Magnetic north shifting by 40 miles a year


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I thought I was joking, then someone has to go and do this - from Staffan Nilsson, President of The European Economic and Social Committee -

http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.staffan-nilsson-speeches.15361

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Has not the time come to demonstrate on solidarity ? not least solidarity in combating and adapting to climate change and global warming? Mother Nature has again given us a sign that that is what we need to do.

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IMO this shows a major weakness in depending too much on mass transit; the first things that shut down were their mass transit system and air travel. Unless you have a vehicld of some kind there's no way out of a continuing danger zone but to walk, and if you're old or infirm....

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I thought I was joking, then someone has to go and do this - from Staffan Nilsson, President of The European Economic and Social Committee -

http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.staffan-nilsson-speeches.15361

Back to the real world -

IMO this shows a major weakness in depending too much on mass transit; the first things that shut down were their mass transit system and air travel. Unless you have a vehicld of some kind there's no way out but to walk.

YES! WE NEED TO END EARTHQUAKES BEFORE THEY END US! :angry:

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Back to the real world -

IMO this shows a major weakness in depending too much on mass transit; the first things that shut down were their mass transit system and air travel. Unless you have a vehicld of some kind there's no way out of a continuing danger zone but to walk, and if you're old or infirm....

just because the article mentioned 'aviation' doesnt mean that it has anything to do with mass transit in general... the computers on a plane can be easily reprogrammed to track the new magnetic directions, and its a simple mathematical operation at most to correct any navigation systems which rely on the earth's magnetic field

the tricky part is having a system to keep track of the magnetic field location, as well as to constantly update navigation systems with the shifting magnetic poles

its something like you would have to update the data in your satnav over time because they have new roads, etc

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