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  • #3576817
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    Interesting story here.

    #3576819
    Greg Mihalik
    Spectator

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    “Since 2000, its speed jumped from about 9mph (15km/h) to 34mph (55km/h)”

    34 miles a year is manageable.

    34 miles an hour would be catastrophic.

    #3576820
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    Gotta love them non-sciency science writers….

    #3576821
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    Another Russian conspiracy

    The administrative state will stoop to anything to attack Trump

    (okay, was that funny or better keep my day job?)

    #3576827
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there
    #3576873
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    okay, at least one vote for keep my day job

    More sciencey publications talk about how the North and South reverse every once in a while, like every 100,000 years.  They theorize the pole will start moving around more before the reversal, like what’s happening now.  Not only does it screw up devices that care about magnetic north location, but there’s a period with no earth magnetic field to protect us from charged particles from the sun.  It won’t be a mass extinction event or anything, but it will be interesting to see what happens.  Maybe all our electronic devices will be destroyed by the charged particles.

    At least we won’t have to worry about whether smartphones will destroy society : )

    #3576933
    Todd T
    BPL Member

    @texasbb

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    okay, at least one vote for keep my day job

    And your day job is what, Mr. @retiredjerry?

    At least we won’t have to worry about whether smartphones will destroy society : )

    I’m betting the phones get us before the mag-flip. :-)

    #3576963
    Diane “Piper” Soini
    BPL Member

    @sbhikes

    Locale: Santa Barbara

    Maybe all our electronic devices will be destroyed by the charged particles.

    Finally something to look forward to.

    #3577068
    Greg Mihalik
    Spectator

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    Movement since 1590 –

    #3577071
    AK Granola
    BPL Member

    @granolagirlak

    And just when I gave away all my beans and bullets. Time to start prepping again.

    #3577121
    Rex Sanders
    BPL Member

    @rex

    Notice nobody’s talking about the South magnetic pole moving rapidly, because it isn’t – about 9 mph according to certain journalists :-)

    Some scientists say magnetic north is moving fast due to weird core lumps in the north, not because we’re about to flip poles. And pole flips typically take 1,000 to 10,000 years (except in Hollywood), so really not much to worry about in our lifetimes – or anyone else’s since we can’t stop it anyway.

    — Rex

    #3577133
    Brad P
    Spectator

    @brawndo

    I guess I missed some earlier stuff and I’ll just remove what I wrote.  I didn’t think it was really political but was lighthearted humor.

    #3577140
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    Someone else needs day job : )

    At least the Magnetic north pole seems to be moving closer to true north.  Maybe that means a reversal is less likely.

    Heyyy, why didn’t someone report Brad’s post as inappropriate????

     

    #3577141
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    Hmmm..  maybe my old age is accelerating.  My original Putin post is no longer inappropriate.  Maybe I just imagined that : )

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