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LongTomH

(8,636 posts)
Sun May 26, 2019, 02:27 PM May 2019

"Noah's Ark" has flood damage? You just can't make this shit up!!!!

Actually, they're talking about the one in Kentucky. From the Weather Channel: Owners of Kentucky's Noah's Ark Attraction Sue Over Flooding Damage:

Here's the at a glance:

  • The owners of the Ark Encounter are asking for a $1 million settlement.

  • Heavy rains led to a landslide on the attraction's access road.

  • The ark itself was not damaged.

It may seem a bit ironic but the owners of Kentucky's Noah's ark attraction are suing their insurers over damage caused by flooding.

In a federal lawsuit, the owners of the Ark Encounter are asking for a $1 million settlement after the attraction's insurers, Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings of Switzerland and three other insurance companies, refused to cover damage after heavy rains in 2017 and 2018 caused a landslide on its access road, the Courier Journal reports.

Opened in 2016, the 510-foot-long wooden ark has been a popular attraction in Williamstown, Kentucky.

The lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages and stipulates that the ark itself was not damaged.

The ark is was reportedly built to the dimensions specified in the story of Noah in the Bible and is the largest timber-frame structure in the world.

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"Noah's Ark" has flood damage? You just can't make this shit up!!!! (Original Post) LongTomH May 2019 OP
No fan of Ken Ham by any means, but your title line is misleading A HERETIC I AM May 2019 #1
A Boat that is afraid of getting wet??? ProudMNDemocrat May 2019 #2
Foiled by an act of God Cirque du So-What May 2019 #3
I hate to say this...well, maybe not Doreen May 2019 #4
I hope it sinks!! And.. takes the idiot who created it with it!! Thekaspervote May 2019 #5

A HERETIC I AM

(24,370 posts)
1. No fan of Ken Ham by any means, but your title line is misleading
Sun May 26, 2019, 02:32 PM
May 2019

Because as you quoted in the body of your post, the Ark itself was not damaged.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
4. I hate to say this...well, maybe not
Sun May 26, 2019, 03:49 PM
May 2019

but my first thought was if it did not float then you know they don't make them as good as they used to.

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