To: WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net
From: Eric Jablow <erjablow at netacc.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Reminder:  Meetings swapped this month
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 16:06:17 EST
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

On Fri, 02 Aug 2002 16:38:26 -0400 "Michael Walsh" wrote:

> >Reminder:  The meeting locations are swapped this month.
> Tonight's
> >meeting is at the Ginters' in Beltsville.  Third Friday's is at
> the
> >Gillilands' in Arlington.
> >
> >In answer to Rebecca's question as to why, probably for the same
> >reason they're swapped in August almost every year.
>
> Failure to switch meetings in August will mean that the earth will
> flip =
> causing the south pole to be north.  This would confuse the
> penquins.

But that happens every few hundred thousand years, at least for the
magnetic poles.  It last happened about 780,000 years ago.  I don't
think WSFA was responsible for that.

http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/docs/text/text_plan_7.html

And there are reports that it may happen again soon.  I don't really
believe that, but who knows?

http://www.cosmiverse.com/science04110206.html

Respectfully,
Eric Jablow