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Europe
Where the inland lake or sea lies over a fault line, the change of waves generated by a sudden drop in the sea floor is also present. Thus, the Mediterranean will present those along its shores with the same precarious state as those along the Atlantic or other oceans.
Anticipate being 200 feet above sea
level and 100 miles from shore, to be safe, and where near active or
even inactive volcanoes, anticipate that exploding volcanoes will
not be a safe place to be when attempting to escape tidal waves.
Where India will become the new South Pole, lands nearby can expect to move from the near equatorial climate they experience now to severe cold such as Siberia and northern Canada experience. Jolting earthquakes from the nearby fault lines adjusting to the effect of having a moving crust come to a crunching halt will take its toll on Turkey, but as this part of the world is experiencing a stretch, rather than compression, there will be no hot earth or subducting land to be a concern. In addition, these lands ride high so will escape the rising waters from melting poles.
Those unprepared for a sudden drop in
temperature will be the worst off, both from the standpoint of
clothing and agricultural practices.
The Crimea will experience approximately the same climate after the shift as before, the former west now the south, the former east now the new north. The most serious problem the Crimea will face during and after the pole shift will be volcanic dust from the Balkan region and Etna, which will blanket the area with thick dust clouds, making outdoor gardening impossible and poisoning the water.
The Crimea, surrounded on most sides by water, is also vulnerable to sea level changes, including influx from the melting poles which will cause the oceans of the world to rise over 650 feet above their current levels. Due to the forcible thrust of the India/Australian plate under the Himalayas, there will be some lifting of the land affecting even the Crimeans, so some land will remain above sea level even after the poles have melted.
However, this will likely be a series of
islands, not continuous land, compounding the problems facing any
survivors who will be less able to wander to more hospitable lands.
Greece and the Greek Islands are idyllic now, a favorite vacation spot in the tranquil waters of the Mediterranean, but the history of Crete and Thera say this has not always been so. The Mediterranean is traversed with fault lines, and where most simply ooze or go dormant between pole shift times, under the influence of a roiling core and lurching crust, explode. This shift will be no different.
Where the Mediterranean will be under a stretch, the Red Sea expected to rip open further between its shores, such stretching and ripping is not simply a release of tension. Stretch a rubber band until it breaks and there is a snap back when the tension releases. In a similar manner, this snap back in land under the Mediterranean will result in trapped lava exploding upward through volcanoes now thought inactive.
Add to this the sloshing of the water, which will wash over small islands and an land protruding into the seas, and survival of the shift itself in Greece seems tenuous. Greece will suffer under volcanic eruptions, but will not be totally uninhabitable. Tidal waves from the sloshing Mediterranean must be considered, especially along the shores and on islands, many of which may be over-washed entirely.
We would advise those who want certainty
of survival to move inland into the Alps, returning to their
homelands only days after the shift. Volcanic activity, which will
continue for decades and sometimes even for centuries, will make
open-air agriculture difficult if not impossible. Fishing skills
will be much needed among survivors, and where boats moored in
Greece likely to be dashed to pieces during the shift, they can be
rebuilt and fishing as an occupation restarted.
Many small countries stretching east of Italy will find themselves distressed during the pole shift, due to the volatility of the volcanoes in Italy that will explode during the plate movements that accompany the pole shift. The Alps were built during such plate movements, and Italy is in the subduction zone.
Adjustments in plate positioning made
around the world will be felt in this region. Land lying to the east
of Italy will thus find themselves in the path of heavy volcanic
dust.
The countries of the old Yugoslavia will find themselves once again in a bad spot, this time not due to war and strife, the heavy hand of dictators, but natural forces. The population will be blocked from migrating, as these blockades have already been put into place during the wars caused by Serbian aggression. The population already suffers from poor crops, also due to the wastage caused by the Serbs, and will thus suffer doubly under the crop shortages in the years leading into the shift.
