Solar Storms in 2012-Mayan Calendar Predicts- Your Thoughts????

[Aab]

Every morning I get up pour me a glass of milk, eat a couple of bananas, and jog out to the holy place. After deep meditation in the mountains I empty my mind and focus on nothing but air breathing into my lungs. I think of college football.....................I ask the Wind God will Tennessee win 5 games this year.................The wind god replies........nnnnnnnooooooooooooooooo........... ...with a soft echo into the deep space. Not satisfied with his answer I begin to curse the Wind God. A huge wind storm arises as I take off into the woods with utmost haste. Running fast I find shelter into a small abandoned cabin. It is there I shoot myself.

[MWTheory]

Supposedly, according to mainstream astro physicists, December 2012 is the end of a 26,000 year cycle where our star will cross thru the center of the milky way. No one knows for sure what that means exactly but some scientists think that something devastating can happen to the earth's axis and rotation, we'll see. Is it just a crazy ass coincidence that the Mayan calendar ends at the end of a 26,000 year cosmic cycle?? Hhhmm

The planetary system of "Sol" (our sun) sits out about 26,000 light years (or 153,400,000,000,000,000 miles if you prefer long hand) on average. It rotates around our galactic bulge, but never crosses through it. Much like the planets in our system orbit around the sun, they will never cross it's path (well, at least not until the sun decides to go Red Giant. But that's about 5 billion or so years away). Now, with that said, it takes about 225,000,000 million years for the planetary system to makes it's way around it's orbital period. The planetary system does not orbit in a stationary way, it oscillates it's way through the galaxy. Think of a sine wave, or any wave, moving up and down. That's what happens with us. There are a number of speculative hypotheses that hold more weight then an errant companion star or a "planet" that is huge and can cause destruction. Some of which include passage through the galactic spiral arms and as I said earlier the oscillations through the galactic plane.

I will say, if we did happen to cross the galactic bulge that nobody would live long enough to see what happens due to the intense radiation. If you did happen to live through that, you would get to see first hand what a super-massive galactic black hole can do.

A couple of good reads for the layman of astrophysics/astronomy would be the following:

Death by Black Hole: And other Cosmic Quandaries
By: Dr. Neil de Grasse Tyson
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Black-Ho.../dp/0393062244

Dr. Phil Plaits "Bad Astronomy"
http://www.badastronomy.com/index.html

Just because someone has a Ph.D doesn't mean it's in physics. And just because someone is a "Physicist" doesn't mean they have a Ph.D (They could have an A.S. or a B.S.). It's cool to speculate and imagination stuff, if people didn't we wouldn't be where we are today. However, when the majority of experts in a specific field don't agree with some random dudes hypothesis chances are random dude is a quack.

My jiu-jitsu may suck, but my mathematics and physics is pretty badass. Cheers.

[AJ Camacho]

Matt Horwich needs an account here. I think he would be helpful in this discussion.

[hamzatu]

If I am in the gym playing Jiu Jitsu and the world comes to an end...I will keep playing Jiu Jitsu...

[Neale Hoerle]

My belief is that we are in a great and awakening time in our history. Is it any coincidence that you can scarcely turn on the TV and NOT see a program about ancient aliens or the universe or 2012? Evidence of events in our pasts are undeniable... Recently evidence of 50,000 year old gold mines (And one report of some 200,000 years old http://www.sott.net/articles/show/19...ound-in-Africa) throughout the world have been revealed. Why were we mining gold that long ago? For who? For what? Zacharia Sitchin has a few theories you chaps may be interested in I believe that we will learn a great deal more in the years to come. I believe we, or should I say our Gov. Agencies, know WAY more than they are letting on. We are being protected in their eyes, something along the lines of "You can't handle the truth" THEY KNOW SOMETING As for the 2012 prediction and the Myan Calendar ending, I'm with Eddie. Also, it is factual and undeniable where and what our earth will be doing on the soltices in 2012 but consider this as well... Apocalyptic destruction is certainly an option, but so is birth and regrowth as a planet, a species and as spititual beings of light. While it is true that the earth will be the furtherest away from our Sun on the soltice (The 26,000 year cycle Eddie mentioned) it is also true that our eliptical orbit begins its journey BACK closer to the Sun/ Center of our Universe... This is the cycle of life or hope and regrowth. I believe the Myans predicted the END because we as a species are doomed if we cannot reach enlightenment. They knew that we, on our current path, could not bond togeter as a species and make it thru the darkest time in our most recent 26,00 year history. Nature is not dooming us... We are. Hope and light my friends. Hope and light

[NelsonLucca]

If there was a planet Nibiru than thousands of amateur astronomers as well as professionals would have been tracking it for years. Its simply not there. As far as Nostradamus is concerned his prophecies are vague and can be interpreted differently by who ever reads them. (Sorta like different Religions). My State Farm calendar ends on December 31st this year, does that mean its the end of the world?

I thought Eris was Nibiru. I mean, referencing Sitchin and wikipedia

[Chad Bloom]

If the Mayan calendar ends at the end of a cycle, what need was there to continue? If everything cycles, can't you just start over at the beginning of the calendar again?

[Stephan Pepin]

Yes the cycle will continue. No end in sight. If worse comes to worse and all power goes down then we will have to revert back to primitive lifestyles. Many people will die when the super market shuts down but some people are not helpless without the MAN. LOL I thought Y2k was supposed to ruin the system in 2000 but I guess its just a bunch of hype they would have us believe hmmm lots of money to be made off the fearful.

[Stephan Pepin]

I would rather zombies then what the oligarchy might have in store.

[Dartangan Jackson]

What if the Mayans that made the calendar were just like We made a calendar that goes up to 2012, Someone within those 2012 can make another damn calendar. I mean our calenders go for 1 year and we make new ones. They did someone a favor and went to 2012. Thats what people do in there spare time when they dont have 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu. But with the crossing milky way stuff. Who knows Maybe we get super powers from the radiation. Become X-men maybe?