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Then why is the government building underground bunkers? Obviously I don't know that for a fact, I haven't seen any.. so is that just a rumor too?

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ashley (guest) 16 May 2011 17:46

I also remember learning in my senior year, in Oceanography(2008), that a few years from then there would be a huge tsunami that would wipe out the north-east coast and seemingly, that's what the pole shift will do. Also, then what would explain the mass tornadoes and huge tsunami in is Japan? With global warming and all the hype wouldn't it make sense that the majority of energy is being turned into disaster? It's good to be positive and good to have the majority being positive. So I guess the thing is is to just be positive then. But in reality, could it be too late? I don't think we can control what we've already contributed to on a larger scale.

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obaeyens 16 May 2011 17:49

Ashley, look left, we debunked practical every claim you made.

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Astrogeek 16 May 2011 17:58

In general, governments have been building underground bunkers ever since the invention of the explosive device known as a 'bomb'.

Yes, the governments of the world have built underground bunkers. But the height of construction actually occurred after the invention of atomic weaponry, and when US-Soviet tensions were very high. I have seen no credible evidence for a surge in bunker-building in recent years.

As far as what you heard in Oceanography, without specifics I can't even begin to address it. I suspect that they may have been talking about a 'what if' scenario of some sort or another.

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Tomy2011 16 May 2011 18:01

I also remember learning in my senior year, in Oceanography(2008), that a few years from then there would be a huge tsunami that would wipe out the north-east coast and seemingly, that's what the pole shift will do.

Whatever, this is utterly wrong.

Also, then what would explain the mass tornadoes and huge tsunami in is Japan?

Usual natural disasters don't support this explanation.

With global warming and all the hype wouldn't it make sense that the majority of energy is being turned into disaster?

Energy being turned into disaster? I never saw any scientist saying this and I am not surprised.

Then why is the government building underground bunkers? Obviously I don't know that for a fact, I haven't seen any.. so is that just a rumor too?

Yes, the government is building bunkers, not because of any of these apocalyptic and unscientific claims, but to prepare. If anything, they have a bunker. Example: Svalbard Global Seed Vault, created to "Preserve a wide variety of plant seeds in an underground cavern. The seeds are duplicate samples, or "spare" copies, of seeds held in genebanks worldwide. The seed vault will provide insurance against the loss of seeds in genebanks, as well as a refuge for seeds in the case of large scale regional or global crises." - Wikipedia.
I don't see any doomsday prediction here.

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obaeyens 16 May 2011 18:09

With global warming and all the hype wouldn't it make sense that the majority of energy is being turned into disaster?

Global warming could create more extreme weather but this is not a sudden jump, only a gradual increase over the next hundred of years. It also means that humans are adapting to the more extreme weather conditions.

Unless you are very unlucky to have happened to live at a place where global warming has a local effect that is a bit more extreme than on average. Maybe you live at the wrong side of the mountain range and the rain gets trapped there.

Slowing down the global warming and if possible reverse it is of course preferable.