Where much of the country lies well enough above sea level to remain above water after the polar melt, volcanic gloom, lack of clean water, and the endless aggression from would-be dictators that afflict the region will make this any but a war zone, this time over any supplies or food that a survivor might possess.
We would advise all who wish to set up
survival settlements to relocate, if possible, well before the
shift. If this is not possible, plan a stealthy migration after the
shift into the mountains of Europe.
Though east and west will change
positions, the mountains that stretch from the Alps will buffer the
winds, so that the volcanic dust will flow over these hapless lands
for many years after the shift. This will poison what little
drinking water exists, leaving the alternative the brackish water
rising due to the melting poles. Add to this the history of
brutality and violence against one’s neighbor that has been in place
for centuries in these locales, and the picture is not pretty.
The foothills and mountains to the east
of the Balkans, and inactive volcanoes, have not experienced
problems during recent prior shifts, nor will they this time. It is
safer to move to the East, as this also removes one from the larger
volcanoes in the Mediterranean, which will blow toward what is now
south afterwards, which will become the new east. However, any trip
east it a bit further into a colder climate in the Aftertime.
Living on the Danube, which will flood extensively during the deluges that accompany the shift, Belgrade will find itself scoured clean in parts of the city and soggy in other parts. The high winds, to hurricane force, that accompany the shift pick up great amounts of water when passing over the oceans and due to rapid rising and falling air currents this water condenses suddenly into an astonishing amount of rainfall in a short time.
Combining this with mountain ranges with
established drainages such as the Danube, and roaring flood waters,
rivers bursting their banks and creating what seem like an sea or
lake on the move, can occur. During the shift itself, staying high
enough to avoid such flooding is advised.
War torn Sarajevo will find itself once again the focus of attention, as those on the coastline seek shelter from volcanic eruptions in the Mediterranean by going inland, and those inland seek to escape the rising water from polar melt encroaching inland by migrating to the mountains along the coast.
This is not a happy situation, and in Sarajevo, which bears the scares from conflicts between Muslims and Christians, these conflicts over where, if anywhere, there is safety will intensify. We predict, however, that those of good heart who survived the past conflicts will prevail, and become leaders in the region. The lesson has been learned that sitting at the side and not becoming involved results in atrocities.
Thus, positioned to take advantage of
seafaring fishing on the new coastlines the melting poles will
create, Sarajevo may become an example to other European cities in
survival in spite of all odds!
Hungary lies within several mountain ranges, which will shelter it from waves in the sloshing oceans and seas, and from the howling winds which occur during the shift itself. The land has rich soil and intelligent people, and thus they will pick up the pieces and try to start life anew. In addition, being situated along the new equator, much further south than the situation today, the climate will be pleasant.
Hungary’s largest
problem will be its very advantages, as survivors in other nearby
areas migrate away from the rising polar melt and devastated coastal
cities.
Czechoslovakia is a land-bound country which will find itself criss-crossed by frantic survivors who are seeking a better life elsewhere after the shift. Those in the lowlands in what is now the north will travel south to the mountains as the poles melt and the oceans steadily inundate.
Boats will wash up on what will become the shores of Czechoslovakia. Those to what is now the south will likewise migrate, seeking escape from the gloom that volcanic ash imposes on the landscape. They will all be looking for a better spot, and none will be available. Meeting in Czechoslovakia, and learning that all other directions are just as hopeless as the one they came from, there is likely to be despondency and a sense of hopelessness.
Survivors are advised to prepare for
this emotional climate with clear-cut instructions to newcomers on
how life in survivor settlements proceeds. Thus led like children,
the newcomers may adjust and become good neighbors.
Those in the country will look for leadership from Prague, which of course will not have answers to the crisis anymore than the country folk. However, there is likely among those living in the area to be a pulling together, rather than a polarization of classes.
As the poles melt and survivors in lowland
areas elsewhere move to high ground, they will wash up upon Prague’s
shores, a problem for those who have managed to establish
settlements in the Aftertime.
