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In response to "Don't bring up facts to him, he has a degree!!! -- nm" by Spawn - The Blood Feud God

the magnetic poles move around a bit, but they aren't going to flip and cause unprecedented disasters -- nm

Posted by ceregon Mar 14 '12, 12:36

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National Geographic: "Earth's magnetic field has flipped many times over the last billion years, according to the geologic record." -- (link) - mara Mar 14, 12:39 3
- " It's fairly common knowledge that the Earth's magnetic field periodically reverses its polarity." -- (link) - mara Mar 14, 12:41 2
  - "over a period of hundreds of thousands of years" It's not going to just happen and wreak havoc. -- nm - ceregon Mar 14, 12:44 1
    - actually, i don't think that's quite what that quote means, everywhere else says "Most reversals are estimated to take between 1,000 and 10,000 years" -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 12:50
no, the thing is, the can and have in the past. -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 12:37 15
- Yeah, trying to understand what the confusion is here. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 14, 12:38 14
  - They don't cause extinction level events when it happens - ceregon Mar 14, 12:40 11
    - Read the sentence directly beforethe one you quote. -- nm - mara Mar 14, 12:43 1
      - Solar radiation could be a problem. But moving to higher ground (like the preppers advocate) wouldn't help. - ceregon Mar 14, 12:49
    - "I talked to two geography professors and one disaster prep expert... and not only is a polar shift pretty much impossible..." -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 14, 12:43 3
      - Magnetic sure. But that doesn't merit prepping. -- nm - ceregon Mar 14, 12:47 2
        
        what everyone is attempting to explain is the part where you said that it happening is impossible, is in fact not impossible and a known phenomenon. -- nm - TFox Mar 14, 13:06
        
        You're arguing A&B (now) while we're only saying A is realistic. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 12:48
    - i missed where this thread was talking about extinction i guess. -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 12:43 4
      - where its in the context of doomsday preppers -- nm - ceregon Mar 14, 12:44 3
        
        They are not necessarily prepping for there to be no people left. More like no society. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 14, 12:47
        
        okay. but you can't pretend that this conversation now is about whether a polar shift is possible. -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 12:46 1
        
        er, that this ISN'T about... -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 12:46
  - i know. it's not that much of a secret actually. -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 12:40 1
    - Sade's manager has been suppressing it for years. -- nm - Max Mar 14, 13:08

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