Posted on 02/04/2011 8:37:22 PM PST by abbyg55
From what I've seen and read, they say when a pole shift occurs, it actually would happen quite quickly. Sort of like when you're pushing magnets around on a table until one suddenly flips over.
“And didn’t the Tampa airport recently have to correct their runway markings”
Yes, that is correct. Probably some other airports had to do the same thing.
Exactly. Cue the Greek Chorus: “It’s all America’s fault! It’s all America’s FAAAAAUUULLLLLTTTT!!”
Just send it to the UN...they still want money for the poor people in Africa.
Here's what AOL News says about the shift's effect on compass readings:
"Normally, magnetic fields don't require adjustments to be made at airports, FAA spokesman Paul Takemoto told FoxNews.com. 'You want to be absolutely precise in your compass heading,' Takemoto said. 'To make sure the precision is there that we need, you have to make these changes.'"
My guess is a handheld compass isn't sensitive enough to register the shift yet, but if it maintains its current pace of 40 miles/year, it won't be long before all compasses are affected.
Ping
Its about 10 minutes, but interesting.
The dearth of sunspots in the past three years could be the beginnings of a new Solar Minimum, like the Maunder or the Dalton minimums of the past. If we do have one, I think it should be named the Hansen-Gore Minimum.
That's interesting, Netizen. I didn't know that. Thanks for posting.
Maybe they’ll find Obama’s birth certificate! *rimshot*
I may have mispoke. According to the video I linked in #47, the physicist says compasses wouldn’t work.
He also says that earth has reversed poles about 30 times in its history.
I guess its a slooooowwwww process.
I’m sure that’s where it is! lol
Ping!
I should add that the physicist says it doesn’t mean the end on the world and he makes fun of the movie Core.
Thx Will check it out.
LOL
2..3..4...
It’s today’s snake oil I swear.
What you're referring to is a polar reversal, not a polar shift. Per Wikipedia:
"A geomagnetic reversal is a change in the orientation of Earth's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south become interchanged. These events often involve an extended decline in field strength followed by a rapid recovery after the new orientation has been established. These events occur on a scale of tens of thousands of years or longer, with the latest one (the Brunhes–Matuyama reversal) occurring 780,000 years ago."
(The bolded text refers to the polar shift prior to a polar reversal.)
Nope. It’s the Reagan Tax cuts
This link will take you to a file that show the movement of the magnetic lines from 1590 to 1990.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_Magnetic_Field_Declination_from_1590_to_1990.gif
Very interesting!
Wow, that’s really something! I had no idea the magnetic field has been in a constant state of flux.
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