Re: compass changing polarity!!
- From: Roarmeister <ebnezrvfgre2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 18:52:08 -0600
On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 20:08:56 +0100, "YTC449" <robboNOSPAMMATE@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> Believe it or not, my compass seems to have spontaneously changed
>> polarity!!
>>
>> It now points due south!
>>
>> Has anyone else ever experienced this?
>>
>> I discovered the problem on a recent trip to New York City of all
>> places (not exactly "back country"). I emerged from the subway totally
>> turned around as to which way to walk to get to an uptown address. So,
>> I pulled out my compass and started walking north...or so I thought.
>> Got to the next cross street the number had gone DOWN! (which means I'd
>> headed south).
>>
>> I thought it was a fluke. But I just tested the copmass against a
>> back-up one I have here at home and sure enough, the needles point in
>> OPPOSITE directions!
>>
>> Any idea how/why it happened. Any way to "fix" it?
>>
>> As an aside, and as coincidence would have it, on a previous trip to
>> New York City, I had problems with my garmin Vista. Took it forever to
>> get a satellite fix, and then the readings kept jumping all over the
>> place. I chalked it up to multipath bouncing off all the tall
>> buildings. Now, I'm starting to wonder.....
>
>THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH !!!
>
>You might like to check out
>http://survive2012.com/geryl1.php
>
Aside from that website's supposition that there will be a massive flip of
the magnetic field, at least part of it is based in scientific fact.
The earth's magnetic poles are moving and moving quickly. The poles
actually are wobbling and moving in a general direction and the rate that
which they are moving is increasing. The magnetic North Pole for example
is currently moving between 60-80 kms per year and moved out of Canadian
territory a few years ago and is moving to Russia.
Scientists have found recorded evidence of pole reversal in the fossil and
geological record. I forget the actual number of years but I supposedly we
are overdue for another shift. The actual flip takes place rather quickly
- within the space of a few months or years (supposedly) and then the earth
is stable for another period (780,000 yrs?). According to NASA the Sun did
a polar shift in 2001 which led to massive solar flares, etc. The poles
were relatively stable until 1831 and have been more active since then.
.
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