I had the chance to meet these two chaps at their poster in Denver last week (Geological Society of America Meeting). They were talking about billions of dead nautiloids in the Grand Canyon. Several people were listening to Austin (including me). When I asked him the following question, he refused to answer:
"At what point in the Noachian flood did this mass kill occur?"
I asked him again (with several intrigued onlookers) and he said "I am here to talk about my poster". I said that this is exactly what I was asking about and repeated the question. Again he refused to answer and said "Why don't you see if Kurt Wise will answer". Indeed, Kurt not only answered my question but he was quite candid in admitting that creationists do not agree on the fundamental issue of when the flood started, peaked and ended. He said that it is largely a politically charged issue amongst creationists. I also asked him about the Setterfiled c-decay model which puts the entire flood in the Precambrian. He said that the only creationist who believes that is Setterfield and that his ideas are not viewed by 'mainstream creationists' as having any validity. All in all, Kurt Wise was very congenial and straightforward. Austin was useless.
Cheers
Joe Meert