Creationists have discussed how the light from distant stars, created only a few thousand years ago, could be reaching us. An analogous question is why no radioactive isotopes with half-lives less than many millions of years exist naturally; apparently if any ever existed they have decayed. Again, while it is no doubt true that there are many sources of error in radiometric dating, yet there seems to be a certain consistency in giving long ages. Creationists need to investigate all of these matters carefully. In this article it is proposed that a change in the electrical forces associated with elementary particles, possibly at the time of the Flood, may provide a Creationist explanation for all of these points.