Phoenix Five F.A.Q. No. 1.
Outline For The Changes In The Earth
Based on my analysis of Edgar Cayce's millennial predictions about a pole shift in the
period 2000-2001 and the work which I have done in finding out the geological mechanisms
which are most likely at work in creating the pole shift, a number of people have sent me
far ranging questions. They have asked about the predictions and about the relative safety
or danger of individual areas, what I am personally doing about surviving the pole shift,
etc. Rather than answer these piece-meal, I have developed a series of F.A.Q. topical
articles which respond to the last three months of questions. This material is drawn
partly from various parts of the Return of the Phoenix or from new connections I make with
the general subjects as a result of the questions.
I encourage the widespread copying and dissemination of this data. I hope that readers
will share it profusely. Please note that this series is COPYRIGHT 2000 by Michael W.
Mandeville and all commercial rights are reserved. All of the parts of the Phoenix Five
F.A.Q.'s may be shared, copied, and printed for non-commercial purposes so long as the
media employed are non-commercial. Readers are encouraged to share this material so long
as they do so without charging money. However, websites and printed media which contain
paid advertising must request permission for reprinting any portion of this series.
The Earth Change topics are arranged generally so that the specific areas can be found in
a North to South outline and within a West To East outline. ALL PROJECTIONS RELATED TO THE
EFFECTS OF AN AVALANCHE OF THE CRUST ARE SPECULATIONS. The projections are based on clues
and statements proffered by Edgar Cayce some 60 years ago. Using a set of principles of
Earth dynamics called "vortex tectonics", the author has speculatively inferred,
using a straightforward scientific methodology, what Cayce's "shifting of the
poles" might entail and what the dangers may be. The projections may be useful in
thinking about how to survive a shift in the pole but they cannot be taken as an
authoritative guideline of exactly what will happen. The author does not claim any
precognitive ability to reliably predict an event in the future and the author also points
out that no human science is known or proven to be capable of making reliable predictions
about a shift in the orientation of the Earth.
Phoenix Five F.A.Q. No. 2.
Millennialism & Millennial Prophecy
We begin the F.A.Q. series with questions about millennialism and
prophecy. I encourage the widespread copying and dissemination of this data. I hope that
readers will share it profusely. Please note that this series is COPYRIGHT 2000 by Michael
W. Mandeville and all commercial rights are reserved. All of the parts of the Phoenix Five
F.A.Q.'s may be shared, copied, and printed for non-commercial purposes so long as the
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Psychic Sources
Larry Sutherland asks, am I to understand that you would not allow information from a
psychic source either?
The Return of the Phoenix is entirely about a psychic source, Edgar Cayce. I just want
VALIDATED psychic sources with hard scores before I discuss what the source had to say. I
am in correspondence with people who have psychic dreams, and so forth. I pay attention to
them. I encourage psychics to come out of the shadows. But there has got to be a
convincing evidential context which can be developed using a consistent scientific
methodology, not just random claims by people promoting a book or a reading service.
Fatima
What are the first and second prophecies of Fatima?
The first two prophecies were doubtless Prophetic with a capital P. They essentially
warmed about the totalitarian nature of the 20 century and the World Wars. The content of
the warnings have been amply fulfilled. That gives the Miracle of Fatima VERY STRONG
credibility.
>From Ley: I'd like to know your scoop on the third prophecy at fatima?
I have none except this: it doesn't matter. We have enough to attend to. Is the Pope and
the Catholic Church lying by "omission" of certain parts of the prophecy? I hope
not and on this point I think not. Lying doesn't seem to fit this Pope, unlike the Pope
Pious of the Hitlerian era. The current Pope seems genuinely in a "penitence"
for the misdeeds of the Church in the past. Lying doesn't seem to be a part of his gig.
Nostradamus
Kent asks: What are your thoughts on the Comet/Phobos Nostradamus connection? That could
be very close. 1999 AND 7 months. This July, not July 1999.
I think Nostradamus did a good job doing what he said he did, namely, that he scrambled
and coded his stuff so that they could not influence human events and would not get him
arrested for fortune telling and prophecy. Almost all if not all of the applications of
Nostradamus' quatrains during the past 30 years have been WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG. I think
that until somebody finds Nostradamus' super detective decoder ring in a cereal box that
reading Nostradamus doesn't do too much good.
Humanity doesn't need a spiritual adjustment therefore no pole shift
Ivan Heller asks, On my copy of the CD you wrote the following note, "I hope this
helps!" Helps with what? It wasn't clear to me if you were referring to something
that you know that I need help with or if you were referring in general to a potential
pole shift occurrence? While I do find the Return of The Phoenix fascinating, I am still
not overly convinced that we will see a pole shift in the next couple of years. It seems
to me that society and humanity is doing too well to require a readjustment. Regardless of
what is true and what isn't, it seems to me that there are lessons that we can learn from
all stories. Perhaps you could comment.
I don't think the behavior of human beings has anything to do with pole shift phenomenon,
which is better described as an avalanche of the crust. The avalanche will be created by
vast cosmic forces far beyond the capabilities of even the most advanced adepts of the
human species to effect. A frequent shifting of the poles is in inevitable consequence of
a binary planet with a lot of mobile water on it, every 3500 to 35,000 years. It has
nothing to do with punishing human beings. It is not accidental, not capricious, not
malicious. It strictly a matter of gravity grinding out the material balances of the
cosmic cycles, creating a more perfect order of the distribution of mass on the Earth.
Phoenix Five F.A.Q. No. 3.
Magnetic Alignments
We continue the Phoenix Five F.A.Q. series with a discussion of geomagnetic phenomenon
which may be relevant to the Changes In The Earth. I encourage the widespread copying and
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Don Greene asks, do you have any data on the various magnetic alignments found in the
Earth's crust? Each alignment indicates a different magnetic north at the time the rock
formed from volcanic eruptions etc. I have wanted to see a series of globes/world maps
reflecting these magnetic north alignments for a long time but have not been able to lay
hands on them.
I have some but.... what you need to do to source the best material is to find a
geophysics professor who enjoys playing with offbeat questions. There are tons of data
which have been created but you would have to have been following the literature the last
20 years to know how to get the best stuff.
There is a major problem of indecisive ambiguity about this data. We just really do not
know how the magnetic field functions through long periods of time. With respect to the
spin axis, it seems to move very slowly in a regular sort of way giving it the illusion of
great stability through long periods of time. And a lot of scientists bought into this
illusion, though I think shortly they will lose this illusion rather abruptly. But the
magnetic field is so bizarrely unstable, no one who knows these facts has any illusions
that anything can be inferred using past measurements. During the 60 and 70 much was made
of it in terms of continental drift and seafloor spreading, but the obvious instabilities
and random variations which are now known makes it very difficult to suppose very much,
except this: we need to know a lot more over a much longer period of time.
Don Green : My theory is that once these alignments are seen, with the continents somewhat
relative to their current configuration, then many perplexing questions about diffusion of
mankind and cultures will become more easily answered. Two of the simplest would be that
if the Bering Strait laid in a more temperate climate due to a differing magnetic north
pole, then obviously migration across it would make much more sense. Likewise, if
Greenland/Iceland et al lay further south than they currently do, then travel between
Europe-North America-Asia would be much more likely. I couldn't recall seeing this subject
addressed on your link and just thought I would mention it.
You are mixing up the concept of the magnetic North Pole with the North Spin Axis. They
are not the same. The magnetic pole does not determine the climate. It is latitude, the
distance from the North Spin Axis, which is the primary determinant of the climate. Shift
the spin axis around, viola!, you shift the climate around. Read the Prophecies book and
then tell me about your theories. I think you will see that your theories are suddenly far
more powerful with a lot better data.
Phoenix Five F.A.Q. No. 4.
The Avalanche of the Crust (Pole Shift)
The Phoenix Five FAQ briefing continues with a brief summary of the general nature of an
avalanche of the crust, which the ancient Egyptians symbolized as a flight of the Phoenix
and which the modern age has incorrectly called a pole shift. I encourage the widespread
copying and dissemination of this data. I hope that readers will share it profusely.
Please note that this series is COPYRIGHT 2000 by Michael W. Mandeville and all commercial
rights are reserved. All of the parts of the Phoenix Five F.A.Q.'s may be shared, copied,
and printed for non-commercial purposes so long as the media employed are non-commercial.
Readers are encouraged to share this material so long as they do so without charging
money. However, websites and printed media which contain paid advertising must request
permission for reprinting any portion of this series.
The Earth Change topics are arranged generally so that the specific areas can be found in
a North to South outline and within a West To East outline. ALL PROJECTIONS RELATED TO THE
EFFECTS OF AN AVALANCHE OF THE CRUST ARE SPECULATIONS. The projections are based on clues
and statements proffered by Edgar Cayce some 60 years ago. Using a set of principles of
Earth dynamics called "vortex tectonics", the author has speculatively inferred,
using a straightforward scientific methodology, what Cayce's "shifting of the
poles" might entail and what the dangers may be. The projections may be useful in
thinking about how to survive a shift in the pole but they cannot be taken as an
authoritative guideline of exactly what will happen. The author does not claim any
precognitive ability to reliably predict an event in the future and the author also points
out that no human science is known or proven to be capable of making reliable predictions
about a shift in the orientation of the Earth.
BBush0712@aol.com tells us gently: Before I really understood the implications of a shift,
I dreamed of being on a mountaintop as the change began...and those around me revealing
themselves as survivalists preparing and skilled. I was there for a reason and observed
the river below to run backwards and a huge shaking and wind. I have dreamed of the sun
and the moon suspended equally in the Eastern sky...of the sun rising in the west and how
disorienting that was. I did not see this in fear, just utter marvel. One need only become
quiet to know that something unusual is working and we stand on the threshold. When
science meets spirituality with no fear/no turf, it becomes "the season" and it
is appreciated to see the dialogue that is going on that shares information, impressions,
and the calmness before the storm.
Indeed. Thank you.
What is a pole shift?
I am partially using the model developed by Hapgood. Literally the crust of the Earth
slides or slips over the liquid mantle to rebalance itself. This of course causes the
current land and water at the North Pole to go South and end up at a lower altitude. Thus
Greenland could end up in the latitude which is currently occupied by the Caribbean. As
well, then, the equatorial zone changes radically. For example Ecuador (which is currently
on the Equator) could end theoretically as far North as Mexico City or as far South as
Uruguay depending upon which way the crust of the Earth slides.
