Noah's ark and the great flood?

It was God who brought about the great flood the reason that he decided to destroy the wicked was because even their thoughts were bad all of the time. There was a reason God gave Noah specific instructions on how to build the Ark because he could only help him make something that would withstand the Great flood.Local floods come and go in a matter of days; this one lasted over a year, the greater portion of which was required for the water to subside. How unreasonable to believe that Noah spent perhaps 50 years building a huge vessel of approximately 40,000 cu m (1,400,000 cu ft) for the survival of his family and a few animals through a mere local flood! If only a comparatively small area was affected, why the need of bringing into the ark specimens of “every living creature of every sort of flesh” in order to “preserve offspring alive on the surface of the entire earth”? (Ge 6:19; 7:3) Definitely this was a global deluge, I don't think a boat would be able to withstand that.

Maybe there weren't other boats but if there they lacked two things 1) Divine protection. 2) Divine instruction regarding it's design for the Flood (Genesis 6:14-7:5). E.g., the ratios, the resinous wood ("gopher" or "kopher"), and bitumen used to waterproof it. For the more through examination please check these two sites.

Up to the time of the flood the earth had one single land mass called the Pangaea. So there was no true need for boat building. Humans traveled by land everywhere they went. If any boats were built they would have merely been for travelling by lake or river or on some other inland body of water. But it is likely, that few if any boat were build for travelling. Then too, since no human, outside of Noah's immediate family, listened to the divine warning they would not have likely been prepared, even if they could, to survive a 40 day constant rainstorm and with waters covering the entire earth for 150 days before even the tops of some mountains could be seen and another 150 days before land appeared again. They would not have been able to have enough food or anything else that they would need to survive.

They obviously did. None survived. Look around yourself today! How many could survive a one year long global cataclysm where the forces unleashed were other-worldly horrendous.

We cannot even survive well the tornadoes of Oklahoma.

Who said there were other boats? Who made boats back then?

Watching misinformed people comment is hilarious.

This was not your casual rainy day, but a violent tectonic event.

How many boats -- who were in the boats?

You are saying there were other boats capable of sustaining it's occupants through the flood. That is an affirmative claim -- so where is your evidence.

The flood was not a normal occurrence, so other boats would not have been equipped to handle a tremendous downpour of rain. That's like comparing a dinghy to a yacht - both are boats but they don't have the same capability.

It would appear that there were no boats made at that time. Perhaps I am wrong, but do you have references that there were?

It is just a story. No point in asking questions about it. Fiction, bub.