland were most likely the inspiration behind these deluge myths. Of course given the advantages of modern science, we now know that these shells and sea creatures are certainly the fossilized remains of life that once was around in prehistoric oceans. Because millions of years ago, the earth was shaped very differently because of plate tectonics, oceans once existed in places where there have since dried up into deserts and plains, leaving evidence of the life they harbored behind.


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Article by Paul Wise. When it comes to water damage, Paul recommends cleanflood.com for great advice on things like water damage restoration for you.