It's hypothesized that the gravitational effects of the sun and moon has enough of an effect on the Earth that when they are in conjunction (eclipse) they can encourage Earthquakes. The major proponent of this theory has an exceptionally high success rate at predicting earthquakes around the world. The one he is most famous for predicting was the Loma Prieta earthquake that interrupted the World Series of 1989. Now if this theory holds any water, then there is a real possibility that the additional gravitational effects of the galactic conjunction might cause another earthquake or even a volcanic event.
In point of fact, no one fully knows the full effects that a galactic conjunction would have on us, since it hasn't ever happened in all of human history. So it is within the realm of possibility that there could be severe negative consequences when it happens.
You know, there are supervolcanoes. The Yellowstone caldera is overdue to go off, and was somewhat active the last couple of years. If it erupted, it would bring on another mass extinction. I'm not saying that it will blow up, but it is something that some people haven't addressed yet, and the effects would be seen fairly immediately, days before/after perhaps. (A nudging of a comet out of it's place in the Kuiper Belt would take years to make it to the inner solar system - so if this is the big event of DECEMBER 2012, we wouldn't notice the negative effects until several years later. What would be so special about 2012 then? It would be the IMPACT of the comet that would matter, not the initial nudging.)
Last edited by SmartAlx : 05-07-2008 at 05:07 PM.
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