Wroclaw, Poland, nestled in the foothills, will find itself with choices after the shift. With a more temperate climate, facing the new equator, and the ocean lapping at its feet, it can utilize fishing to feed its populace and the stragglers that arrive at its door, escaping the rising waters from the melting poles.
These adjustments will not come easy to
the existing residents, who will question the change in diet, the
need to feed strangers, and the lack of guidance during such
changing times from the government and church. What to do during
those long gloomy days that will last for decades after the shift?
Debate!
The lowlands of Germany suffer from inundations both during the tidal waves that will assault the coast and as a result of melting poles. Inland, in the high land, there will be many safe areas. Those in Germany would do best to take a middle ground between the inundations from the Coast and mountain building in the Alps.
The foothills are safest during the shift itself, as they are shielded from volcanic eruptions from the south by the mountain ranges between them, and will not take the rough ride that those directly in the Alps might experience during the rapid mountain building that will take place during the hour of the shift. After the shift, during the next two years when melting poles are evident, movement into the high ground is advised.
Anticipating that the sea will be
closer, and will have abundant kelp and fish due to the high
incidence of carbon dioxide in the air, fishing for food should be
part of the plan.
Other countries such as Czechoslovakia which also have mountainous territory will likewise be inundated, but depending on the reputation of the country will be considered inviting or not. Where the lands were formerly held by productive and efficient people, such as Germany has, and has hosted workers from many lands due to economic booms, these places will be remembered as welcoming.
Germany’s reputation, thus, will doom it
to be remembered as a place to migrate to, with the potential of
finding shiploads of survivors on the horizon.
Situated on the beautiful Rhine river, residents of Bonn will find their placid river changing character rapidly during the hour of the shift. Low lying lands such as the Netherlands will be completely inundated during the sloshing of the Atlantic that will occur during and for some hours after the shift.
Water on the move tends to keep moving
as long as the impediments in its way are simply gently rising
lands, and can climb far about the sea level expected to stop a
slosh when a gentle rise or water way is the avenue. Thus, the Rhine
will not only flow backwards during these times, it will inundate
the surrounding countryside until all is under water except the
occasional high point.
Thus, those who would survive should
plan to be well upland into the foothills or mountains, or have an
escape to the highest land points in their general area, and expect
competition from crowds of wet and highly frightened stragglers
likewise seeking to get above the water level.
Berlin lies in the lowlands of Germany, which will be inundated within two years following the pole shift due to the melting of the existing poles which will raise the sea level above its current level by 650-700 feet. During the shift itself, water rushing into the Baltic Sea during the sloshing of the Atlantic, and slow to drain back out due to the relatively narrow straits, will cause flooding of any lowlands along the Baltic Sea.
Berlin will find a flood tide rolling in, and stagnant for days. The effect of putting cities not used to flooding nor designed for this under water for long periods is that soil melts under foundations and building otherwise sound suddenly slide when underwater mudslides take place.
No roof can thus be
considered safe or secure, and boats and rescue should be part of
the plan for those resigned to ride out the shift in Berlin.
Munich is in a delightful location for both the shift itself and the Aftertime. Being within the foot-hills of the Alps, and not along any rivers likely to flood, the city will be relatively high and dry during the shift, with the greatest worry high winds and shattering infrastructure and buildings.
As with all cities or large structures, residents are advised to remain away from buildings that might fall or crumble and crush them, moving into the countryside for the hour of the shift and returning with caution until earthquake damage can be ascertained. Where Munich is a land-bound city at present, in the Aftertime it will be closer to the shoreline and could take advantage of ocean fishing.
Would be survivors might plan on this,
acting as a modern day Noah in ship building or preparations, if
they can resist the ridicule of the present day skeptics.
Austria is a beautiful country today, high in the mountains and with easy access to the Mediterranean not far to the south.
However, these very attractions will make Austria
a cross-roads after the shift, when those to the north where the
melting poles have forced water steadily inland will move south as
they try to escape, and those to the south will try to escape the
line of volcanoes in or bordering the Mediterranean by moving north.
