Posted on 07/12/2004 4:05:31 PM PDT by mkj6080
The collapse of the earth's magnetic field, which both guards the planet and guides many of its creatures, appears to have started in earnest about 150 years ago, the NY TIMES is planning to report on Page Ones Tuesday.
Science reporter Bill Broad has filed a report, according to newsroom sources, which explores how: 'The field's strength has waned 10 percent to 15 percent so far and this deterioration has accelerated of late, increasing debate over whether it portends a reversal of the lines of magnetic force that normally envelop the earth."
Broad explains: "During a reversal, the main field weakens, almost vanishes, and then reappears with opposite polarity. Afterward, compass needles that normally point north would point south, and during the thousands of years of transition much in the heavens and Earth would go askew."
Broad claims: "A reversal could knock out power grids, hurt astronauts and satellites, widen atmospheric ozone holes, send polar auroras flashing to the equator and confuse birds, fish and migratory animals that rely on the steadiness of the magnetic field as a navigation aid."
Developing...
ROTFLMAO!
You just have to set a very large magnetic declination.
Northern lights in Texas, wow man, y'all got any purple
screamers, or skull crushers?
Personally I think it is Al Gore's fault. After all he invented the earths magnetic field, didn't he?????
One man from a state called Tennessee, the USA, was born to save us. His name is Al Gore.
Will my toilet flush counter clockwise?
From what I understand the direction of water in a flushing toilet bowl is due to the rotation of the earth on its axis so that will not change when the earth flips its magnetic field.
If I remember right, the coriolis effect does have something to do with the magnetic field of the planet, along with the rotation.
I could be wrong, though. There's a first time for everything. 8o)
LOL!
Does that mean that NATO will be renamed SATO?
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And what happens to Oliver North?
Abu Ghraib must have run out of steam...
This is based on very sound science. There is no public policy implications since we cannot do anything about it except perhaps come up with ways to protect sensitive equipment and infrastructure, ala Y2K. No change in human behavior will alter the earth's magnetic field.
Oh my God! This means that the water in the sink will now rotate counter clockwise when you pull the stopper! Does this mean that Al Gore will be recommending that you replace all your sinks with clockwise models?
Don't you be talking about my friend Ollie like that! He's straight!
No!
Ask any Democrat, it would be the "new North".
Cultural evidence suggests the shift is further along than 10% - 15%.
Wrong is right & right is wrong.
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