[piytar]

Hmmm, got home and did some digging. Apparently I was recalling some utter junk "science." Hey, what ya get sometimes when it's late. My bad.

Still not going to panic over the pole reversal thing. The Earth has been through it before, it will go through it again.

Is interesting to note that Jupiter's poles are oppositely aligned to the Sun's and Earth's. Jupiter also has the strongest magnetic field in the solar system, even more than the Sun's and about 20,000 times the Earth's. Also, the Sun's magnetic field is a bit weak right now as witness by the low occurrence of sunspots for quite a while. See www.spaceweather.com

So feel free to panic if it suits you. LOL.

[InterceptPoint]

Too bad. It was such a cool explanation.

[Magnum44]

I am LOL at most of this thread, so no worries. I have my doubts about the premise right from the beginning, since i dont see a source, and I work in an area (satellite navigation) where something like this would probably have gotten my attention if it was a real concern.