Astronomer Fears Apocalypse 2012 Is True

[Cheryl Nelson]

Sep 20th, 2010 | Chennai, Sept. 19: Could the Mayan doomsday prophets have been on to something after all? After the eponymous film about the ancient Mesoamerican prediction that the world will end in 2012 scared the socks off movie-goers and had sceptics shake their heads in disbelief, leading scientists now say that something close to apocalyptic could indeed occur when the Sun rises on December 21, 2012. The eminent astronomer, Prof. K. Sundara Raman, may dismiss the prophecy as a myth, but he says extremely abnormal activity on the Sun that day will result in massive solar storms. “The solar wind, powered by huge coronal mass ejections, will fry communication networks and power grids across the world,” he says. Unless some action is taken to mitigate the effect of the solar flare, Prof. Raman adds, entire cities, markets and government systems could plunge into chaos of the kind the modern world has never witnessed. “The solar wind is a stream of stream of charged particles that blow out of the corona of the Sun at supersonic speeds to the outer reaches of the planetary orbits,” explains Prof. Raman, head of Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Kodaikanal. “During violent sun storms like the one expected in December 2012, the Sun ejects a huge volume of electrified gas. It is capable of damaging power grids, communication services, satellites, spacecraft and aircraft.” He points out that a similar phenomenon resulted in a total blackout of Quebec province in Canada for nine days in March 1989.

[Paris]

I've always been against the idea of 2012. I always believed it was a false date created so we would be caught off guard when it happened in 2011. 2011 is almost here and as far as I'm concerned, the end times are still a ways off based on world events. Yes its bad, but not end of the world bad.
She who shall not be named of Zetatalk fame has been claiming for years that it would happen well before 2012, now she's singing a new tune that 2012 is almost upon us. I think, like all of us, the alleged Zeta emissary is flying blind.
Maybe its time we put our faith in those who were trying to warn us...the Mayans and the Egyptians. They had nothing to gain except knowing they tried to pass on their knowledge to the people of this time and warn us of whats coming.
For me the most important message the Mayans tried to pass on is that this was not the end for our world, only the end of the old world and the beginning of a new world. This is a time of transformation. Yes it will be a trying time, but it will also be a cleansing time, something needed for the rebirth of our Mother.
I for one have stopped listening to the fear mongers and now I only listen to my inner voice. No matter what happens, I know I have nothing to fear.