How does the pole shift occur?
This most likely occurs as a straightforward slide of the crust in a North-South direction
and I liken it to an avalanche. Hydraulic forces and the slightly bulging shape of the
mantle will tend to make the fall occur as a swinging action from two points or nodes on
the equator. The heavy polar ice build-up is flung by centrifugal force on the one hand
and all extra weight build-up on the surface of the crust is simultaneously pulled by the
forces of gravity from the moon and Sun which are centered on the equatorial zone. All
forces contrive to push any build-up of extra mass on the surface of the Earth towards the
equator. Like any mountain slope with too much mass piled up on it, the whole crust of the
Earth, the whole outer portion of the Earth can be caused to fall, to avalanche to a new
position of greater stability. Since the Earth is a sphere, the crust simply drops over
and around it as if it were on two hinges, nodes, or pivots mounted directly on the
equator on each side of the Earth. Thus the avalanche is most likely for the most part to
be in a straightforward North South line of fall. However that still leaves us guessing as
to which longitude will be the Maximum Line of Fall and which two longitudes will host the
nodes of the turn.
Won't it tend to spiral around?
No doubt the action will not be a perfectly straight line, there are none in the Universe.
But for the most part the physics of the hydraulics of the mantle are going to want to
equalize the flow of the crust between two nodes. Given the mass inertia involved, I can't
see how the action is going to spiral by much. When it starts to fall in a certain
direction, it is going to keep on going in the same direction until it comes to a point of
rest again.
When is this avalanche of the crust likely to occur?
The final energy input which initiates a sudden avalanche of the crust most likely comes
from an intense solar storm. These have been shown to cause a sudden instantaneous
slowdown of the rotation of the Earth and distinct jiggles in the actual location of the
spin axis. Because of the polarization of the electrical field, most of this energy input
will be drawn to the polar regions and retard the Earth's rotation the most in those
areas. If you retard the motion of any spinning top near the top's top, the spinning top
immediately begins to topple. To cause an avalanche of the crust, this retardation of the
spinning motion of the Earth probably occurs during an awkward moment while the Earth is
seeking a new point of spin equilibrium between the influences of the various gravity
vectors, the distribution of the tides, the effects of the weather, and many other complex
variables. Things just occasionally spin out of balance and a fall begins.
Won't the spin axis of the Earth flop over as well?
The actual orientation of the spin axis of the entire Earth will not change much, if any,
thus it is not correct to call this phenomenon a pole shift though that is the popular way
in which this topic has been discussed. It is a little like the same sort of Earth centric
point of view which says that the Sun revolves around the Earth. It is far more accurate
to say the Earth rotates around a fixed spin axis while revolving around the Sun and the
crust of the Earth avalanches to a new position or orientation relative to the Sun's
equator and the Earth's spin axis once in a great while without changing the orbital spin
axis of the whole Earth. Actually the whole Earth's spin axis probably will be slightly
modified from the change in the huge mass in the Earth's crust. The exact angle of the
precession of the axis and its rate of precession is likely to be influenced.
Can this avalanche of the crust be tied into any cycle?
No. I have looked high and low for many years on this point. The resounding answer is no.
It is a mass equation which varies even as the solar system varies constantly. It is more
accurate to say that this is a singularity which is inevitable on the order of a few
thousand to a few tens of thousands of years. But, there is no regular neat and tidy
orbital cycle which creates the avalanche and there is an abundance of evidence to
demonstrate both long intervals and short intervals between avalanches. There is also
probably good evidential logic for different distances of the avalanche, ranging from a
few degrees to 30 degrees, from a few hundred kilometers to a few thousand. In totality,
the evidence seems to point to a highly variable Phoenix pattern.
The last avalanche of the crust was a large one of nearly 30 degrees and all evidence
points solidly to 12,500 BC, plus or minus 50 years. Within the framework of evidence
about the past 120,000 from many sources, it would not be unusual to have another
avalanche of the same magnitude at any time. The evidence also suggests that the Earth has
been increasingly unstable during the past 1 million years with a definite speed-up of the
rate of avalanching during the past 100,000 years. However, evidence is too fragmentary to
be certain of this generalization.
In essence, a living planet with a lot of water and a large moon (the moon is the harsh
mistress which governs the Phoenix cycle of the avalanche) is inherently unstable. The
idea of normality and geological stability which human beings have enjoyed for the past
few thousand years is only an illusion. The illusion works most of the time. But the flow
of time is punctuated with exceptional activity at which reoccurs at certain times. This
can be seen in spades in the records of volcanic activity which can be drawn up from the
layers of ice on Greenland and Antarctica. There will be almost no signal of activity for
hundreds, even thousands of years, then suddenly there will be a huge spike of activity
which will go on for a 100 years, sometimes a 1000 years. This record is very very spooky.
Does the Mayan/Aztec calendar predict the avalanche of the crust in 2012?
No. They believed that the ages of stability were strictly determined by the will and
health of the Sun God. The Sun God capriciously determined the length of the great ages.
To keep him happy and in good health, they developed the rites of human sacrifice. They
became so massively paranoid about the length of the "Fourth World" or the
"Fifth Sun" the Aztecs were sacrificing 100,000 people a year. There is no way
you can have it both ways. If the calendrical system predicted the end, there was no need
to conduct such death orgies. Obviously they did not have a clue, from their method of
keeping track of time, about when the next avalanche of the crust was due. They obviously
felt it could happen any time and they had better keep the big Sun dude so busy he
wouldn't have time to think about winding up the age.
Isn't this tied up with the precession of the equinoxes?
Yes it is but the precession of the equinoxes, as a grand cycle, may be another illusion.
This precession may simply be the rate of motion which is pushing the crust of the Earth
into the next avalanche. It is directly induced by the perihelion of the Earth's orbit,
the point of the closest approach of the Earth to the sun. At that time the Earth presents
to the Sun the side of its greatest mass or heaviest side. This perihelion point is Jan
6th when it is high summer in Antarctica. At this time all of Antarctica is bathed in
light for a few weeks. The whole continent and the spin axis in the south is pulled
directly up by the gravitational influence of the Sun. This tells us immediately, directly
obviously, where the heaviest mass in the crust of the Earth is and the direction in which
it must move, straight North.
There is no myshtique here, this is the simplest of elementary physics. No combination of
known forces are going to buck this one and cause a different result. An avalanche of the
crust must be possible only because all forces and vectors add up to pile on to suddenly
"speed up" the motion in the direction in which the crust is already leaning.
The entire scenario of the avalanche of the Phoenix Paradigm is based on this observation
and relationship.
ALL THE ANCIENT LITERATE CULTURES TELL US THE SAME STORY. THE 'GODS' IN THE HEAVENS TAUGHT
THEM HOW TO TELL PRECESSIONAL TIME FROM THE STARS. Our ancient ancestors may have been
taught to keep track of time in reference to this slowly changing precession because it
leads eventually directly to the next avalanche, pointing to its cause and pointing to its
direction of fall. Same say this is just an archetypal "story" which flows
naturally from a primitive brain. But there is no particular reason to believe this. Why
not take it straight up as a fact? Why dodge what might be a perfectly beautiful fact? Our
ancestors had the same brain capacity as we do and it is not likely that they were less
capable than we are of describing their experiences. Is there any reason to be bigoted
about their ability to tell us what in fact happened? When you add up that the Chinese,
the Bharatian Vedas, the Egyptians, the Sumerians, and the Mayans all used the same
astro-numerical systems and all counted the cycles of time in the great precession of the
equinoxes, you have prima facie evidence of a commonality which is something other than
vague notions of archetypal patterns of primitive thinking. At least some of the ancients
were hip to the way the Earth works and they were obviously connected around the planet.
If the avalanche of the crust is so irregular, how can you predict one?
I cannot. No known terrestrial science is capable of making such a prediction. The
prediction is entirely from psychic remarks made by Edgar Cayce from about 1932 through to
1944. Based on the self-evident fulfillment of his long-range tectonic predictions during
the past 60 years, there is an 85% probability that there will be an avalanche of the
crust during the later part of 2000 or some time in 2001. Cayce described quite accurately
the completely unexpected increase in general tectonic activity which has built up to the
highly visible increase of earthquakes, volcanism, and erratic behavior of Chandler's
Wobble (the motion of the spin axis) we have been experiencing since 1998, a date
specifically mentioned during the 1930's by Cayce as heralding the beginning of the
avalanche of the crust. Cayce's precognition in this regard is awesomely great and is
unparalleled throughout human history. Speaking tectonically, using Cayce's precognition,
it is probably correct to say that the avalanche of the crust has already begun after
having commenced during the perihelion of 1999. Recent graphs of the motion of the spin
axis demonstrate that the regular wobble motion of the axis has "slipped" off
its normal cyclical bearings since then and is now wandering seeking a new point of
cyclical stability. If the prediction holds true, most likely Chandler's Wobble will not
re-stabliize and it will most likely show increasingly erratic behavior. If the Phoenix
Paradigm concepts hold true, a sudden influx of energy from the sun at any time during
this solar storm peak year may precipitate a sudden radical fall to an entirely new point
of equilibrium far from its current position. >From the principles of Vortex Tectonics,
it is most likely that a spiraling alignment of the inner planets during the first half of
2001 will conduct an usually large number of especially energetic solar storms directly to
the Earth. These alignments will culminate just before the Summer Solstice of 2001 with a
highly favorable condition for massive solar storms hitting the Earth during a combination
of gravitational vectors from the Sun and the Moon which will stress the Earth's
rotational stability more strongly than usual. Accordingly, to those who think dates, June
2001 for the final fall, maybe. For a more complete discussion of timing factors and
relationships, see Chapter 47, The Breath of Brahma, in the "The Prophecies"
((book three of the "Return of the Phoenix").
What events would indicate that your scenario for a pole shift is on track?
As indicted in the preceding paragraph. See the Polar motion Monitor webpages at
http://www.michaelmandeville.com/briefings/polar_motion_monitor.htm For additional background, see
the last eight chapters of "The Prophecies".
What are the general effects of an avalanche of the crust?
