Funny thing is, if you weren't involved in the creation/evolution debate, you'd never think twice about the significance of polystrate trees... or telephone poles.
Thing is, if all the scientists actually got together and took the time to methodically address all the silly creationist claims, YECism would quickly fall by the wayside, exposed as the pseudoscience it is. The number of tiny details that YECs can never address or even want to address is astounding.
By the way, I am also in the process of learning ArcGIS (for the last 4 months or so). Whoa! What a steep learning curve that requires. Good luck.
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