2012????

[Eddie_m63]

I Know this would make a good discussion topic, therefore here's the question do you think something bad will happen in 2012?

[Twist]

bad things happen every year.

[auslifta]

predictions; the European Union will collapse. There will be huge natural disaster in South America. Iran will do something crazy.

[stevey_6t9]

i recon another tsunami, israel will strike iran, and dec11 becomes leader of the aesthetics crew.

[The Bear 79]

I Know this would make a good discussion topic, therefore here's the question do you think something bad will happen in 2012?

U talkin bout the whole "Myan calender" thing, where a chain reaction of natural disasters (based on the earth reversing rotation on it's axis) around the world will pretty much destroy life as we know it?

[wmaousley]

bad things happen every year.

What twist said

[Eddie_m63]

U talkin bout the whole "Myan calender" thing, where a chain reaction of natural disasters (based on the earth reversing rotation on it's axis) around the world will pretty much destroy life as we know it?

Yes lol.

[Eddie_m63]

bad things happen every year.

That is true but if you notice every year natural disasters get stronger and deadlier.

[im83931]

I don't base my life on a calendar written by ancient cultures anymore than I do on a book written 2000 years ago by shepherds. So no I don't think anything will happen. Maybe disasters are related to our 24 hour news cycle where we are inundated by everything that happens everywhere, or it could be climate change. Possibly both.

[gixxerboy1]

i think 2012 will be better then 2011 for me.

[SexySweetheart]

pretty sure the dinosaurs would disagree that the natural disasters are worse now lmao...i think natural disasters are not getting worse every year, it’s just that your alive during the ones happening now and older and more aware of how the worlds disasters are effecting you.

My take on the myians calendar: they just got sick of doing the calendar thing and so said "aw fvck it, I wanna do something else, let’s just pick a date ta cap thing off"
or they stopped because it was around the time they got invaded, were pissed off and said "oh, we'll show you, BAM the planets gonna end muaaahahaha"

there is 1 guaranteed bad thing going to happen in 2012 Im not looking forward too... I will be 1 year older

[JD250]

The poor bastard that was in charge of scratching out the calender on a rock wall probably died of old age about the time he was almost done with 2012, I'm about as scared of 2012 as I was of Y2K

[fatluke_nofx]

De***ber 21, 2012. There are a whole lot of creepy predections, ancient and some current. Something about the planets aligning and bring us into the age of aquaris too Ive heard. From my understanding it is the begining of the end- its not gonna end the next day, but they say that stuff is going to change big time, change badly.

[Eddie_m63]

What would you guys choose ice age or fireballs from the sky, perhaps a solar flare? Let's be honest it happened in the past just a matter of time before it happens again. Think of it as a reset for mother earth. Check this out,


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOtQd...e_gdata_player

[Twist]

That is true but if you notice every year natural disasters get stronger and deadlier.

You do realize that (possibly) and asteroid hit the earth wiping out most life and things like ice ages and amazing natural disasters like we have never seen before are a regular occurrence when looking at the life of the planet? If earth's lifespan was a persons life, this would have been a very uneventful year.

[lovbyts]

That is true but if you notice every year natural disasters get stronger and deadlier.

Compared to what? We have only records going back a couple hundred years at best. Even if we went back 1000s of years it would be a blink of the eye compared to how old the earth is so stronger and deadlier is meaningless in the realm of things just like global warming. If we did not have global warming we would have global cooling. Take your pick. Things will get worse and things will get better but we have no way when.

After reading the last few post looks like most of us are on the same track. LOL

[devildog1967]

who cares? we all might be dead by the morning ... Why worry ? live for the day I say .

[Flagg]

Next year a beloved celebrity will probably die. Next year a new season of X Factor will begin. A new war will begin. There will be a natural disaster somewhere in the world and there could be a terrorist attack somewhere in the world.

I could also get hit by a bus today.

Bad things happen every year.

You know what will happen next year? You'll be going to a New Years Eve party, celebrating going into 2013.

What would you guys choose ice age or fireballs from the sky, perhaps a solar flare? Let's be honest it happened in the past just a matter of time before it happens again. Think of it as a reset for mother earth. Check this out,


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOtQd...e_gdata_player

Seriously i've spent 4 years studying stuff like this. Where are you getting the impression that natural disasters are getting stronger? Why do you think that meteorites are going to hit the earth? Stop drinking the Kool Aid. There is no prophecy being fulfilled next year. The closest to a catastrophic event will be around 2028 and 2031 when an asteroid passes perilously close to our planet, then circles the sun and comes back again.

[Eddie_m63]

Well for example the storm in Alaska, the tornado in Oklahoma and the snowstorm that just happened like two weeks ago. I dont know after watching the above video I got to think that's all. I have no proof and hope nothing happens as well.

[Times Roman]

This is funny from so many different perspectives.
How many times have I heard about, and then lived through, the end of the world?
"They" have been predicting the return of Jesus for over a thousand years now... always gets it wrong. he will never return, imho
"They" thought, and were very serious about, 2000, all the "bad" things that were going to happen
Now it's 2012, huh? I think people should just take a breath and relax for once.