Even a small shift of the crust will induce radically destructive earthquake and volcanic
activity. In fact, all such current activity is caused by the slight wobbling motion of
the crust of some 50 feet per year. A shift of even just a mile in the location of the
pole will increase the rate of seismic activity manyfold. One thing is certain, since the
latitude for nearly all locations on the Earth will change, nearly all climates will
change. The greater the distance of the avalanche, the more radical the climate change.
Beyond that it is very difficult to articulate the effects without getting highly specific
about the rate of fall and the distance of fall. For an extensive general theoretical
discussion of the likely effects, see Chapter 46, The Avalanche of the Crust, in the
"The Prophecies" (book three of the "Return of the Phoenix").
What is the rate of speed of the avalanche and the height of the reaction wave of the
water?
When the avalanche of the Earth's crust takes place and it is in full swing what would be
the expected height and rate of what I would call the leading edge land tsunami and the
ocean Sunnis. Also what wind speeds can be expected and for what duration? From Keny, the
"Keeper of Temple, Atlantis" anakahamon@mindspring.com,
When the crust begins to fall, the water will not. Thus the land and the water will
collide and the water will tend to flow over the leading edge of the land as the crust
avalanches This reaction is not appropriately called a tsunami, which is a distinctive
type of reaction wave. Science was no word for this reaction, the ancients called it a big
flood. I have therefore simply called it the reaction surge or flood. It is not a wave, it
is a big pile up of the water which is moving far less slowly than the land which is
tending to drive itself through and under the water.
What is the rate of speed and the likely height of the water surges? These are the most
important of issues and they cannot be answered with absolute certainty. It is best to be
prepared for an exceptional large, rapid shift with very large surges involving a few
hundred feet in most areas and even more in certain areas such as the North Arc of the
Pacific Rim. As a minimum rule of thumb, get at least 100 meters or 300 feet above sea
level. Except, for God's sake, don't be standing on a volcano or the edge of a tectonic
plate, like the Hollywood Hills or Nob Hill in San Francisco.
After examining mountains of geological data of the last avalanche and correlating this
with all of the major stories of the ancients which are available in English in the
libraries of the U.S. West Coast, I concluded for the Phoenix Paradigm that the crust of
the Earth during the last avalanche achieved a top speed of 19 kph to create huge flood
surges of seven days duration. By the eye-witness accounts of the ancients, most
especially as expressed by the epic Sumerian flood story by Utnapishtim, the waters
continued to rise for at least several to seven days and then commenced to abate.
From this we have the speed of the water which will move across the land, about 12 mph (19
kph). That is a formidable current of water, a very fast river which will erode anything
away very rapidly, even huge pieces of concrete.. How high will the water get? That is
very difficult to model and requires pretty fancy wave mechanics equations far beyond my
paltry math skills. The catastrophe evidence from the last avalanche suggests that the
surges can get pretty high, at least one hundred feet high, probably up to 200, even 300
feet high under certain conditions.. Huge quantities of evidence document that the floods
surged across millions of square miles in the vast lowland plains of Siberia all the way
close to the center of the Eurasian continent, all across the pampas and the Amazonian
lowlands up to the flanks of the Andes Mountains, and in China throughout its vast flood
plains across several provinces. An avalanche of the same magnitude at the same rate of
speed falling up Longitude East 40, as projected by the Phoenix Paradigm, will produce the
same sort of results.
If the crust avalanches down Longitude West 140 as projected in the Phoenix Paradigm, it
is likely that the great Northern Arc of the Pacific Rim, from Kamchatka to British
Columbia, will be hit directly by the entire Pacific Ocean, which holds an enormous amount
of water. How high this water will surge against, say the great neck of Alaska, is beyond
my abilities to estimate but I would consider the greater portion of the area essentially
doomed and evacuation to high elevations in the Yukon mandatory. Arial and satellite
photography of the area during the avalanche ought to be truly ... millennial.
Lynn of LynnS611@aol.com asks is it going to be gradual, or will the shift happen very
quickly? Could also tell me how long it will take to do this change?
I believe that Cayce tried to tell us that the pole shift began with a change in
equilibrium of the Earth's mass in 1936, began to get noticeable in 1958, slowly and
gradually accelerated through to 1998, and noticeably accelerated in 1998 or 1999. The
charts of polar motion seem to show that the pole may now in free fall without a fixed
balance point In other words, the Phoenix may now be airborne but still has not picked up
much speed. This all suggests that a pole shift is a long slow ponderous affair. However,
the ancient testimony of the bone beds of Earth all suggest rather starkly that at some
point during the fall of the crust there is a sudden acceleration of the motion, fast
enough to cause huge quantities of water to spill out of the ocean basins over the
low-lying continental coastal plains. The huge fossil beds which are found on every
continent cannot be explained in any other way.
From this point of August 2000, I expect that things will continue to slowly unfold with a
steadily rising increase in tectonic activity as the pole slowly hunts in vain for a new
point of equilibrium which it lost in 1999. I expect that several months of severe
buffeting during the first half of 2001 by peak sun storm activity will begin to
accelerate the motion of the Earth's hunt. I expect that most of the action will occur
during an approximately seven day event which will commence after about 30 to 90 days of
severely frightening levels of seismic and volcanic activity (referred to by Y'shua as the
Time of Tribulation) and gradual world-wide recognition that the crust is beginning to
move far out of the normal bounds of Chandler's Wobble. Finally then the fall will
suddenly "avalanche" and during the course of about a week it will travel some
25 to 30 degrees of latitude. Afterwards I expect that atmospheric conditions will be very
poor for several years and will not return to the norms of the 20th century for some 2000
to 3000 years. I also expect that heightened levels of earthquake and volcanic activity,
in the order of a magnitude of order or two (10 to 100 times) over current levels, will
continue for up to 1000 years as the Earth continues the process of changing its shape to
reflect its new spin axis and spin equator. I suppose that it will then very slowly taper
off for some 2000 additional years, just as the records in the ice of volcanic emissions
seem to indicate is the norm for a major avalanche of the crust.
Phoenix Five F.A.Q. No. 5.
Issues About An Avalanche of the Crust (Pole Shift)
We continue with a general discussion of an avalanche of the crust by tackling some of the
scientific issues involved in projecting a specific scenario of what one may be like. I
encourage the widespread copying and dissemination of this data. I hope that readers will
share it profusely. Please note that this series is COPYRIGHT 2000 by Michael W.
Mandeville and all commercial rights are reserved. All of the parts of the Phoenix Five
F.A.Q.'s may be shared, copied, and printed for non-commercial purposes so long as the
media employed are non-commercial. Readers are encouraged to share this material so long
as they do so without charging money. However, websites and printed media which contain
paid advertising must request permission for reprinting any portion of this series.
The Earth Change topics are arranged generally so that the specific areas can be found in
a North to South outline and within a West To East outline. ALL PROJECTIONS RELATED TO THE
EFFECTS OF AN AVALANCHE OF THE CRUST ARE SPECULATIONS. The projections are based on clues
and statements proffered by Edgar Cayce some 60 years ago. Using a set of principles of
Earth dynamics called "vortex tectonics", the author has speculatively inferred,
using a straightforward scientific methodology, what Cayce's "shifting of the
poles" might entail and what the dangers may be. The projections may be useful in
thinking about how to survive a shift in the pole but they cannot be taken as an
authoritative guideline of exactly what will happen. The author does not claim any
precognitive ability to reliably predict an event in the future and the author also points
out that no human science is known or proven to be capable of making reliable predictions
about a shift in the orientation of the Earth.
Don't you have a grave responsibility to consider a lot more alternative scenarios? You're
theories on the initializing action may be great, but after that, alternative motions of
the pole need to be condidered. To think that the frictional effects of crust/mantle
movement is negligible is a huge assumption, and the possible effects of substantial
crust/mantle friction needs to be mentioned. Friction will heat the magma enabling greater
crust mantle movement. But friction will also slow the rotation of the crust. (i.e. the
day will be longer) ... If the rotation of the crust is slowed then there will be less
force pushing the ocean waters towards the equator, and the sea level at the poles will
rise. (although, like the spinning skater who draws their arms to their chest, this speeds
up the rotation) Higher polar sea levels will cause massive ice calvings which may further
shift the pole. Also hail storms, created by the loosened ice, could sweep across the
Earth. The south pole moving away from the centre of mass of Antarctica, would likely
cause an acceleration of the pole shift. Even if the pole suddenly shifted 30 degrees to a
new location then this will mean that the new pole would be above a section of mantle that
is spinning under this static pole. Some friction must occur which starts this new pole
moving in the direction of the spinning mantle. Of course this means that the new pole is
shifting. A spiral path is almost certain. In the battle between the crust and the mantle,
the mantle's pole can be expected to be moved a few degrees and maybe, eventually, even 30
degrees, but no more. Of course the extent of the mantle pole shift defines the extent of
the whole pole shift in the long run. And on time taken for a pole shift, it can be seen
that while the crust and mantle are resynchronizing there will be earthquakes, eruptions
and uplifting and subsidence which will cause waves of flooding. Thus seven days is not
on. All ancient references to seven must be suspected of being symbolic. The frozen
mammoths can be explained a few ways: polar hail storm.huddling of the animals to keep
warm in the encroaching coldness. fast coldness from ash blocking out the Sun . . . When
the pole shift begins, millions or billions of people will look to you for guidance. To
tell them that the major effects will last seven days is a grave responsibility. All
reasonable scenarios should be offered by you.
I can't conceivably offer all reasonable scenarios. I am too stupid to figure them out.
The last few chapters related to the avalanche of the crust in "The Prophecies"
makes clear that my scenario is entirely speculative. There is not anything which I can
add to it which I think would be useful. There is no way to predict precisely from the
current level of human geophysics, which is pretty rudimentary since they are still
spooked by ice age illusions and "heat plumes", what is going to happen in
general terms. All we can do really is take a look at the past and get an idea about what
seemed to have gone on before. I have hedged together a series of the best formed guesses
which I think can be made. A lot of destruction but a lot of survival, very dangerous and
calamitous times but plenty of hope for survival.
Many of the issues raised by you are good issues but I am too ignorant to even begin to
deal with them. I cannot solve for friction, therefore I cannot solve for most of the
issues you raise. I will say that friction or no, not much spiraling action will occur.
