Travelers headed out of Florida may face a few delays this month as Federal Aviation Administration officials do a little construction on the city’s airports to accommodate the earth’s ever-shifting northern magnetic field, which has now moved a slight 40 miles closer to Russia.
Since airplane navigation systems rely on that magnetic field, Tampa’s International Airport will close its main runway until Jan. 13th, and others there will be adjusted throughout the month. The city’s less significant Peter O. Knight strip also faces field-related renovations.
It’s an unprecedented development, and in fact so rare that FAA spokesman Paul Takemoto told Fox News’ Jeremy A. Kaplan, “It happens so infrequently that they wouldn’t venture a guess [how often runways are shifted].”
He continued, “In fact, you’re the first journalist to ever ask me about it.” No other airports will immediately be impacted, if at all.
Rarity or not, plenty of conspiracy theorists will attribute this seemingly earth-shattering event to 2012, when the world’s, you know, supposed to implode or something, thus finally giving today’s social and political hysteria some meaning.
Until then, let’s all place bets on how long until foreign policy expert Sarah Palin, who infamously said she could see Russia from her house, starts claiming the magnetic field as her own private runway to nowhere.
January 07, 2011 at 8:23 pm, Redbert2007 said:
http://answers.yahoo.com/quest…
“”GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?
PALIN: They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.
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January 07, 2011 at 9:12 pm, Lazydayz said:
Why the sarcasm about Sarah Palin? It is irrelevant to the article.