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Great, thanks Perdogg, I think I may have missed last year's. :')

Art also reviewed callers' predictions made for 2009. Here are some of the hits and misses. Hits (Dings):

Obama 'honeymoon' over by October.
Stock market falls under 7,000.
Commercial real estate falters.
Pandemic by September 15th.
Auto production cut in half.
Misses (Bonks):

New monarch on English throne.
Proof that Bigfoot exists.
SETI signal detected.
Government takes gold back.
Russia flexes military might.
A blimp will crash.
Obama brings peace to Middle East.

Pandemic was a hit? Because of the flu? Uh, I don't think so. Stock market fell below 7000 for a minute, is pushing 10000 again. Zero's honeymoon was over in 100 days -- other than his ongoing dominance relationship with the party-line straight-ticket morons who (it is possible) will never admit he was a big mistake.

Predictions for 2010, Part II:
Here are some of the predictions Coast listeners made for the new year:
• Discovery of life outside planet Earth announced.
• Dan from Tampa suggested that a tsunami off the California coast will reveal a new underwater species.
• A major celebrity admits to being abducted by aliens predicted Dusty in Virginia.
• JJ from Minnesota foresees the US adding a 51st state, probably Puerto Rico.
• Fish will disappear and many seafood restaurants will close by summer, said Jennifer from Albuquerque.

• It will be realized that in addition to humans, animals contribute to Random Energy Generators (REGs).
• An 8+ earthquake will hit the Mendocino area of Northern California.
• A caller from Mesa, AZ foresees a breakdown of the World Wide Web.
• Janis from upstate NY predicts big medical breakthroughs for MS and vision problems such as glaucoma or Macular Degeneration.
• Plans for a multinational venture to Mars will be announced, said Mike in Las Vegas.
• Carl from Milwaukee envisions wars over fresh water.
• A celebrity will be exposed as a cannibal, declared Karl from Indianapolis.
• Blair from Sedona suggested that gas from the ocean will replenish ozone in the atmosphere.
• There will be an unprecedented rise in religious fervor, including a worldwide circle of hand holding, said Chris from Macon.
• A coup d’etat will occur in Mexico, and the US will be drawn in.
• A nuclear device will be found in a container at a coastal port before it goes off.
• Google will be involved in a scandal, said Daniel.
• John predicted that a newly discovered comet will be visible to the naked eye.
• Notorious caller JC will find inner peace and hope for humanity, said a female listener.

A Detroit "prophetess" foresees a terrorist attack on the New York subway, possibly in March.
Because of terrorism, the government will reveal a top secret form of transportation that will eliminate the need for air travel said Bakker in Toronto.

The secret form of transportation? Trains. And what do subways use? ...

A man from North Carolina predicted that Israel will attack Iran's nuclear capability.
An international military force will stage an attack on Somali pirates.

Disqualification -- neither of those would be particularly surprising, and the latter has happened continually for over a year anyway.

A new group of "honest" politicians will volunteer to take lie detector tests, and be elected into office, said Richard in Santa Barbara.

At least 'honest' was in quotes. I mean, other than the lie detector test offer, that is exactly what happened in 2008.

Pete in North Carolina predicts the stock market will rise to a new high, 14,500.
The biggest one-year drop in the finance market will be caused by state defaults.

One or the other, but not both, and the first is much more likely than the second.

A major power blackout will occur in the Southwest, possibly Las Vegas.
Developments in nanotechnology will improve the lives of paralysis victims said Steve in Kentucky.
Marsha suggested a new living species will be discovered that will cause a lot of excitement.

The second of these actually looks falsifiable; the first one is too vague, the third is something that happens all the time. If "Marsha" had said, "bigfoot" instead of "a new living species", well then, it would be *on*. ;')

Boston will be hit by a big hurricane predicted Simon.
During the Spring, a tornado outbreak in the US will surpass the super outbreak of 1974, said Bill in upstate New York.
Lori foresees a huge tidal wave/tsunami hitting the entire West Coast.
The River Ganges will slow to a trickle, and there will be a high amount of sterility in India predicted Jenessa in Modesto.
Volcanoes will erupt in the Mojave Desert in the fall predicted a caller from Costa Mesa.

Down by the banks of the river Charles...

It'll be really windy in spots in 2010.

Lori's west coast tsunami, as well as the Costa Mesa caller's Mojave volcanoes, could be related to the 7.3 Cali quake prediction. And by related, I mean, medical marijuana.

High amount of sterility in India, the world's largest country (possibly after China), would definitely make the papers. I'm thinkin', not gonna happen.