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Reversal of poles

07/31/2010 11:10 PM

2012 is nearing. I feel that the earth's poles may get reversed. What are the likely affects? Physics scientists and electrical engineers to reply please
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07/31/2010 11:32 PM

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07/31/2010 11:35 PM

i don't know if anything else will happen, but at least with some of my friends, this is likely to happen....

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Re: Reversal of poles

07/31/2010 11:46 PM

Your compass needle will point roughly backwards.

Another stripe of magnetically oriented rocks will be laid down in the Atlantic Ocean over the next 26 million years, or whatever.

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08/01/2010 4:03 AM

Hi Guest,

Although I'm not a psychologist, I feel you have some trouble(s) in your life, these troubles are making you pessimist!!

One the other hand, how did you get that the earth's poles may get reversed in 2012? Is your feeling based on facts (I don't think so)or on false breaking news or just clairvoyance!!!

"Live and let life.............."

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Re: Reversal of poles

08/01/2010 7:52 AM

The Earth's poles do reverse, but the time scale is in the thousands of years. It's not going to happen in 2012.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal

A tinfoil hat doesn't provide enough shielding. You'll need one made from Mu-metal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu-metal

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08/01/2010 8:11 AM

The main problem that I see is that Santy will live at the South Pole. This may result in good boys and girls getting lumps of coal and switches, while the bad ones get to be investment bankers and politicians (oops, too late).

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08/02/2010 2:17 AM

Wait a minute--you're not from Oz, are you?

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08/04/2010 8:35 PM

For one thing the ones that won the war will be South. Sh********t!
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08/06/2010 4:00 AM

I was concidering joining this forum, but after reading this C**P I think I'll just stay out of it!
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08/06/2010 4:17 AM

Oh no, you just happened to visit the toilet of our home, please check out our other rooms....you may get much better posts, and you may want to join after all..

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