The question then becomes, what does common sense suggest and most of my scenario is based
on a few elementary notions, leaving most issues unresolved, such as the issues of
friction and spiraling motion you raise above.
Some of your critical points are far too quick and are proffered without thought on your
part. For instance, I think there are many points of evidence pointing toward the value of
the "seven" number. It is more than symbolic though that it also is. The
Prophecies book really builds up a rather extensive hologram on this particular concept,
pointing towards a relatively fast pole shift. I also clearly point out that it is likely
to take place over a several month period, with seven days being the peak experience with
the rushing water phenomenon. The surging flooding waters is so universal an archetype of
the ancients that I consider it valid information, along with multiple testimonies from
several continents that is occurred over a period of several days. That's good enough, and
seven says it, like Utnapishtim did.
That is just the tip of the iceberg though, it is likely that tectonic activity of all
sorts will be highly active, by at least a factor of many times, at least one magnitude of
order (x10) if not two, for a few thousand years. The sulfur in the ice of past flights
seems to point to that. The new Earth will look and function considerably differently than
today's. But everything about that will remain a mystery until the new age opens under the
new heavens.
Isn't the number seven mainly symbolic? Isn't it one of the most important of the hermetic
numbers?
It is important not to throw out the facts when trying to pare away purely symbolic
elements. The common presumption of euro-centric academics is to look at the past as
ignorant or as merely symbolically superstitious. Kindly stare at that presumption in the
mirror and have a serious discussion with yourself about projecting ignorance onto the
past. Ask yourself truly embarrassing questions, like, isn't this the place where bigotry
comes from? This number seven, which is an important hermetic symbol, is most likely too
unusual to be anything other than close to a literal fact in regard to the flood stories
of the ancients. The seven day unit of time was never used by any of the ancient literate
cultures, hence it had no previous symbolic use in connection to time. The seven day week
is strictly a later day invention of the Latins to honor their concept of the universal
pantheon of the (planetary) gods which affect the destiny of the Earth.
For the hermetics, the concept seven was/is the symbol of complete material causation, a
completely boundaried material event, minus the divine cosmic dimension. They could have
selected seven hours, seven weeks, seven months, whatever, to describe the flood. They
selected days. Seven days. Actually six days and seven nights if we go by Utnapishtim's
report. Again using the ancient hermetic language of number-concepts, six days was the
double star of David, as above so below, the cosmos acting upon the Earth, added to seven,
which was the number of the planetary bodies which they tracked, the number of the
"whole system" of causation, to sum to 13 which unifies into four, the number of
the whole Earth. What they told us is that the forces of heaven and Earth unified to
complete the event in a few to several DAYS. This is close enough and seven days is a good
enough to describe the fact..
One reader whose name I misplaced suggests an additional concept for the vortexian
occurrence of earthquakes: If one is tracking the Chandler Wobble as a key factor in
determining our plunge toward pole-shift, might it not be useful to be aware that flywheel
Earth will not respond in a linear fashion when there is a sudden perturbation of the
Wobble. i.e. the land masses expected to be affected may not be, and the land masses 90
degrees from will be the affected area? Of course no one will know if I am right because
we'll all be dead.
That is a very interesting twist. I think it should contribute to very pronounced patterns
of ruptures which suddenly occur through an entire arc. As far as being dead, the casualty
list is completely problematic. It all just depends... With intelligence and forethought,
survival is no problem in most places for most people. There are, however, a few really
doomed areas which simply will have to be left.
Mary asks, don't you think that as long as we are spiritually centered that we will be OK?
Only if we are spiritually centered enough to listen to Y'shua's words of advice from some
2000 years ago:
"But immediately after the tribulation of those days the Sun shall be darkened, and
the Moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of
the heavens shall be shaken..." Mathew, 24, ASV "But of that day or that hour
knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye
heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is ... And what I say unto you I say
unto all, Watch. " Mark, 13, ASV "But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that
day come on you suddenly as a snare: for so shall it come upon all them that dwell on the
face of all the Earth. But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may
prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of
man." Luke, 21, ASV One practical way to watch is to watch Polar Motion through
http:/www.michaelmandeville.com/briefings/polar_motion_monitor.htm
A reader asks, what are the most important preparations to make?
Prepare access to reliable source of water and food, tend to your relationship with God.
Phoenix Five F.A.Q. No. 6.
The Flight of the Fifth Phoenix
Now that questions about the general conditions of the millennial Change In The Earth have
been answered, I can begin to address the specific questions which my readers have posed
about safety zones and doomed areas. To provide my specific answers with depth, I have
drawn the following introductory material out of Chapter 46 of "The Prophecies".
It provides a summary of the projected flight of Phoenix Five and where it will come to
rest on a new perch. From the flight plan we can begin to discern the safe areas and the
doomed areas.
I encourage the widespread copying and dissemination of this data. I hope that readers
will share it profusely. Please note that this series is COPYRIGHT 2000 by Michael W.
Mandeville and all commercial rights are reserved. All of the parts of the Phoenix Five
F.A.Q.'s may be shared, copied, and printed for non-commercial purposes so long as the
media employed are non-commercial. Readers are encouraged to share this material so long
as they do so without charging money. However, websites and printed media which contain
paid advertising must request permission for reprinting any portion of this series.
The Earth Change topics are arranged generally so that the specific areas can be found in
a North to South outline and within a West To East outline. ALL PROJECTIONS RELATED TO THE
EFFECTS OF AN AVALANCHE OF THE CRUST ARE SPECULATIONS. The projections are based on clues
and statements proffered by Edgar Cayce some 60 years ago. Using a set of principles of
Earth dynamics called "vortex tectonics", the author has speculatively inferred,
using a straightforward scientific methodology, what Cayce's "shifting of the
poles" might entail and what the dangers may be. The projections may be useful in
thinking about how to survive a shift in the pole but they cannot be taken as an
authoritative guideline of exactly what will happen. The author does not claim any
precognitive ability to reliably predict an event in the future and the author also points
out that no human science is known or proven to be capable of making reliable predictions
about a shift in the orientation of the Earth.
What is the Fifth Phoenix?
The core of the story of the world which emerges from Edgar Cayce's readings is that four
prior pole shifts or avalanches of the crust frame human development during the last
120,000 years. Just after a radical shift in the location of the poles some 120,000 years
ago, the culture of Atlantis suddenly emerged. The most ancient legends of humanity still
remember the ancient Atlantean memory of three destructive avalanches of the crust since
then, the last of which totally destroyed Atlantis in 10,500 BC. The founders of the
successor culture in Egypt memorialized Atlantis through an allegorical story. They
referred to the avalanching crust of the Earth as a Phoenix, which they symbolized as a
Great Blue Heron. The Egyptians claimed that when the Phoenix flew, the Earth was reborn.
Every once in a great while, the Earth-Phoenix would fly. Since humanity's most ancient
legends seem to remember four prior flights of the Phoenix, the next predicted pole shift
must be the fifth Earth-Phoenix within the framework of Atlanto-Egyptian Memory.
The Line of Maximum Movement
If Earth-Phoenix Five flies as did Earth-Phoenix Four, the crust of the Earth will swing
up from the bottom and move along East 40 at an average rate of 12 miles per hour (about
19 km/hour) for a period of some 168 hours, which is approximately a week. Such movement
will bring the North Pole about 25 degrees to the south of its current location, which
would place it somewhere in the vicinity of Archangel in northern Russia, nearly in the
middle of the Bay of the "White Sea". The South Pole will move up West 140 to a
location approximately 830 miles (1336 kilometers) out to Sea in the middle of the Pacific
Ocean almost directly midway between Australia and the tip of South America.
Doubtless the worst of the Changes In The Earth will occur along this Line Of Maximum
Movement and in the nearby sectors. As the Earth-Phoenix moves, all areas along the Line
Of Maximum Movement will move the most, will experience the greatest shift in latitude,
and will thus receive the greatest stresses. The stress will provide these areas the most
energy for uplifting, downlifting, for moving fault lines, for shaking the Earth, and, not
least, for driving volcanic eruptions. The motion of the crust along this line against
both the atmosphere and the water, which will continue at first in their old patterns,
will necessarily create the worst reactions in the form of massive flood surges and freak
weather rampages.
The Hebrew, Persian, and Chaldean prophets all predicted loudly and dramatically that the
Earth would shake, tear things asunder, and all would fall down. The flight of the
Earth-Phoenix up East 40 will take it straight up the middle of the ancient Middle East to
give this area maximum movement and change. If the Earth does shake as it moves along the
line of maximum movement, it will definitely shake in this Middle Eastern area which is
the intersection of tremendous tectonic plate tensions between Africa and Eurasia. Even if
most of the Earth does not shake as the Phoenix flies, it is highly likely to shake
throughout the Middle Eastern area. It is not likely that the killer quakes in Turkey and
Greece, which have occurred within five degrees of this line during 1999, are random,
isolated coincidences.
All along the maximum line of movement, the greatest immediate damage will result from the
huge reaction surges in the water as the moving crust plunges against and beneath the
ocean water. The oceans, lakes, and rivers will initially keep moving as they always have
been for the last 12,500 years, from west to east. As the crust begins to pivot in a new
direction to the north or the south, it will begin to move sideways directly against the
stationary water (speaking relativistically). It will seem that the water has gone crazy
but all of the force behind the crazy water will come as a result of the land colliding
with the water. The water will pile up and surge beyond its normal boundaries before it
can synchronize its angle of rotational motion with the bizarre motion of the crust which
is cutting across it.
All of the leading edge of the land areas which are going north up East 40 or moving south
down West 140 will experience huge pile-ups of the water of the oceans. These flood surges
may mount up to as much as several hundred feet (a few hundred meters), depending upon how
fast the crust moves, how much water is available to pile up, the "lay of the
land", and how channeled or contained the water is.
The coastlines which most likely will be hit the hardest are those in the northern arc of
the Pacific Ocean. The north Pacific Ocean can supply virtually an endless supply of water
to overflow the continental landmasses. Alaska's coastlines, because it lays directly on
the path of motion, will be hit the hardest. All the forces will pile up great quantities
of surging flood water against the leading edge of Alaska (southern Alaska). The danger
here cannot be overstated. It is radically severe.
