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Sep 17, 2003 | 05:52 AM

MOS95B

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For those with compasses

Get ready to reset them. The poles may be going to flip

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2889127.stm

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Is the Earth preparing to flip?

By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor

Finding the shifting magnetic pole
It is not just the plot for a far-fetched science-fiction disaster movie. Something unexplained really is happening to the Earth'* magnetic field.
In recent years, the field has been behaving in ways not previously seen in the admittedly short time it has been monitored.

Some researchers think it may presage a geomagnetic reversal when the north and south magnetic poles flip.

Sep 17, 2003 | 02:30 PM

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wtf? Is this a joke?

Sep 17, 2003 | 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by macho_mike21

wtf? Is this a joke?

actully no, its just somethin the earth does... no big deal, it sounds like

Sep 17, 2003 | 03:00 PM

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I wonder if this happens if our water in the northern hemisphere will drain counter clockwise like it doesn currently in the southern hemisphere and whether theirs will drain clockwise...always been facinated by this...

Sep 17, 2003 | 03:42 PM

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Humm, what would happen when it is right in the middle( the northpole where the equator is now)? Will it drain straight down......

Sep 17, 2003 | 03:46 PM

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Now, it doesn't mention the Earth will flip, just the magnetic poles, and is unlikely to affect life on Earth.

Sep 17, 2003 | 03:48 PM

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It may affect migration patterns and homing pigeons...lol..I dunno...

Day to day life as we see it in our own little microcosm will remain unaffected :P

Sep 18, 2003 | 09:28 AM

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I know just the poles will flip. But eventually the pole will have to cross the equator, right?The gavitatioal pull will change also right( magnetic field reversing & all) ?

Maybe or am I off my rocker????