They will meet in Austria.
A bit close to the coastal tidal waves, which will not be limited by height when they have nowhere else to go. May be a bit wet and unsafe for those not prepared for a washout to sea.
Where land bordering the Atlantic must adjust to:
The lowlands of France are in a direct line to this surging of the Atlantic, not buffered, and will pass these great flood tides along to Switzerland, unimpeded. It is the first few ravines this flood tide encounters which experience tidal bore, and these are likely to be in the Alps bordering France, where the inflowing water has not encountered another impediment to its flow.
Since the waters of the Mediterranean will also slosh, there can be a clash of water under pressure at the point they are likely to meet, again at the high land of Switzerland. Residents are advised to move inland away from the ravines that could experience tidal bore under these circumstances, into areas where such bores will be countered and blocked and thus diminished in intensity.
Switzerland will be well above the waves
in the Aftertime, so survivors returning to their homes after the
hour of the shift will find themselves positioned to take up ocean
fishing on their new island home.
The Alps tower high, and due to the general stretching that will take place in lands on all sides, rather than compression, mountain building will occur. The Alps have steadily grown during the periodic cataclysmic geological changes that pole shifts produce, due to the nearness of the fault line that runs through the Mediterranean.
Where the Atlantic widens, stretching the lands in western Europe away from the Alps, and where the African Rift Valley pulls Arabia away from the African mainland, it would seem that anything but mountain building would occur in the Alps. But just as ripping cloth causes wrinkles just above the top of the rip, the separating Rift Valley in Africa causes pressure in the Mediterranean on either side of the rift.
Thus, land is pushed up, north of the
Mediterranean and into the Alps, to relieve the stress west of the
Rift Valley, as land along the plate edge to the east of the Rift
Valley is sliding along as well as subducting under, the Eurasian
Plate.
Italy has several strikes against it during the coming pole shift, which will be more severe than the dozens of pole shift cycles leading up to the present. It rides atop or next to many fault lines. It is home to large volcanoes known to go off like fire crackers during pole shifts. It is a narrow peninsula poking into a sea which will slosh, repeatedly, during the shift.
Thus, unless one were well up into the mountains on the mainland, survival would be tenuous and more the result of luck than planning. Plan on water washing over the entire peninsula. Plan on hot ash landing hundreds of miles from the large volcanoes which Italy is host to, and the possibility of new volcanoes oozing lava from places not yet known to man.
Even on the mainland, unless one is more
than 100 miles inland and well above 200 feet, one will find tidal
bore and clashing waters forcing water up into ravines and even
climbing cliffs. Italy is a country destined to suffer during the
coming cataclysms, and those who would survive are advised to move,
returning only after the shift.
Rome is more than a major city in Italy, it is the center of the Catholic Church. But the member of this church will not learn of the devastation that will befall this city during the pole shift, as communications worldwide will be disrupted and not reinstated - no TV stations broadcasting, no regular radio broadcasts, no newspapers carrying anything but local news, and no travel by air due to broken airports and planes and lack of fuel, and not likely to be any travel by sea for the same reasons.
Thus, the Church will become what is it for the local community, and nothing more. Rome is situated, as with the rest of Italy, on a peninsula dominated by active volcanoes, surrounded in the Mediterranean by fault lines and additional volcanoes likely to become active, and subject to wave assaults on both sides of the peninsula. As with the legends of Pompeii and the island of Santorini, cities close to volcanic eruptions are buried in hot ash, the hapless residents entombed in postures of horror.
Earthquakes will rack Rome, brining down
all that has been built since the last pole shift, so the city will
be unrecognizable to those seeking it in the future. Those who would
survive are advised to leave the peninsula that is Italy, and seek
safer ground high in the mountains of the mainland.
Islands in the Mediterranean, which will slosh during the shift like any large body of water, will be run over with waves, often arriving from different directions at once and clashing on top of the island, the roiling water sweeping any hapless humans clinging to high points away, washing the islands clean.