After the flight many shorelines and coastlands may be unrecognizable as a result of the
severe damage and erosion which results from these flood surges. Because of their extreme
shift in latitude, these areas may also experience major changes in their sea levels.
Since sea level is the highest at the equator and the lowest in the northern latitudes as
a result of centrifugal motion, any land which move towards the equator may lose shoreline
and any area which moves away from the equator may gain shoreline. For some sectors of the
Earth, this will produce severe flooding and a major loss of territory. For other sectors,
this will result in a major increase in territory. If this sounds like a sweepingly
radical proposition, rest assured, it is. That is exactly what has happened frequently
throughout geological time. The records in the rocks of every continent for every age
attest to these sudden, radical changes in sea level.
The New North Pole In Archangel
If the crust moves as radically as it moved from Hudson Bay to the Central Arctic, some
3000 kilometers (1868 miles), the new North Pole will end up somewhere on the northern end
of Norway, Sweden, Finland, or close to Archangel in Russia. But there is definite
possibility that the flight of Earth-Phoenix Five may be less severe. The crust may not
shift as far on the average and so with these numbers we may be using a worst case
scenario. Then again, it could be even worse. The truth is, we are probably fairly far
away from truly understanding an "average" or "typical" movement of
the shifting of the poles. Nonetheless, for purposes of this scenario, a motion of 25
degrees down East 40 has been selected. There have been at least four such shifts in the
pole during the past 120,000 years, including the last one. And 25 degrees fits Cayce's
clues to a "T".
At Longitude East 40 and Latitude North 65, which is about where Archangel is, the new
pole will do more than change northern Europe in the twinkling of an eye. It will end a
great part of Europe as an inhabited area. All of Europe's sea levels will fall radically
after the flight surges drain away, and the new shorelines will be far out to sea in most
places. The Baltic and the North Sea may largely disappear and the northern coastlines of
Scandinavia and Russia will extend much further out into the Arctic Ocean in most areas.
But few people will be left to make use of the new land nor will anyone think to move into
the vacant tracts. A huge ice cap will eventually cover most of the new land and this ice
cap will eventually create the imbalances which will cause the sixth Phoenix to fly
someday.
The ice sheets for the new polar ice cap will slowly grow to radiate outward for a
distance of some 20-25 degrees in all directions. This will more or less cover most of
what we think of as eastern and northern Europe. All of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the
Netherlands, northeastern Germany, Poland, the Baltic States, Finland, and most of
European Russia, down to the middle of the Caucasus, will become covered by ice which
never melts and slowly grows into thicker and thicker sheets which covers everything.
Lying within 10 degrees of the new ice cap, England, Germany, and southeastern Europe will
develop the climate which Iceland has today. Southern France, Italy, Greece, and Turkey
will suffer a climate similar to today's Alaska/Yukon climate. The mountains will sport
very large glaciers in the mountains and they will endure very long, cold winters. Spain
should fare the best, its weather should become rather like today's England.
The New South Pole
The new South Pole should move 25 degrees up Longitude West 140 and come to rest at
Latitude South 65, which is about midpoint between Australia and South America. Australia
and South America will remain virtually the same distance from the center of the South
Pole but Auckland will now be about 15 degrees closer to the South Pole on Latitude South
50. The climate of most of New Zealand will become wetter and colder than present. The
Western Coast of Antarctica will end up in about Latitude 50 which will initiate a
radically different polar regime for the Fifth World. A large portion of the western
region will eventually have a climate similar to the Pacific Northwest. Most likely the
ice sheets will melt over about two thirds of the continent during a period of about 500
to 2000 years.
Phoenix Five F.A.Q. No. 7.
Along The Line Of Maximum Movement Through Europe
We continue with the avalanche scenario for Phoenix Five. In F.A.Q.'s 7 through 15 we
begin to detail the effects for specific areas. The general outline can be found in
Chapter 46 of "The Prophecies" which is the third book in the trilogy of the
"Return of the Phoenix". This section details the flight of the Phoenix in
Europe on its path of maximum motion along Longitude East 40. The Earth Change topics are
arranged generally so that the specific areas can be found in a North to South outline and
within a West To East outline. Areas of concern about which readers of the Phoenix trilogy
have asked are discussed at the appropriate places in this North-South outline.
I encourage the widespread copying and dissemination of this data. I hope that readers
will share it profusely. Please note that this series is COPYRIGHT 2000 by Michael W.
Mandeville and all commercial rights are reserved. All of the parts of the Phoenix Five
F.A.Q.'s may be shared, copied, and printed for non-commercial purposes so long as the
media employed are non-commercial. Readers are encouraged to share this material so long
as they do so without charging money. However, websites and printed media which contain
paid advertising must request permission for reprinting any portion of this series.
The projections are based on clues and statements proffered by Edgar Cayce some 60 years
ago. Using a set of principles of Earth dynamics called "vortex tectonics", the
author has speculatively inferred, using a straightforward scientific methodology, what
Cayce's "shifting of the poles" might entail and what the dangers may be. The
projections may be useful in thinking about how to survive a shift in the pole but they
cannot be taken as an authoritative guideline of exactly what will happen. The author does
not claim any precognitive ability to reliably predict an event in the future and the
author also points out that no human science is known or proven to be capable of making
reliable predictions about a shift in the orientation of the Earth.
Accordingly, when the Phoenix flies....
As it did in 10,500 BC, northern Europe and the Russian Steppes will take one of the
heaviest hits from the Arctic Ocean if the crust avalanches' up Longitude East 40. The
initial flight surge in the water could reach 30 meters (100 feet) or possibly even more
in some areas. This would inundate portions of the northern sector of the Eurasian
Continent by flooding inland for hundreds of kilometers (miles), even possibly for 1600
kilometers (1000 miles) in some places.
Essentially, a great portion of the water and ice in the Arctic Ocean between Canada and
the northern shoreline of Eurasia will end up rolling across Eurasia at 19 km/hour in
depths of 8 to 60 meters (25 to 200 feet) until it can drain off again. This is an
enormous quantity of water (and ice). It will widely and almost completely devastate
northern Eurasia, especially northern Europe. Not much will be left much standing along
the coastal areas. When the water drains off, some Arctic water may actually flow south
through the Black Sea and the Balkans area, and thence out through the Mediterranean. This
flow is likely to devastate all port facilities in the Black Sea and the eastern
Mediterranean area.
Northern Europe
Initial Sea Surges: Any area of northern Europe below 100 meters should be considered
doomed. The surge waters will pile up against Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Norway
and Sweden, which are mostly mountainous, will survive with relatively little damage, but
much of the rest of Scandinavia, eastern Europe, and northern Russia will be devastated by
the flood surges which will flow in through both the North Sea and through Finland. Some
of southern Finland will be over-run by water flowing out of the Arctic Ocean across the
area of Lake Lagoda. The Arctic Ocean could surge southwards as well from Belomorsk to
Pelvozavodsk through a succession of canals and lakes to Yaroslav and then to Nogorod and
Kazan down the Volga to Volgograd. >From there, the surge water could flow into the
Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, with extensive flooding of Kazahkstan. To the west, the
oceanic surges could flow over the Baltic countries, Poland, northern Germany, Denmark,
the Netherlands, northern Belgium, and northern France. These ocean surges will create
extensive flooding up through all of the river valleys and none of northern Europe's ports
and major industries will survive this flooding. The mountains in Norway, Sweden, and
northern Finland offer refuge, as well as southern Belgium, Luxembourg, and central
Germany where the elevation is above 300 meters. Bylorussia, the Moscovy region and much
of the Ukraine is probably safe. Latitude Sea Level Change: After the water recedes from
the surges, the coastlines will be radically altered. The sea level will be radically
lower in the new Europe and thus much new land will appear. The geographical shape of
Europe will be unrecognizable and it is doubtful that the Baltic Sea and a major portion
of the North Sea will survive as bodies or zones of sea water. A good portion of them will
dry up, but an inland Baltic sea may be landlocked for awhile. Eventually the entire area
will become covered by growing sheets of ice as a new polar ice cap begins to become
established. Resultant Climate & Environmental Changes:: Terrible and widespread,
truly a disaster zone as a new polar ice cap establishes itself over the area.
Environmental contamination from human activity will be pervasive and highly destructive
in wide zones of the region. Whatever survives in northern Europe is best advised to
migrate to another continent.
Stockholm and that vicinity
Joshua asks for his friends: I was wondering if there was anything more specific.
Stockholm is at sea level. Sorry, it will completely disappear in the flood surges. Your
friends must find refuge in the mountains of Swedan, or any place which is above 100
meters. Then, after the North Pole is in their back yard, they must migrate. The Far
Eastern portion of Siberia, Canada, Australia, or the Sahara are the best bets for all
Euro peoples.
Vaasa, Finland
(Usko Uusipaikka asks)
Like Stockholm, Vassa will be flooded out. So also will St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Tallin,
Copenhagen, and all of the coastal cities of Scandinavia, which unfortunately are the main
population centers. You must seek refuge at least 100 meters high off the coast. Go inland
into North Central Finland.
Siberia
Initial Sea Surges: The easterly portions of Siberia will probably not fare as badly as
Euro-Russia (west of the Urals) where the flood surges may reach even within 150 km of
Moscow. Much of Siberia will tend to move parallel with the direction of the shoreline and
thus the water will not tend to pile up and surge as deeply as across European Russia.
Since most of the eastern Arctic Sea is relatively shallow, the water cannot stack as
deeply as in other areas. But even so the area just east of the Urals may trap a
significant surge and floods could flow deeply into the interior along the rivers, even as
far as Omsk and the borders of Kazahkstan where the average elevation is still less than
90 meters (270 feet) some 1600 km (1000 miles) from the Arctic Ocean. Any portion of
Siberia under 50 meters should be considered doomed. Any portion of it under 300 meters in
elevation (1000 feet) may be dangerous. Latitude Sea Level Change: The latitude sea level
will increase and could push in the coastlines of Siberia rather substantially in some
areas. Resultant Climate & Environmental Changes: Highly favorable climate changes;
the most eastern tip of Siberia will shift from latitude 65 to about 40. Half of Siberia
could have a climate regime ranging from one like Spain or California to one like British
Columbia. It will probably be a good choice for relocation of displaced populations from
northern Europe and other areas.
