Posted on 10/18/2014 7:44:08 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A magnetic field shift is old news. Around 800,000 years ago, magnetic north hovered over Antarctica and reindeer lived in magnetic south. The poles have flipped several times throughout Earth's history. Scientists have estimated that a flip cycle starts with the magnetic field weakening over the span of a few thousand years, then the poles flip and the field springs back up to full strength again. However, a new study shows that the last time the Earth's poles flipped, it only took 100 years for the reversal to happen.
The Earth's magnetic field is in a weakening stage right now. Data collected this summer by a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite suggests the field is weakening 10 times faster than scientists originally thought. They predicted a flip could come within the next couple thousand years. It turns out that might be a very liberal estimate, scientists now say...
While a pole flip could cause a few technical issues, there's no need to panic. Scientists have combed the geological timeline for any evidence of catastrophes that might be related to a magnetic flip. They haven't found any.
The only havoc that a reversal would wreak is interference in the global electric grid.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
Thank you for your kindness.
I appreciate the reading; however, I had something in mind more tending to the scientific explanation.
Thanks, though.
There is a way to have a magnetic field interruption of our electric service and we have had that threat, but it’s not going to do more than create chaos....some deaths by those who act foolish I guess. You don’t go out driving in a hurricane so to speak.
The Preppers have prepared for that, it is just have an alternative for cooking, and keep food that does not need refrigeration. Have a gas generator with enough fuel to last until you use up your food that has to be kept cold.
Camping items like a camping stove w those tanks, and warmth items in case of heat loss etc. Common sense. A place to go if there is serious problem where you live.
A solar flare could cause that electric grid to fail or a nuclear blast, but I do not see the world being turned upside down or that scripture would not be there. A backpack filled with medical kit, flashlights, and things we would need, if we had to leave our homes in a hurry.
Other than that, I would only worry if I lived in a big city, where I would expect a terrorist attack.
God is the original scientist or there wouldn’t have been anything for the others to discover.....go to the source is my way...lol I hope you find your answer.
You are welcome.
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