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SuckerFish
03-10-2011, 08:15 PM
Will March 19 'Supermoon' Trigger Natural Disasters?

On March 19, the moon will swing around Earth more closely than it has in the past 18 years, lighting up the night sky from just 221,567 miles (356,577 kilometers) away. On top of that, it will be full. And one astrologer believes it could inflict massive damage on the planet.

Richard Nolle, a noted astrologer who runs the website astropro.com, has famously termed the upcoming full moon at lunar perigee (the closest approach during its orbit) an "extreme supermoon."

When the moon goes super-extreme, Nolle says, chaos will ensue: Huge storms, earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural disasters can be expected to wreak havoc on Earth.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110310/sc_space/willmarch19supermoontriggernaturaldisasters
Asha
03-10-2011, 08:19 PM
Why do you even bother?
RichardCranium
03-10-2011, 08:35 PM
Just like it did 18 years ago!
SuckerFish
03-10-2011, 08:49 PM
According to this article stating that the last time the Moon was this close was 18 years ago or so I wonder if that has any connection to Hurricane Andrew which was one of the most destructive Hurricanes in modern history which happened in 1992 and if that has any connection to the events of the Moon being closer to the Earth at that time. Although it may be a bit before that though I just thought it was kind of interesting that it was around that long ago.
SuckerFish
03-10-2011, 08:50 PM
By the way I had a dream back in 2004 where I was looking up at the night sky and the Moon was way closer to the Earth than normal and the ground to started to shake tremendously. I know it was a dream but it was one of those really realistic dreams the kind you don't forget.
Warriorbird
03-10-2011, 09:07 PM
By the way I had a dream back in 2004 where I was looking up at the night sky and the Moon was way closer to the Earth than normal and the ground to started to shake tremendously. I know it was a dream but it was one of those really realistic dreams the kind you don't forget.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8za5znEz61qzvqipo1_500.jpg
Kid Danger
03-10-2011, 10:15 PM
March 19, 2011… “SuperMoon” or “SuperHype”?

http://www.universetoday.com/83960/march-19-2011-supermoon-or-superhype/


The sky is not falling.
mgoddess
03-10-2011, 10:47 PM
Just like the Earth is going to go ka-boom on December 21, 2012...

It's all a bunch of new-age, fluffy, doom-and-gloom psycho-babble.
Kaig
03-10-2011, 11:06 PM
Marketing scheme... Let see how many idiots will go any buy out bateries, canned goods and bottled water for the upcoming apocalypse.
Kid Danger
03-10-2011, 11:14 PM
Just like the Earth is going to go ka-boom on December 21, 2012...

It's all a bunch of new-age, fluffy, doom-and-gloom psycho-babble.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Timewave_9_11_2001.png
ZeP
03-10-2011, 11:20 PM
I used to read Word Up! magazine
Krayton
03-11-2011, 09:50 AM
Weird that this topic was started before the 8.9 mag. earthquake rocked Japan... and the whole West coast is bracing for a tsumani.
AnticorRifling
03-11-2011, 10:12 AM
I used to read Word Up! magazine

Interesting, by chance do you recall a few well known groups from the era riding around in a limo? Heavy D and Salt'N'Peppa maybe?
IorakeWarhammer
03-11-2011, 01:09 PM
Weird that this topic was started before the 8.9 mag. earthquake rocked Japan... and the whole West coast is bracing for a tsumani.

This. But yeah it seems conspiracy-ish. Perhaps because of the source.

Example: Meanie head poster posts about making fish for the first time. IW posts a superior recipe, yet poster actually utilizes the clearly inferior recipe due to trusting that poster rather than IW. Subsequently, meanie head poster is scarred for life and never tries fish again. IW gets zero recognition for clearly superior fish recipe.

In this case, let's examine the sequence of events.

1. Conspiracy theory nut job poster randomly posts a thread about some moon event which could cause natural disasters, including earthquakes.

2. Massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake (rare only due to its severity) strikes.

3. Totally normal, well educated, non-conspiracy-nut-job posters make fun of conspiracy nut job poster, because clearly he's been misinformed and obviously no unusual natural disasters would happen. If any amazingly unusual natural disasters occured, such as an 8.9 magnitude earthquake, it would be due to pure coincidence and zero accountability would be placed on said individuals who trolled the new thread. Their posts would still be considered a legitimate addition to the discourse, and their posts would never be considered part of a larger trolling problem mostly prevalent among well established and reputable members of the message board.
AnticorRifling
03-11-2011, 01:12 PM
What does your "cover it in spice so you can't taste the real flavor then chop it up with some peppers" have to do with this thread?

Also this is not March 19th.
IorakeWarhammer
03-11-2011, 01:15 PM
I just thought it would be funny to post that I'm just trolling too sorry.


What does your "cover it in spice so you can't taste the real flavor then chop it up with some peppers" have to do with this thread?

Also this is not March 19th.

It's his first time!!! What do you do, cover a virgin in lube and just slam it in?! Come on bro, you gotta ease them into the fishy taste with plenty of other distracting flavors!! Like fried onion, bell peppers, indian seasoning and plenty of butter!!!

OK BACK TO THE TASK AT HAND!!!!!!!

The moon causes TIDES. They cause WATER TO MOVE!!! Moon closer = bigger tides?

GOD DAMN THESE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, USING OUR COMMON SENSE TO COMPLETELY FUCKING BLIND US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111one

p.s. dear future reppers,

I like caps. They make me feel empowered with emotion.
Suppa Hobbit Mage
03-11-2011, 01:31 PM
I just thought it would be funny to post that I'm just trolling too sorry.



It's his first time!!! What do you do, cover a virgin in lube and just slam it in?! Come on bro, you gotta ease them into the fishy taste with plenty of other distracting flavors!! Like fried onion, bell peppers, indian seasoning and plenty of butter!!!

OK BACK TO THE TASK AT HAND!!!!!!!

The moon causes TIDES. They cause WATER TO MOVE!!! Moon closer = bigger tides?

GOD DAMN THESE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, USING OUR COMMON SENSE TO COMPLETELY FUCKING BLIND US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111one

p.s. dear future reppers,

I like caps. They make me feel empowered with emotion.

Akmed, your fucking ridiculous posts are not representative of a Muslim faith. I therefor conclude you are completely full of shit, aren't Muslim, and just a regular troll of no consequence whom no one likes at all.
AnticorRifling
03-11-2011, 01:33 PM
He will take that very serious and will promise to be better.
Kuyuk
03-11-2011, 01:38 PM
Like whoa. This super moon is early and caused Japan to get fucked up.
IorakeWarhammer
03-11-2011, 01:41 PM
Akmed, your fucking ridiculous posts are not representative of a Muslim faith. I therefor conclude you are completely full of shit, aren't Muslim, and just a regular troll of no consequence whom no one likes at all.

Please advise me oh great scholar of Islam.
Asha
03-11-2011, 01:41 PM
Does this mean the Iluminati exist now?
NocturnalRob
03-11-2011, 01:47 PM
Does this mean the Iluminati exist now?
When have they not?
Asha
03-11-2011, 01:48 PM
When have they not?

:( I am sad.
NocturnalRob
03-11-2011, 01:52 PM
:( I am sad.
Bobby McFerrin says, "Stop being a punk-ass trick."
Kuyuk
03-11-2011, 01:58 PM
Bobby McFerrin says, "Stop being a punk-ass trick."

I got tickets for my lady friend to go see him in Czech this month :-D
NocturnalRob
03-11-2011, 02:00 PM
I got tickets for my lady friend to go see him in Czech this month :-D
Prague?
Kid Danger
03-11-2011, 03:50 PM
Like whoa. This super moon is early and caused Japan to get fucked up.

And cause IW to come a trollin', now that's some serious super moon causality.