Where water assaulting coastlines comes from a single direction, where a coastal river empties and is subject to flooding from torrential rains, there is this clash of water. But small islands such as those in the Mediterranean will find they are on occasion in the middle of a clash.
When water has no where to go, it goes
up, to a degree that would astonish mankind not witness to such a
cataclysm during their lifetimes or much in their written history.
Those who witnessed this behavior of water in the past, drown.
Where ordinarily above the waves, when the waves get larger, Spain will find that land once considered safe is no longer so. During the hour of the shift, stretching of the Atlantic will pull Spain down some 50 feet, so that the coastlines will find flooding and high tides, and water flowing inland along rivers.
Many will flee to the mountains in northern Spain, but due to the stretch the Atlantic will undergo, this land will sink, and those flocking there will be living on top of each other after the shift with nowhere else to go. They will find themselves perched on islands, staring across an expanse of water to toward the Alps, also crowded with desperate people who crawled there as the lowlands disappeared under the rising sea level, and to toward Africa, the better choice for migrating to a place less crowded.
Due to its relatively high land mass,
Africa will be almost entirely above sea level even after the poles
melt and the sea level rise some 650-700 feet, worldwide.
Madrid will find in horror that the oceans and seas surrounding Spain have come to them, sloshing up through ravine and rivers first from one side and then another, and at times from both directions at once, as sloshing in a body of water depends upon its size and depth.
Confusion will abound, especially in
those who did not learn of the pending shift, with residents likely
to scramble to the nearest hill or roof top and find themselves
over-washed with water later. Safety is to be found in the highest
mountains of northern Spain, away from the cross flow of water.
Portugal, stretched out along the Atlantic, will find itself subject to various assaults during the week of rotation stoppage and the hour of the shift. During rotation stoppage, with the Atlantic put into a stretch before it tears along the Atlantic Rift, Portugal will find itself with higher tides and flooding inland where rivers normally flow out, reversing the tide.
During the hour of the shift, water resisting the movement of the crust will seem to flow rapidly past the shores of Portugal, moving from the Polar Circle toward Brazil, which will be moving up toward the North Pole position. Rushing water is subject to tidal bore to an extent than most of mankind would not even contemplate possible, and can rush up mountain ravines and even over mountain ranges thousands of feet high.
Those who would survive are advised to
migrate into the high mountains in Spain for the shift, and
afterwards plan to migrate into Africa, as the deserts there may
have a wholly different climate in the Aftertime, and the long
coastline of Africa will be very temperate, being stretched out
along the new Equator.
The low lying land bordering the Atlantic will be subjected to inundations from tidal waves during the pole shift to an astonishing degree. Waves hundreds of feet high carry a tremendous force of water behind them, which breaks barriers before it and climbs up and over barriers such as hills that stand in its way.
Where France connects the Mediterranean and the Atlantic near the border with Spain, it will be subject to sloshing water from both water sources. As water bodies of different sizes develop sloshing with different rhythms, this area of France can expect a devastating possibility in have a wave come in from both sources at once.
This will result in tidal bores roaring
up into the valleys of the Alps near Switzerland. Thus, safety in
France requires one to be well out of the lowlands and in the Alps
north of the double bind that can occur due to wave action.
Paris will be inundated during the shift, to the horror of anyone clinging to their romantic city, intending to ride out the shift. The flood tide coming in from the Atlantic, as it first is stretched so that land bordering the Atlantic drops by over 100 feet in sea level and then as it sloshing back and forth during the shift itself, will be beyond the imagination of most, who tend to think in terms of storms driving waves inland and not global catastrophes with a shifting crust.
The flood tide during the shift will curl quietly around buildings and along roads and streets, flooding basements and foundations until the ground under them becomes soft so that tipping sideways or sinking can occur, breaking windows as it rises to flood lower levels and prevent escape in any direction except by boat, and ultimately rising over rooftops so that frantic residents are padding for their lives.
