Right! Dogs and Cats, living together ... Mass Hysteria!
Posted on 03/10/2011 4:34:28 PM PST by americanophile
On March 19, the moon will swing around Earth more closely than it has in the past 18 years, lighting up the night sky from just 221,567 miles (356,577 kilometers) away. On top of that, it will be full. And one astrologer believes it could inflict massive damage on the planet.
Richard Nolle, a noted astrologer who runs the website astropro.com, has famously termed the upcoming full moon at lunar perigee (the closest approach during its orbit) an "extreme supermoon."
When the moon goes super-extreme, Nolle says, chaos will ensue: Huge storms, earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural disasters can be expected to wreak havoc on Earth. (It should be noted that astrology is not a real science, but merely makes connections between astronomical and mystical events.)
But do we really need to start stocking survival shelters in preparation for the supermoon? [Photos: Our Changing Moon]
The question is not actually so crazy. In fact scientists have studied related scenarios for decades. Even under normal conditions, the moon is close enough to Earth to make its weighty presence felt: It causes the ebb and flow of the ocean tides.
The moon's gravity can even cause small but measureable ebbs and flows in the continents, called "land tides" or "solid Earth tides," too. The tides are greatest during full and new moons, when the sun and moon are aligned either on the same or opposite sides of the Earth.
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Nine days closer than today? Not likely........fire the idiot!
Uhhh..was the earth destoyed when this happened 18 years ago?
I am a heavy sleeper.....
Rational people crack you up?
What an interesting way to go through life!
"Me and my shadow... strolling down the avenue"
How old am I?
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
...it got better...
When the moon is full it is lighter outside,more people (and crooks) out at night because they can see. Don’t know but that might have something to do with it.
***Well, gee, what did it cause 18 years ago?***
18 years ago...Was that when all the weirdos went to Chaco Canyon, Aztec Ruins ceremonial kiva, and lots of world non-Christian “holy places”, stood around in a circle, held hands, looked up and went “Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h to get the moon on it’s regular orbit and save the earth?
I still remember about 30-40 years ago when an alignment of the planets was supposed to destroy earth!
****When the moon is full it is lighter outside,more people (and crooks) out at night because they can see. Don’t know but that might have something to do with it.***
That is what the old timers called a Comanche or Apache moon as that was when to expect attacks.
Advice from an astrologer on reality is pretty worthless
Cool...wake me up in another 18 and let me know what happened.... :^)
...it has an indirect influence on vampires also. They have to wait til after sunset to come out. They love the moon.
I saw this in a movie once. I think it causes a 3,000 foot tidal wave. Either that or it rips the atmosphere off the Earth and we all float out into space. In either event, TIME TO PARTY LIKE ITS THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!
That’s cool.
wow, there is lots of conflicting information around. Looks like your guy has the best credentials. Other sites all seem to conflict on the actual dates of the syzygy perigee, several show it on jan 30, 2010 not 2011.
oh well, its more fun to just panic :)
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