Quote (bentherdonethat @ Mar 12 2011 10:55am)
Nope. It's absolutely a coincidence. As LD_50 said, the moon's distance regularly varies by almost 30,000 miles. If it's slightly closer now than it usually is at perigee, there's no reason to think that's causing anything major on earth apart from slightly higher tides.
And you know this as a fact? There wouldn't be speculations by scientists if they didn't think that something like this could have dramatic effects. I'm not saying that it will have any effect or it won't have effect, I'm saying you shouldn't be so quick to dismiss the possibility.
Let me put it in perspective for you. Sure, you can move around a campfire from 1-5 feet away without any worries of getting burned, but if you move too close, you can get burned without realizing it.