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Postby patchz » Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:13 pm

An airport in Tampa, Florida, has had to temporarily close its runways to keep up with Earth's magnetic north pole, which is drifting toward Russia at a rate of 40 miles per year.

Fox News reports that the international airport was forced to adjust the signs on its busiest runway Thursday because pilots depend on the magnetic fields to navigate. The runway will be closed until

Jan. 13, and will re-open with new taxiway signs that indicate its new location on aviation charts, the Tampa Bay Tribune reports.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookou ... e-shifting
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Re: Earth

Postby B-Valvs » Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:19 pm

I read this earlier. It's interesting, but my favorite part was the title:

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Re: Earth

Postby DaveSims » Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:10 pm

Amazing how this has become a headline story.  This is a common occurence, we had to change our 17/35 to 18/36 five years ago as its magnetic heading had shifted from 354 to 357 over the course of 60 years.

Next thing you know someone reporter will try and link this story to blackbirds... ::)
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Re: Earth

Postby patchz » Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:59 pm

[color=#000000]I was about to post
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Re: Earth

Postby specter177 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:30 am

Nice how they don't even bother to say what airport it is, as though there is only one airport in Tampa.
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Re: Earth

Postby machineman9 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:49 pm

What will be news is when the poles completely flip and then everyone is screwed ;D
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Re: Earth

Postby patchz » Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:27 pm

What will be news is when the poles completely flip and then everyone is screwed ;D

If you believe Hollywood, there won't be any news, or anything else either. Yet the scientists don't seem very worried about it.
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Postby B-Valvs » Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:54 pm

[quote][color=#000000]I was about to post
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Re: Earth

Postby RitterKreuz » Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:46 am

this happens.

about 7 years ago they had to re-designate our runway to 14-32.

it used to be 13-31, but because the change was enough to round up to the next whole number, they had to redo the numbers  :D
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Re: Earth

Postby patchz » Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:56 pm

[quote][quote][color=#000000]I was about to post
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Re: Earth

Postby Steve M » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:10 pm

This explains why I never showed up at work last Monday! Somebody moved the poles and didn't tell me.   :P
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Re: Earth

Postby patchz » Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:41 am

[quote]This explains why I never showed up at work last Monday! Somebody moved the poles and didn't tell me.
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