The story was, the magnetic field was weakening, would soon flip, and in the short time while the flip is taking place there will be no magnetic field, the outer mantle of the earth will become unstable from the inner mantle, the outer mantle will then slide around on its own, like the shell of a shaken uncooked egg. EARTHQUAKES! TIDAL WAVES! And when the magnetic field stabilizes, we may be in a different location, like Antarctica!
One thing is sure, WE ALL GONNA DIE! PANIC!