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Subscribe to RSSJibJab reviews the bizarre events of 2012, which look a lot like omens of the apocalypse.
During the buildup to 12/21/12, some people added an extra solstice twist to the Maya doomsday myth, contending that the precise time of the end of the world would be 11:11 UTC, or 6:11 a.m. ET. That's because the turnover date of the Maya Long Count calendar also happens to be the date of the December solstice, when winter starts in the Northern Hemisphere and summer begins in the Southern Hemisphere. Well, the solstice has occurred, and we're all still here.
What good is an apocalypse without a Twitter account? Mayan Apocalypse (@kabooooooooom) has just chimed in with its first tweet: "Sorry everyone, running a bit late."
While we're waiting for further updates from Chichen Itza and elsewhere, check out JibJab's hilarious year-in-review video, with an end-of-the-world theme. And keep tabs on http://cosmiclog.msnbc.com/2012 for further updates as the day wears on.
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Does this mean I'm going to have to return all that stuff I bought on my credit card?
THere is one bit of information that in NOT correct in this story. THe Earth's magnetic field IS going haywire. A story from earlier in the year has the magnetic poles starting a cycle of a polar tilt. Tampa International Airport had to remark their runway directional indicators because of it. The North Pole has move some 40 miles closer to Russia. That was back earlier in the year. It may have moved even further. This could be a possible cause of all the volcanic, psunami and other volitile weather.
perhaps spelling tsunami correctly would make you more credible
hey aktazz the world is not going to end you stupid fool. the earths magnetic feild is not going heywire you stupid idiot the world did not end at all.oth parts of the world are already in to saturday dec 22, 2012.aktazz your a real stupid idiot if you think the world has ended you stupid fool!!!!!!!
AKTazz, as the story I linked to indicates, these shifts in the magnetic poles are quite normal and have been going on for decades. There are processes going on all the time on Earth, and sometimes there will be major events such as earthquakes and tsunamis and volcanic eruptions ... but it's not a sign that the world is ending. It's a sign that the world is active.
The magnetic poles have been shifting for only decades? If this is a regular occurrence I would think that they shifting has been going on since we had magnetic poles....?
I'm sorry Djrandy and Alan, am I the only one who can read and comprehend? Did AKTazz mention anything in the comment above about the world ending? I think not.
Its cause we are at the eye of the storm, at the balancing point, danger on the down swing.
really.....did they not have any kind of education in the baggers states growing up?!?!...we learned about this in sixth grade ...how stupid if someone believed it...people need to stop following the bible and start taking care of gods greatest story...mother earth....god did not have anything to do with the bible and since he has totally biltch slapped the thumpers this year more than once...start using your head and heart...you know where he wrote the truth!!!! the mayans thought the sun died every day and was reborn the next day...period...thats all the rock says...
Maybe not the End of the World, but during the late hours of Dec. 20th and continuing through Dec. 21st, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has recorded a series of CMEs flying over the solar limb. The source of the clouds appears to be multiple blast sites on the farside of the sun. This means Earth is not in the line of fire. The increasing pace of farside activity, however, suggests that the Earthside might not be far behind. Stay tuned for changes - http://www.spaceweather.com/