Then the flood tide recedes, back out to
sea, dragging all it has captured with it. Those in France who would
survive the coming shift must plan not only to be above 650-700
above the current sea level within two years, after the polar melt,
but to be at more than that level during the shift. Escape to the
Alps, or to the mountains of northern Spain, and be watchful for
tidal bore even then.
England has traditionally fared well during pole shifts, due to its underlying rock structures. Stonehenge attests to this, sustaining a few sharp jolts but avoiding extended jiggling that is often more destructive of heavy structures. However, the Atlantic is anticipated to widen greatly during the coming pole shift, and this will affect England as well as the islands lying to the west of her.
England, however, will not go completely
under the waves, but wave action must be taken into account. At
first, during the Earth’s rotation stoppage, the waters surrounding
England may move north toward the pole. Then, during the shift, the
waters will dramatically drop as the Atlantic widens. Here is where
the danger lies, as within hours there will be a return of the
water, with uncontrolled sloshing and an overall drop in sea level!
Stay on high ground for at least a day.
London is crowded and an old city, so will not fare well during the coming shift which will be far more severe than prior shifts. The British Ils in the past have received jolts, to the extent of tumbling some of the Stonehenge massives, this will be at least as strong. Add to broken buildings and bridges the issue of old plumbing and sewerage, and you have a mess.
To the extent that London is above 700
feet above sea level today, it will remain above sea level after the
poles melt. How-ever, crowded with desperate survivors, starving,
this place will not be any more pleasant than other cities during
the immediate Aftertime. Best to locate to rural areas prior to the
shift, and plan on ocean fishing as a prime food source.
Ireland, as Scotland, will be dragged down during the land stretch that precedes the pole shift, when the Atlantic is put under tension before the Atlantic Rift splits further. As this first occurs when the waters have moved toward the poles, during the rotation stoppage, the degree to which the land has dropped will not at first be apparent.
Then, during the shift itself, when the water that has flowed to the poles returns to the new equator and sloshes about, the impact of tidal waves will be worse than expected. After the Atlantic Rift has widened, the shore lines, already below their former level, will have less structure to hold them up as they are fringed along the rift edge, and will drop below the waves for that reason.
All in all, Ireland will drown, and
those wishing to survive are advised to seek safety inland on the
mainland of Europe, by boat, when rotation stops.
Low lying lands in Europe that are bordering the Atlantic will not do well during the coming pole shift, as the Atlantic will be pulled wider during the adjustments the continents always make during a severe pole shift, where equalization of the placement of land masses around the world is increasingly the result.
More than tidal waves and rising sea levels due to melting poles will be involved in the water that will inundate these low lying lands, as their relative altitude will drop. Thus, those wishing to survive should move to high ground, and add additional height, to a level over 1,000 feet above sea level, to be absolutely sure that tides during the pole shift will not run over them.
Survivors should not assume that they can return to their homes, which may be permanently under water, or that travel between mountain peaks will be possible, as they may be finding themselves atop new islands.
Beyond this geological change,
Europe in general will become a more moderate climate as a result of
the shift.
The force of the Atlantic, during its sloshing during and following the hour of the shift, is such that those lands bordering the Atlantic directly, in the line of assault, will have the most forceful flood tide. Thus, Norway experiences more force than Sweden, and Estonia and its neighboring countries along the coast will find the flood tide more forceful than those in Finland.
The degree of determination in water seeking its level will astonish the hapless residents who have not found something as secure as solid rock to pull themselves onto during these tides. Sweeping inland, the flood tide will melt soft soil under buildings, toppling them, and collect a swirl of trash including anything that can float of has trapped air beneath it as it moves. Water under pressure also moves rapidly, and is not casual about relocating to find its level. Thus, even those in boats can expect to be capsized during clashes with trash, or while rocked during rapid rides.
Those planning to survive should seek
rocky ground, inland as far as possible, and be the recommended 100
miles inland and 200 feet above the existing sea level. Anticipate
sloshing for days before relocating after the shift, to allow the
Atlantic to settle down again.