Predictions of these sorts are basically worthless.

Instead of worrying about something you can't control, which is pointless, trying channelling that energy into something useful.

Volunteer your time down at the local library, or the local dog pound. Save a mutt and feel good about yourself

[MR-FQ320]

2012=worldwide recession, and i mean total meltdown, thats going to be bad enough. time to dig a shelter in the garden and stock up on tins of beans.

TR, like this,'Instead of worrying about something you can't control, which is pointless, trying channelling that energy into something useful. '

[dec11]

i recon another tsunami, israel will strike iran, and dec11 becomes leader of the aesthetics crew.

you forget to add, 'eddie m63 might make a sensible thread'. lol

[dec11]

Next year a beloved celebrity will probably die. Next year a new season of X Factor will begin. A new war will begin. There will be a natural disaster somewhere in the world and there could be a terrorist attack somewhere in the world.

I could also get hit by a bus today.

Bad things happen every year.

You know what will happen next year? You'll be going to a New Years Eve party, celebrating going into 2013.



Seriously i've spent 4 years studying stuff like this. Where are you getting the impression that natural disasters are getting stronger? Why do you think that meteorites are going to hit the earth? Stop drinking the Kool Aid. There is no prophecy being fulfilled next year. The closest to a catastrophic event will be around 2028 and 2031 when an asteroid passes perilously close to our planet, then circles the sun and comes back again.

well it was supposed to be Jimmy Saville, but death 'Fix It' for him to go afew months early before the Income Tax deadline lol

[Eddie_m63]

Yahoo news..


http://m.yahoo.com/w/news_america/re...us&.lang=en-us

Southern Europe will be gripped by fierce heatwaves, drought in North Africa will be more common, and small island states face ruinous storm surges from rising seas, according to a report by UN climate scientists.

The assessment is the most comprehensive probe yet by the 194-nation Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) into the impact of climate change on extreme weather events.

A 20-page draft "summary for policymakers" obtained by AFP says in essence that global warming will create weather on steroids .

It also notes that these amped-up events -- cyclones, heat waves, diluvian rains, drought -- will hit the world unevenly.

Subject to modification, the draft summary will be examined by governments at a six-day IPCC meeting starting on Monday in the Ugandan capital of Kampala.

In the worst scenario, human settlement in some areas could be wiped out, the report warns.

"If disasters occur more frequently and/or with greater magnitude, some local areas will become increasingly marginal as places to live or in which to maintain livelihoods," it says.

"In such cases migration becomes permanent and could introduce new pressures in areas of relocation. For locations such as atolls, in some cases it is possible that many residents will have to relocate."

Three years in the making, the underlying 800-page report synthesises thousands of recent, peer-reviewed scientific studies.

The authors expresses high confidence in some findings but stresses uncertainty in others, mainly due to lack of data.

They also emphasise that the vulnerability of human settlements depends as much or more on exposure, preparedness and the capacity to respond as it does on the raw power of Nature's violent outburts.

Average global temperatures have risen by nearly 1.0 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times, with forecasts for future warming ranging between an additional 1.0 C to 5.0 C (1.8-9.0 F) by 2100.

But these worldwide figures mask strong regional differences.

Among the findings:

-- Western Europe is at risk from more frequent heat waves, in particular along the Mediterranean rim.

Record-busting temperatures in 2003 responsible for some 70,000 excess deaths across Europe may become closer to average summer peaks by as early as mid-century, the report suggests.

-- The eastern and southern United States and the Caribbean will probably face hurricanes amplified by heavier rainfall and increased wind speeds.

Greater population density in exposed areas, rising property values and inadequate infrastructure will boost vulnerability, the draft warns. Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans in 2005, is seen by some scientists as an example of just such an confluence.

-- For small island states, the top threat is incursion from rising seas, which not only erodes shorelines but poisons aquifers and destroys farmland as well.

Already measurable, these impacts are "very likely" -- a 90-percent or greater probability -- to become worse over time, even intolerable, the report concludes.

"In some cases, there may be a need to consider permanent evacuation," it says.

-- Climate models hold out the prospect of more droughts for West Africa, raising the spectre of famine in regions where daily life is already a hand-to-mouth experience for millions.

Factor in the biggest population boom of any continent over the next half-century and the danger of food "insecurity" in Africa becomes even greater, it cautions.

-- In South Asia and Southeast Asia, computer models see a doubling in the frequency of devastating rainstorms. In East Asia, exceptional heatwaves will become hotter, and less exceptional.

By mid-century, temperature peaks in East Asia will be around 2.0 C (3.6 F) more than today, and by 2100 some 4.0 C (7.2 F), even under scenarios that see some efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

The IPCC co-won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize after publishing a landmark "assessment report" that sparked worldwide awareness about climate change and its impacts. That document made only a brief reference to extreme weather events, leaving a gap that the panel hopes to fill with the new report.

The draft summary for policymakers will be reviewed, line-by-line, during a joint meeting of the IPCC's Working Group I, which focuses on physical science, and Working Group II, which examines impacts. It is set to be released on Friday.