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“I did,” Kurt said “But forty days of rain would not drown the world”

“Depends how hard it rains,” Joe said with a grin

“It’s not happening ide,” Ga a drought and Europe is dealing with a hot, dry summer Besides, forty days of rain can only be powered by forty days of evaporation It’s a closed system”

Kurt intervened “Brother Joe knows that, he’s just grasping at straws Let’s move on”

“What if the ested “It’s notoriously difficult tofor tides, waves and wind Even landravitational pull on the surface of the sea”

“Been checked, double-checked and triple-checked using different ies,” Kurt said “It’s not a data error This is happening”

“What if the water is coested

Stern glances came his way

“I’ serious this time Comets are made up of dirty ice Many scientists believe that all the water on Earth actually cain with It was deposited here as they bo the first two billion years of its formation”

Kurt considered this a legitimate theory, but“Haven’t seen any in the sky recently”

“They don’t have to be large and visible like Halley’s Coh to not be seen Or they could be pieces of larger co about a comet called ISON that broke up and vanished Instead of a flare in the sky with a long tail, all NASA found werethrough a field of deconstructed co ice would be caught in Earth’s gravity and dragged into the sea If there were enough of them, it would add up rather quickly”

“I suppose it’s possible,” Kurt said “But I think NASA h swarms of micro comets And the sheer number of comets required to raise the sea level this quickly makes it unlikely”

Joe shrugged “That’s all I’ve got Someone else take a shot”

No one did and Kurt stood up After three hours of brainstor, they had little to show for the effort except bleary eyes and exasperation

“Adjourning?” Gamay asked