If you need 2012 anxiety relief, seehttp://www.hulu.com/watch/215030/the-pyramid-code-a-new-chronology#s-p1-so-i0The Mayan piece starts ~11:40, but best to watch the entire program.

I'm 7 minutes into this video and I'm already embarrassed by the lack of scientific integrity for this video. I can understand hyping stuff up for ratings and being a little misleading and then clarifying later to be sensationalist, but talking about the polar ice caps moving and the equator moving is blatant disregard for what pole shift is.First, pole shift refers to the shifting of the MAG. poles, NOT the geo. poles. There would be no movement of the geo. poles (and ice caps, equator, etc) during a magnetic reversal. The geo. poles DO move during high energy events such as strong earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and bolide collisions. But the movement is very very small on the order of inches or feet. There is just way too much energy in the rotational momentum of the earth for anything but the largest bolide impacts to alter it significantly, and if that were the case we would have bigger things to worry about such as the crust being punctured and probably melting globally.Second, a quick reversal of the mag. poles, while probably impossible, would be BETTER for us than a slow reversal over thousands of years. During a reversal, usually multiple weaker poles would develop and slowly migrate across the earth, leaving more areas where the solar wind would be stronger over the earth. Magnetic poles are like weak spots in the magnetic armor of the earth that protects us from the solar wind. A quick reversal where the north magnetic pole aligns to the south geographic pole and vice versa would be better for us.Finally, there isn't really anything to worry about with a magnetic pole reversal. They're incredibly slow events and the biggest worry would be slightly stronger solar radiation and less protection from solar storms. But this would mostly just interfere with our technology a bit and MAYBE cause higher incidence of skin cancer, but doubtful as that has more to do with the ozone layer, not the magnetosphere. I expect better Nat Geo.