Yes there will be! But by now we have confirmed that there will be no devastation of the Earth to go along with it as many tabloids have gleefully predicted. Here is an example from the Survival Center online of the kinds of weird things that were said about this natural event:
On or around May 5,2000 (give or take a few days) these planets (see picture) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Sun plus our moon will line up on one side of Earth creating major stress on Planet Earth. Predictions range from a few earthquakes to major earth crust movement (slippage), polar ice cap movement, sea levels rising 100 - 300 feet or more,huge tidal waves, high winds 500 to 2000 mph, earthquakes so massive that Richter 13 or more could be possible, both coasts of USA under water, magnetic shift and much more. Has this happened before? Yes say scientists. Remember the woolly mammoth found with fresh grass still in their mouth? This type of earth change is what they believe happened to them. Could it happen again on May 5th 2000? Do we wait until May 4th 2000 to prepare? What could be some of the signs this alignment is already having an effect on us? Some of the signs we can all see is the increase in strange and severe weather. We also note that we are having more hurricanes, storms and abnormal weather along with increases in earthquake activity. The Pacific Northwest is experiencing weather that no one in the area can ever remember happening there. More frequent and deadlier hurricanes run up the east coast. Cleveland Ohio get buried with snow, the most on record and it goes on and on throughout the world. Can you afford to wait to prepare ?
If you want to learn more about this, visit my May 2000 page.
Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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