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Jan 19 2011 11:40am


not too good with the science behind this so I will hold my opinion on this subject

anyone want to shed some light aroudn this topic if they know anything?
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Jan 19 2011 01:08pm
all i know is it has happened before but there were no electronics around back then.
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Jan 19 2011 03:22pm
Yep.
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Jan 19 2011 06:13pm
add: couldnt watch video but 2 airports in florida chaged the orientation of their runways due to change of magnetic north. what the hell?

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/12/shift-of-earths-magnetic-north-pole-affects-florida-airport/

This post was edited by juliusjuice on Jan 19 2011 06:16pm
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Jan 19 2011 07:15pm
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add: couldnt watch video but 2 airports in florida chaged the orientation of their runways due to change of magnetic north. what the hell?

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/12/shift-of-earths-magnetic-north-pole-affects-florida-airport/

Planes fly by using their equipment which tells them their heading based on Earth's magnetic field. Those airports in Florida label their runways by the compass (so if you're coming in from due west you know exactly which runway you're taking). Magnetic due-west was no longer lined up with the runway labeled Due West, so they changed it.
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Jan 19 2011 07:39pm
seems kinda retarded. there gonna have to re do it every year or so lol.
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Jan 20 2011 12:21am
Quote (lone500 @ Jan 19 2011 08:39pm)
seems kinda retarded. there gonna have to re do it every year or so lol.

maybe in 50 years depending on how fast the pole shifts. the shift never seems to be at a constant speed.
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Jan 20 2011 01:04am
I don't think much is really known about the actual pole shift process except the fact that it has happened many times before. It's currently shifting somewhere around 25 miles per year. If it keeps going at this rate the magnetic north pole will be at the equator in about 250 years. This is relatively fast and will probably cause some issues with navigation but its nothing we can't prepare for and adjust to.
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Jan 20 2011 01:21am
the goverment has been testing magnetic weapons and have shifted the magnetic poles

They're going to kill us

lmk
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Jan 20 2011 02:08am
Quote (Toothfariy @ Jan 20 2011 02:21am)
the goverment has been testing magnetic weapons and have shifted the magnetic poles

They're going to kill us

lmk

Vouch, I read this on a 2012 website.
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