Iceland
Initial Sea Surges: Severe but not as bad as northern Europe since Iceland will be moving
at a less direct angle against the water. Since most of Iceland is above 200 meters in
elevation, flooding will probably be confined mainly to severe erosion along the
shorelines. Survival on the shorelines in not possible, not even in the lee. Latitude Sea
Level Change: Not much change. Iceland will stay at about the same latitude while the pole
glides right on past it to take up residence at Archangel. Volcanic & Seismic
Activity: A severe round of long volcanic activism may make daily life on Iceland
problematic. Iceland may be abandoned by most people except for scientific personnel.
Iceland should always be minutely monitored for planetary tectonic signals. Resultant
Climate & Environmental Changes: Very little difference except for the volcanism. If
you like Iceland now and can live with nearly constant volcanic activity in the future,
you will probably still like it.
Greenland
Initial Sea Surges: Relatively minor surging against the western shore. Extreme erosion
along the north shore, the eastern shore is in the lee and thus will move away from the
water. Latitude Sea Level Change: Greenland will move a good 20 degrees into a deeper sea
level. But since Greenland is so mountainous and icebound, probably little land will be
lost except for a relatively thin edge all around it. Existing habitations on the coasts
may be lost. Volcanic & Seismic Activity: New volcanic activity may appear on
Greenland. Resultant Climate & Environmental Changes: The average climate of Greenland
will become rather like the Hudson Bay area is today. The greater portion of its ice
should eventually melt over a period of about 1000 to 2000 years, but it is likely to
sport huge glaciers in many of its mountains for as long as the Fifth World lasts.
England & Ireland
Initial Sea Surges: Major portions of the islands will be swept clean by the flood surges
coming down from the North Sea and through the English Channel. Extreme erosion and
destruction through the English and Irish Channels. All ports gone, all coastal
habitations, gone. Since a third of Ireland is under 76 meters, a third of Ireland may
easily be lost out to sea. Similarly with England, which is one third under 76 meters.
Fortunately there are plenty of hills over 200 meters high scattered throughout Ireland to
provide refuge. Let us hope they are high enough. The high moorlands of Scotland will be
immortalized for a thousand years for the role they play is saving the Brits who have
enough sense to make their way to them. The Pennine Hills and Wales will also provide
refuge. Dress warmly. Latitude Sea Level Change: After the surges flow off, England and
Ireland will likely become as one, landlocked to Europe. Resultant Climate &
Environmental Changes: They will be at about latitude 65, the same as today's Iceland,
which is much too cold and inhospitable to carry on as before. As with northern Europe,
environmental contamination will make many areas undesirable, forcing the final migration
of most of the surviving British and Irish peoples.
Western Coast of Europe
Initial Sea Surges: Extreme surges and rapid erosion against the coast. All ports lost,
extensive flooding up river valleys. Latitude Sea Level Change: Southwestern Spain will
shift to the north about 10 degrees of latitude. Western Europe will suddenly grow new
coastal provinces. Resultant Climate & Environmental Changes: Spain's climate will
become more like the climate of today's England. Paris and Berlin will have climates
similar to today's Iceland.
French side of the Pyrenees, middle region (Toulouse and environment)
(Paul J. Henstra asks)
The entire North side of Spain on the Atlantic will stack a truly impressive quantity of
water up against the Pyrenees. What saves Spain and Portugal in general is that a great
portion of the land is fairly high in elevation. Madrid, Granada, and other major cities
in Spain may serenely ride out the entire flight though major earthquakes in Spain are not
unknown and could pose a serious problem. Avoid masonry and multi-story buildings during
the flight. Toulouse is likewise up high enough to ride out the flight and may be safer
than the Spanish cities.
Spain, Atlantic coast around Cadiz (Paul J. Henstra asks)
On the Atlantic Coast of Spain and Portugal, San Sebastion to La Coruna, all totally gone
from high flood surges. Avoid anything under 300 meters. The same with all cities to
Lisbon and Cadiz but the flood surges should not be nearly as high and an elevation as
little as 100 meters may be safe. Both Lisbon and Cadiz are technically in the
"lee" of motion and this will help save a portion of them but the water will
surge in from the West. Severe damage on the shorelines and anything under 100 feet is
likely to disappear.
Spain, Mediterranean coast around Malaga (Paul J. Henstra asks)
Very difficult to predict. Tsunami action is likely to damage it, not flood surges. Water
will flow up onto North Africa and then recoil in a Tsunami like reaction surge up unto
the Mediterranean coasts of Spain and France. Thus, dangerous, tricky, get off all of
these coasts and up 100 meters. On North Africa, keep going until you are up 300 meters.
Phoenix Five F.A.Q. No. 8.
Through The Mediterranean Sea & Africa
We continue with the avalanche scenario for Phoenix Five on its path of maximum motion
along Longitude East 40 through the Mediterranean Sea and Africa. The general outline can
be found in Chapter 46 of "The Prophecies" which is the third book in the
trilogy of the "Return of the Phoenix". The Earth Change topics are arranged
generally so that the specific areas can be found in a North to South outline and within a
West To East outline. Areas of concern about which readers of the Phoenix trilogy have
asked are discussed at the appropriate places in this North-South outline. I encourage the
widespread copying and dissemination of this data. I hope that readers will share it
profusely. Please note that this series is COPYRIGHT 2000 by Michael W. Mandeville and all
commercial rights are reserved. All of the parts of the Phoenix Five F.A.Q.'s may be
shared, copied, and printed for non-commercial purposes so long as the media employed are
non-commercial. Readers are encouraged to share this material so long as they do so
without charging money. However, websites and printed media which contain paid advertising
must request permission for reprinting any portion of this series.
The projections are based on clues and statements proffered by Edgar Cayce some 60 years
ago. Using a set of principles of Earth dynamics called "vortex tectonics", the
author has speculatively inferred, using a straightforward scientific methodology, what
Cayce's "shifting of the poles" might entail and what the dangers may be. The
projections may be useful in thinking about how to survive a shift in the pole but they
cannot be taken as an authoritative guideline of exactly what will happen. The author does
not claim any precognitive ability to reliably predict an event in the future and the
author also points out that no human science is known or proven to be capable of making
reliable predictions about a shift in the orientation of the Earth.
Accordingly, when the Phoenix flies....
The Mediterranean Coastlines
Initial Sea Surges: As the Earth-Phoenix flies north, the water will surge away from
Europe's southern shores and up onto the northern coast of Africa. Generally the eastern
half of the Mediterranean will experience the worst damage because its shorelines are the
least protected by high banks and rapid elevation gains. All shores with water to the
north will be swept clean by huge surges. Basin reaction waves are probably the largest
danger to the shorelines of southern Europe. When the Sea recoils back off the African
continent a few days later, it is likely to send reflection wave-front surges to bounce
off Europe's southern shores. Doubtless, all shorelines in the Mediterranean should be
considered tricky, unpredictable, and highly dangerous.
Latitude Sea Level Change: The Mediterranean may gradually loose a substantial amount of
water and thus some of its shorelines may expand out to sea for a considerable distance.
All existing ports may gradually become landlocked. The eastern Mediterranean will be the
most affected and its shorelines may no longer be recognizable when portions of the Aegean
Sea drain away. Volcanic & Seismic Activity: Throughout the eastern half of the
Mediterranean Basin there is severe danger from all forms of catastrophic earthquakes and
volcanic activity, including huge explosions. Simultaneous eruptions are possible for a
long period of time from two or three dozen calderas in the region. Resultant Climate
& Environmental Changes: The area will shift about 20 degrees to the north, turning
the current climate into something much closer to today's climate in the Baltic and the
North Sea. Rome may have the climate of Norway's Oslo.
Israel
Initial Sea Surges: As the Earth-Phoenix flies north, the water will flow away from the
southern shores of Turkey and Greece and surge down the coast of Lebanon and Israel up
onto Sinai, the Suez Canal and the northern coast of Africa. There is not enough water
available to damage Israel extensively but even so anything below 50 meters in elevation
should be considered probably doomed. Just to the north of Jerusalem, the Mediterranean
could surge right through Israel into the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea to flood out the
entire central valley area. Tel Aviv may be completely lost and the erosion along the
coast will be severe. Seek refuge on the hilltops and stay away from the shorelines for at
least a month after the perceived end of the flight. Latitude Sea Level Change: Israel may
gain a substantial amount of new coastland as the sea level drops. Volcanic & Seismic
Activity: Severe danger from earthquakes, especially in the low escarpment along which the
Jordan River flows. This is a major transcontinental fault-line and it will probably be
quite active during the flight. Avoid all masonry buildings during the duration of the
flight. This pretty much means what it implies. Camp out the entire time since there is
very little in the Mid-East which is not made from masonry or concrete. DO NOT TRUST
REINFORCED CONCRETE. Resultant Climate & Environmental Changes: The area will shift
about 25 degrees to the north to create a radical change in climate and life style.
Northern Africa
Initial Sea Surges: Northern Africa will literally move into the Mediterranean. Severe
reaction waves will surge extensively over the north African coastal deserts and far up
the river deltas. Reaction waves may course up the Nile to flood the greater portion of
the Nile Valley, perhaps to as far as the Aswan. Most of the delta, if not all of it, will
be scoured by massive sea surges. Cairo could mostly disappear. Similar sea surges in the
Mediterranean destroyed the habitations and conquered vassals of Imperial Atlantis along
the Nile some 12,500 years ago. That destruction enabled the personnel of the Phoenix
Project to take control of lower Egypt at that time to undertake the construction of
Rostau. Latitude Sea Level Change: After the flight surge falls away, the north African
shoreline will move farther out to sea as the Mediterranean Sea drains into other oceans.
The Nile delta may double in size. Volcanic & Seismic Activity: Major earthquakes are
likely. Fall out from volcanoes to the north and the east is a potential hazard. Since a
great portion of Cairo is constructed of masonry which is only weakly reinforced, the
earthquakes will probably reduce most of Cairo into piles of rubble. Resultant Climate
& Environmental Changes: At a new latitude near 55, Cairo's climate will be closer to
today's Moscow. Only those who are forewarned to make their way to the deep south, or wait
out the floods up on the rim of the Nile Valley Cliffs, will survive to experience the new
climate.
