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Magnetic North shift leads to airport closing

By T.K. Randall
January 9, 2011 · Comment icon 45 comments

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Tampa International Airport shuts down temporarily so workers can perform maintenance.
TIA's main runway will be closed until the 13th to accommodate changes that have arisen from the slow creep of Earth's Magnetic North. Workers will be required to repaint several indicators and replace many others to make up for the 40 mile-per-year shift of the pole toward Russia. Maintenance on the airport's other two runways will proceed later this month.
The Federal Aviation Administration required the runway designation change to account for what a National Geographic News report described as a gradual shift of the Earth's magnetic pole at nearly 40 miles a year toward Russia because of magnetic changes in the core of the planet.


Source: Tampa Bay Online | Comments (45)




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Comment icon #36 Posted by Koheli 14 years ago
Article here has slideshow of these shifts and also cites some historical documentation that the ancient Egyptians even saw a magnetic reversal a couple times before not just a shift. Magnetic north pole shift: NASA and Egyptians say this has happened before. Continue reading on Examiner.com: Magnetic north pole shift: NASA and Egyptians say this has happened before. - National Holistic Science & Spirit | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/holistic-science-spirit-in-national/magnetic-north-pole-shift-nasa-and-egyptians-say-this-has-happened-before#ixzz1ApMgYsSM
Comment icon #37 Posted by Mentalcase 14 years ago
Just curious Mentalcase, why do you think the magnetic field would be shut down? I find it very hard to believe that the magnetic field would just turn off. In the past it has flipped, but the amount of iron in the core is not going to disappear and turn off the magnetic field. Even this article shows that it will be a gradual flip of the field and not a cancellation of the field. Edit: spelling It wouldn't be shut off completely, according to that show. It would be temporarily shut down during the "flip". Which, I'm not sure really happens. There would be a small window in which the solar act... [More]
Comment icon #38 Posted by johnny blue eyes 14 years ago
with all these opinions about how far the magnetic north pole is actually moving each year im beginning to wonder if any one knows where the exact location is. they cant all be right
Comment icon #39 Posted by Boe 14 years ago
Article here has slideshow of these shifts and also cites some historical documentation that the ancient Egyptians even saw a magnetic reversal a couple times before not just a shift. That's not accurate. According to NASA, pole reversals occur about every 500,000 years. The last pole reversal occured about 700,000 years ago. So I dont think ancient egyptians saw magnetic reversals a couple of times.
Comment icon #40 Posted by Torgo 14 years ago
The magnetic poles wander quite a bit over time. A full reversal is rare on our timescale, and a completely different event. The North magnetic pole's wanderings over the last few thousand years:
Comment icon #41 Posted by Blizno 14 years ago
When the poles reversed. We will see Super earthquakes and super tidal waves. Stock supplies for a month. Prepare. Absolutely not. Earth will keep revolving as normal. Only the magnetic poles will change. Earth's magnetic field is caused by molten metal inside Earth's core churning due to the heat caused by radioactive material decaying. The magnetic field changes because the currents inside the planet's core change. The rotation of the Earth will not change at all. There will be no earthquakes. The worst that will happen, as others here have said, is that the magnetic field will get weaker an... [More]
Comment icon #42 Posted by 14 years ago
I offer you this out of interest, not because I necessarily buy it; http://www.naturalnews.com/030996_bird_deaths_pole_shift.html Br Cornelius
Comment icon #43 Posted by sean6 14 years ago
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/14/5841192-scientific-shifts-go-beyond-the-zodiac
Comment icon #44 Posted by UFO_Monster 13 years ago
So this "Hydrogen Cyanide" can kill humans just as easily as birds. That's disturbing...
Comment icon #45 Posted by dayman 13 years ago
Hey all, let me start by saying hi... Firstly, I'm not going to pretend that I fully understand everything but lemme try... According to something I read, some scientists are speculating that our solar system travels through our gallexy in a crest wave form which @ certain points it reaches the top or bottom of this "wave" and @ that point the polarity does a 180 deg flip **note polarity, not physical matter** The effect greatly affects the sun, causing it to change its flare patterns and stuff... The earth, not so sure what's gonna happen but if it does do a 180 flip then my well un-informed ... [More]


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