Western Coast of Africa
Initial Sea Surges: The shorelines all along the coastline of the huge western bulge of
Africa will be flooded but the water should not stack to any great depth; fast erosional
currents will sweep down the coast and severely damage all ports and deltas. Flooding will
be most severe in Senegal and Guinea where the elevation is typically under 100 meters.
Much of the coastline south of the bulge is well protected from initial surges since most
of it is in the lee of motion and thus much of it will move away from the water. But
severe floods will surge against the desert wastes of Angola's bulge. Latitude Sea Level
Change: Most of Africa will experience a fall away from the equator, thus the shorelines
will fall out to sea along major potions of Africa's coast. Angola will fall into the
equator and all of the area south of it will fall towards the equator. Consequently, the
coastline of Angola and southern Africa will experience losses along their shorelines.
Resultant Climate & Environmental Changes: The great majority of the vast Saharan
Desert will most likely assume the temperate climate which western Europe enjoys today and
thus it may rapidly become known as the Great Saharan Savanna. Because of the immensity of
this region and its sparse population, this region will probably become one of the top
choices for migration from other areas. To the south, the climate of the steamy tropical
Central Congo region may dry up and assume the dry belt weather pattern which has kept the
Sahara an empty desert. All of Africa's famous tropical flora and fauna will have to
migrate to South Africa to regain their proper climatic conditions.
Eastern Coast of Africa
Initial Sea Surges:. Most of the coastline is initially well protected since most of the
coastline will move away from water; waterflow going south through the Strait of
Mozambique will create severe erosion. Latitude Sea Level Change: Some additions to the
existing coastlines through to Somalia are likely. The Red Sea may largely disappear and
much of the coastline associated with the Arabian Peninsula may become unrecognizable.
Loss of land from Mozambique is highly likely because much of it is at a low elevation
under 100 meters and it will be moving towards the equator. Volcanic & Seismic
Activity: Major, long-term, simultaneous eruptions from a number of volcanoes can be
expected to be active up the Great Rift Valley. Expect severe earthquakes the entire
length of eastern Africa.
For Africa As A Whole
Latitude Sea Level Change: All shorelines north of the equator will drop out to sea; the
Cape Verde and Canary Islands should grow in size; the current coastlines south of the
equator will largely disappear permanently and the ocean will intrude all along the coast.
Since Africa has very little shallow offshore "continental margin" on either
side, for the most part its shorelines cannot expand by great distances, only small
distances. Resultant Climate & Environmental Changes: In general terms, the existing
patterns of Africa will be radically mutated. Existing climate bands will travel south by
20 degrees because Africa as a whole will travel directly north by 20 degrees. The
northern portion should be substantially wetter and cooler, turning the Sahara into a
natural garden land.
South Africa
Initial Sea Surges: South Africa is initially well protected, the tip of South Africa is
in the lee of the movement and will move away from the water. Latitude Sea Level Change:
Despite a major fall towards the equator where the sea level will most likely be higher,
most of South Africa is likely high enough in elevation that the sea cannot intrude
significantly on most of the continent. The coastline may change very little except for
the radical loss of the existing shorelands and ports. Resultant Climate &
Environmental Changes: The area will straddle the tropics almost perfectly. The current
climate conditions in the Congo basin should become near the norm in South Africa. Because
it is surrounded on three sides by water, the climate should become very wet and very warm
very Amazonian.
A reader asks, which areas, in South Africa, could be considered safe?
As indicated, any area off the coastline and up several hundred feet.
Phoenix Five F.A.Q. No. 9.
Along The Line Of Maximum Movement Through The Pacific
We continue with the avalanche scenario for Phoenix Five. In this section we begin to
detail the effects for specific areas in the Pacific Basin down Longitude West 140. The
general outline can be found in Chapter 46 of "The Prophecies" which is the
third book in the trilogy of the "Return of the Phoenix". The Earth Change
topics are arranged generally so that the specific areas can be found in a North to South
outline and within a West To East outline. Areas of concern about which readers of the
Phoenix trilogy have asked are discussed at the appropriate places in this North-South
outline.
I encourage the widespread copying and dissemination of this data. I hope that readers
will share it profusely. Please note that this series is COPYRIGHT 2000 by Michael W.
Mandeville and all commercial rights are reserved. All of the parts of the Phoenix Five
F.A.Q.'s may be shared, copied, and printed for non-commercial purposes so long as the
media employed are non-commercial. Readers are encouraged to share this material so long
as they do so without charging money. However, websites and printed media which contain
paid advertising must request permission for reprinting any portion of this series.
The projections are based on clues and statements proffered by Edgar Cayce some 60 years
ago. Using a set of principles of Earth dynamics called "vortex tectonics", the
author has speculatively inferred, using a straightforward scientific methodology, what
Cayce's "shifting of the poles" might entail and what the dangers may be. The
projections may be useful in thinking about how to survive a shift in the pole but they
cannot be taken as an authoritative guideline of exactly what will happen. The author does
not claim any precognitive ability to reliably predict an event in the future and the
author also points out that no human science is known or proven to be capable of making
reliable predictions about a shift in the orientation of the Earth.
Accordingly, when the Phoenix flies...
The crust of the Earth will turn in a great arc straight down West 140 in the Pacific to
create some of the most catastrophic Changes In The Earth. The coastlines in the great arc
of the northern half of the Pacific Ocean will plunge rapidly into an almost unlimited
supply of water where truly deep water is usually not far from the land. This great arc,
as well as some of the other continental coastlines on the Pacific Rim, will be driven
directly into the ocean along a broad front. As they shove the water to the south they
will create massive pile-ups and surges of water which may reach 100 meters (300 hundred
feet) or even higher in some areas. Possibly much higher, depending upon the rate of speed
of the flight.
In northern Europe, where the Arctic Ocean is relatively small and shallow, the potential
depth of the water surges over Europe are constrained by the limited supply of water. But
there are virtually no limitations in supply throughout most of the Pacific. There is very
little constraint on how deep the water can pile up against the northern shorelines of the
Pacific Rim. There is more than enough water to push a deep broadside of ocean water
completely across all of the continents which border it, if the force vectors are strong
enough and the reactions are fast enough. The determining factors which will shape the
depth of the surges are mainly speed, distance, the angle of movement, and the length of
the front.
In general, the flat islands (coral atolls) in the Pacific will be scoured so thoroughly
they may disappear completely. But the islands in the South Pacific with mountains or
volcanoes in their centers will likely survive. Typically the volcanic islands are small
in breadth but high in elevation. They will not form enough of a barrier to pile the water
to such a great depth that they are completely submerged.
Hawaii
Initial Sea Surges:. The Hawaiian Islands are only 20 degrees away from the Maximum Line
of Motion which is nearly the same as being directly on it. The Isles will move directly
against the water and surges of water from the south will scour most traces of human
habitation off the coastlines of the islands. In general, the northern side of an island
will be the lee side and this will be the most protected area. The southern side will be
like the bow of a ship and like the bow of a ship moving through the ocean, the water will
surge up along the sides of the bow. The surges up along the leading edges should easily
overflow some of the land and extremely rapid erosion will occur and eat away the land.
The Hawaiian Islands will continue throughout the flight of the Earth-Phoenix to plunge
more deeply into the water. Unless the existing population seeks the high ground almost
immediately after the onset of the flight, they are likely to be washed out to sea.
Latitude Sea Level Change: Hawaii will end up very nearly on the equator and thus all the
islands will lose their existing shorelines and most of the islands will become smaller.
Volcanic & Seismic Activity: Severe. It will be a rough ride. Many areas of the Big
Island may be badly overcome by violent volcanic activity far beyond known historical
norms. Resultant Climate & Environmental Changes: Most of Hawaii will become smaller
and more tropical but the Big Island is likely to get even bigger. If a substantial
portion of the population survives, most must migrate or starve to death. Unfortunately,
no one on the continents may be in a position to assist them.
Melanesia & Polynesia
Initial Sea Surges:. The movement and action will be as on the Hawaiian Islands. Most of
the Melanesian and Polynesian Islands will suffer the same scouring fate as the Hawaiian
Islands but most of the damage to them will occur during the first half of the flight.
These islands will move out of the water as they move away from the equator. Accordingly
the initial surges should begin to abate even before the flight has ended. Even so, almost
all habitations will be lost. Survival is possible only up the flanks of the volcanoes.
Latitude Sea Level Change: Since almost all of the Melanesian and Polynesian Islands are
below the equator and will be moving substantially further to the south, they are all
likely to be larger in size after the flight is finished. Volcanic & Seismic Activity:
EXTREMELY SEVERE DANGER on all of the volcanic islands. There is no such thing as a dead
volcano during the flight of the Earth-Phoenix. Since many of these may be erupting, there
may be a severe loss of life throughout the Pacific Islands as refugees from the oceanic
surges seek refuge on the sides of volcanoes which begin to violently erupt.. Resultant
Climate & Environmental Changes: Melanesia and Polynesia will become more like Hawaii
is today.
Phoenix Five F.A.Q. No. 10.
The Phoenix Over Western North America
We continue now with the avalanche scenario for Phoenix Five. In this section we begin to
detail the effects for specific areas on the western side of the North American Continent.
The general outline can be found in Chapter 46 of "The Prophecies" which is the
third book in the trilogy of the "Return of the Phoenix". The Earth Change
topics are arranged generally so that the specific areas can be found in a North to South
outline and within a West To East outline. Areas of concern about which readers of the
Phoenix trilogy have asked are discussed at the appropriate places in this North-South
outline.
I encourage the widespread copying and dissemination of this data. I hope that readers
will share it profusely. Please note that this series is COPYRIGHT 2000 by Michael W.
Mandeville and all commercial rights are reserved. All of the parts of the Phoenix Five
F.A.Q.'s may be shared, copied, and printed for non-commercial purposes so long as the
media employed are non-commercial. Readers are encouraged to share this material so long
as they do so without charging money. However, websites and printed media which contain
paid advertising must request permission for reprinting any portion of this series.
The projections are based on clues and statements proffered by Edgar Cayce some 60 years
ago. Using a set of principles of Earth dynamics called "vortex tectonics", the
author has speculatively inferred, using a straightforward scientific methodology, what
Cayce's "shifting of the poles" might entail and what the dangers may be. The
projections may be useful in thinking about how to survive a shift in the pole but they
cannot be taken as an authoritative guideline of exactly what will happen. The author does
not claim any precognitive ability to reliably predict an event in the future and the
author also points out that no human science is known or proven to be capable of making
reliable predictions about a shift in the orientation of the Earth.
Before beginning the sketch of the avalanche scenario for North America we answer this
question:
Oregon
Kay asks. I'm soon putting my place up for sale. Might go to Oregon but don't feel too
safe about that area. I'm looking forward to learning WHERE you would recommend as safe
areas.
You are right about Oregon. Highly risky in many areas but the Southwestern portion of
Oregon through to the Northern portion of California WEST of the Cascade Volcanoes is
good, from Roseburg in Oregon to Red Bluff in California. The coastline is another story,
as the avalanche scenario will reveal.
For general safety areas in North America (as requested by Kay)
In a quick thumbnail, the Rocky Mountain Cordillera is good and stable, with the singular
exception of the weak zone from the mouth of the Colorado River to Las Vegas through the
Great Salt Lake and Yellowstone. This means a huge region from roughly the Mogollon Rim in
Arizona and New Mexico through Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, most of
British Columbia except along the coast and the Fraser River, Alberta, and the Yukon is
reasonably safe for the most part though exceptions can be pointed out in many areas. On
the eastern side, safe regions include West and Central Texas above the escarpment which
goes down into the Caribbean Basin, western portions of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska,
Indiana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Michigan (except near the Great Lakes), Alberta, and most
of Saskatchewan. Portions of Manitoba are likely safe but it has so much surface area in
lakes that it would drive me crazy trying to figure them out. Cayce indicated eastern
Canada and the Ohio/Pennsylvania area are also safety lands, along with Virginia Beach.
The entire complex related to the Appalachian Mountains from Newfoundland to Atlanta would
thus appear to be a stable area, though the extreme southern end is unstable and should be
avoided. That leaves a lot of safe territory. Certain areas are doomed however, and these
are detailed below.
Accordingly, when the Phoenix flies...
Alaska
Alaska will move directly to the south into the deepest of Pacific waters for the full
distance of the shift in the pole. Since there is virtually no limit to how much water can
pile up and surge against Alaska and along the long coastline of British Columbia, ocean
waters may pile up higher here against the rugged, mountainous coastline than anywhere
else on the Earth. The Pacific Ocean will pile up and surge along the long coast of North
America from as far as California alongside the so-called Alaskan Panhandle and up from
throughout the entire great Gulf of Alaska directly onto and probably even over many of
the coastal mountains of the Great Alaskan Peninsula. Extremely rapid erosion will scour
everything and totally devastate the coastlines. Doubtless the water surges will be the
very worst at about where Alaska's coastline begins to run east to west, at Yakutat Bay
where the world famous Malaspina Glacier is located almost dead center on Longitude West
140. It is doubtful that the water will leave anything in this area below 300 meters (1000
feet) and that figure may be optimistic. The ocean may even surge up the vast delta of the
Yukon deeply into the continent all the way to Fairbanks. When the surge is over, the
entire Great Alaskan Peninsula will have dropped in latitude so severely that the new sea
level could be a few hundred meters (several hundred feet) higher than it is currently.
The mountainous plateau in the Yukon is an Alaskan's best bet until the ride is over.
Initial Sea Surges: Possible total devastation up to 300 meters (1000 feet). Latitude Sea
Level Change: A major change, it may raise by 100 meters (hundreds of feet) or even more.
The coastline, especially in the Arctic, will become unrecognizable. Volcanic &
Seismic Activity: EXTREMELY SEVERE. All of coastal Alaska going out west from the
panhandle is extremely dangerous. Except for Japan, there is probably nowhere which is as
dangerous as the southern coast of the Alaskan Peninsula. Resultant Climate &
Environmental Changes: A radical shift in climate. A shift of nearly 25 degrees will make
the climate of Alaska's North Slope (Arctic Coast) very similar to the climate in present
day Oregon. After the rough ride and crash landing, Alaska will be a beautiful place to
live with a very temperate, easy climate.
In general, the remainder of the west coast of North and Central America will suffer some
of the same fate as Alaska, though the effects generally will not be so severe and they
will vary greatly depending upon the orientation and latitude of the coastline. The North
American coast, from British Columbia to Panama, dips into the Pacific Ocean at an
irregular angle which varies radically. Much of its motion will be at various oblique
angles to the water. This will make for effects which will vary widely from one zone of
the coast to another.
Central America & Mexico
Initial Sea Surges: In Central America the predominant orientation of the land from
Columbia to Baja California is east-west. As this area falls to the south the coastline
will hit the Pacific broadside. As with Alaska, huge flood surges will pile up. These
surges are likely to send Pacific water flowing right up and over Central America into the
Caribbean through multiple locations over Panama and even over portions of Nicaragua.
Along the western coast, the surges will devastate the greater portion of Central America
and western Mexico except high up along the slopes of the mountains and the volcanoes.
Since the volcanoes are likely to be eruptive, they will not provide safe harbor. Latitude
Sea Level Change: This may be severely intrusive since most of Central America will
straddle the Equatorial Standing Wave within five degrees of the equator. The western
coast will move into the highest possible water levels. It is possible that portions of
Panama will disappear entirely along with other major portions of Central America. South
and North America may be permanently separated by a relatively shallow sea, perhaps by as
much as a hundred kilometers or more. Volcanic & Seismic Activity: This is a volatile
part of the Ring of Fire and it is the Carib Plate, one of the world's most active; severe
danger throughout the area. Resultant Climate & Environmental Changes: A shift from
Tropical to Equatorial.
Western Mexico, Baja California & Arizona
Initial Sea Surges: Some of Baja California may simply disappear forever after the
formation of the initial surges. Radical flooding throughout western Mexico. The water
will surge far up the Colorado River and scour portions of eastern California and western
Arizona. Latitude Sea Level Change: The latitude shift towards the equator may
substantially raise the sea level. The resulting coastline will be unrecognizable. It may
extend so far as to very nearly make Phoenix a seaport on the "Gulf of the Grand
Canyon". Phoenix Arizona is most probably the largest western city in North America
which will survive since all of the other larger metropolitan areas are on the Pacific
coast. Volcanic & Seismic Activity: Severe seismic damage likely. Major damage from
Pacific coastal volcanism is possible in the interior areas which are downwind of it.
Resultant Climate & Environmental Changes: Due to the cartwheeling motion of North
America down into the Pacific, the Tropic of Cancer will move up to near Eugene in Oregon.
The new Gulf of the Grand Canyon will be definitely tropical, similar in climate to
today's Nicaragua.
California
Initial Sea Surges: North America as a whole will cartwheel obliquely down into the
Pacific. The long California coastline will dip into the ocean at nearly a 45 degree
angle, enough to cause huge surges which move progressively to the north. This angle is
less severe than in Mexico and Central America, but even so this angle will stack a huge
volume of water against its coastline even while huge volumes of water are deflected to
the north to create devastation along the northern coastline in the Pacific Northwest and
Alaska. Huge surges of water will spill over all coastal lands of Southern California from
San Diego to the Hollywood Hills. It will eventually splash through into San Fernando
Valley but the rim formed by the San Bernardino Mountains should leave the Mojave Plateau
safe from floods if not from earthquakes and volcanic activity. From Santa Monica through
to Monterrey in the north, the coastal mountains may hold the ocean against their steep
sides but at Monterrey severe encroachments will begin and at San Francisco there is
little which will resist its total encroachment into the fabulous Central Valley of
California. The water will surge into the Central Valley though San Francisco Bay to
deluge everything in the interior of California all the way to Bakersfield in the south to
perhaps as far as Red Bluff in the north. Only the large coastal hills of California and
the slopes of the Sierra Nevada's will provide refuge. Latitude Sea Level Change: Because
of California's shift in latitude by about 20 degrees to the south, the water may not
recede much after the flood surges. All but the mountain areas and the major chains of
high hills along the coast may largely disappear into a large shallow sea. Along the
current coast, a myriad of small islands may remain from the tops of the Pacific Coast
Mountains. Volcanic & Seismic Activity: Severe and omnipresent. Resultant Climate
& Environmental Changes: California's climate will become tropical.
Pacific Northwest
Initial Sea Surges: From about San Francisco through to northern Oregon, the coastline is
boundaried once again by high hills and the entire coastline more nearly parallels the
major line of movement of the crust. Rather than pile up large flood surges, the coastline
is likely to channel the water against its steep coastal mountains towards the north. But
eventually the water will find enough entrance to surge into Oregon's Willamette Valley
and flood out once again into the ancient floodplains of the Pacific Northwest from Eugene
or Corvallis through to Vancouver in Canada. These huge flood plains, which were created
by a multitude of streams and rivers (and glaciation during the Third World), were left
neatly leveled and graded for some 800 kilometers (500 miles) by the flood surges of
Phoenix Four. The waters of Phoenix Five will flow through it all once again and relevel
all of it. Early on in the flight, a huge tidal surge will commence to reverse the flows
of the mighty Columbia and Fraser Rivers and the depth of the incoming tide will continue
to rise throughout the entire flight pushing far back upstream into the interior of the
continent. At some point the ocean water pushed north from California will surge in a 30
to 60 meter tide through Portland, Longview, Centralia, Grey's Harbor, and across western
Washington and through Olympia into the southern Puget Sound. In the north, the water will
surge thought the Straits of Juan De Fuca in ever increasing quantities to course over and
through Seattle, Tacoma, and Vancouver. The surges will eventually pour over Whidbey
Island and flood all of the farm lands of the Puget Sound Basin. Hundreds of towns and
cities will be eroded away by the fast rising currents of the surge. As with Southern
California and the Central Valley of California, not a city west of the Cascades in these
young flood plains will remain above the water. No trace of them may be left. Latitude Sea
Level Change: As with the entire coastline of North America, there is likely to be a
permanent radical incursion of the sea and much loss of land. Many islands will be lost
but there will be many new islands. Western Washington may become one large island formed
by the Olympic Peninsula with many other small islands scattered around it. Washington's
ocean beaches will be alongside the Cascades at such places as Snoqualmie Falls.
Eventually new port centers will emerge on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains,
perhaps in areas like Yakima or Walla W