The inland bays between Finland and Sweden will find their waters rising and falling in keeping with the sloshing in the greater ocean of the Atlantic, with these exceptions.
Nevertheless, the general advice to be inland by 100 miles, and be 200 feet above sea level, is a good guide. Survivors in Finland, being on low ground, will find that where their placement during the pole shift was an advantage, afterwards their land will disappear under the rising waters caused by polar melt.
Finland is not on an earthquake fault,
has no volcanoes, and is relatively protected from tidal wave wash.
Within two years after the shift, however, the ocean will cover the
land, so survivors must be prepared to move.
Sweden does well both during and after the coming pole shift, due primarily to its high altitude and lack of volcanoes. Facing a large ocean bay, and buffered from direct assaults from the Atlantic, the waves sloshing on her shores will not be monstrous, but will tend to ride up into the ravines with a tidal bore.
The higher points toward the middle of the peninsula, and those point further inland along the peninsula, will be safest from wave action. Situated mid-way between the Equator and the North Pole, the coastline of Sweden will be subject to tides driven by various factors. During the week of rotation stoppage, water pulled to the equator by the former rotation will flow to the poles, causing northern coastlines to have higher tides.
During the shift itself, the Atlantic
will widen, but prior to the shift and before further ripping of the
Atlantic Rift occur, stretching of the existing land under the ocean
will tend to pull coastal land down, further causing high tides.
Second, the amount of water that can rush in, and later rush out, of these ocean bays is delimited by time, so that a given slosh may not reach the level that is does along the Atlantic coast before reversing direction. Thus, the water may not rise as high, in a flood tide, along the shores of the bays.
Third, because there is less water in the bays, and the flood tide less strong along the bay shores, it may not be necessary to escape inland to the degree along the ocean shores, or perch on as high a hill.
Nevertheless, the general advice to be
inland by 100 miles, and be 200 feet above sea level, is a good
guide. After the shift, the water which had pooled at the poles will
return to the new equator, and this water will be cold and bearing
ice torn from the polar ice.
The Swedes are a hardy folk, used to living in an inhospitable climate, so will take the jolts and sloshing in stride. It will be a pleasant surprise to find their land warmer, with the summers lasting almost all year long. Gloom is no stranger to the Swedes, so the overcast skies will not come as the shock they will to others in sunny parts of the globe. Thus, with fewer adjustments and more pleasant surprises, this land and its quiet and intelligent folk should fare well!
Sweden’s main concern, as the shift
approaches, will be her very attractiveness to neighbors and others
around the world looking for a safe place to ride out the shift. She
will have many suitors, coming forward with money under the guise of
investing in the country, or coming forward requesting immigration
status. In the weeks prior to the shift, they will also come forward
disguised as tourists.
Norway has the same high ground advantage as Sweden, but by bordering the coastline will be assaulted with both tidal waves from the Atlantic’s sloshing and higher tides at the poles while the Earth stops rotation for a week. This higher tide makes the tidal waves more forceful, such that they wash farther inland before dissipating.
Thus, those in Norway must seek higher ground than their counterparts in Sweden, during the shift. The fjords in Norway will find the water level dropping at first, during the week of rotation stoppage. Then during the shift, as the Atlantic rips, this will not create an increase in water level. As we have described for the bay for Sweden and Estonia, sloshing will occur, with water rushing into and out of the bay to and from the Atlantic.
The fjords are deep, and the cliffs
along them steep, and in particular narrow. Thus, there may be tides
running along them, but sloshing from side to side is unlikely to be
much. Those at the ends of the fjords may need to worry about water
rushing inland a bit.
As surprising as it may sound, when Iceland rides on a fault line and today has active volcanoes melting the glaciers with their increasing eruptions, Iceland will not suffer unduly from earthquakes and volcanoes during the shift. This is due to the spread of plates, rather than compression, in Iceland’s part of the world during the shift. In the scripted drama that emerged during the hour of the shift, Europe and Africa has been pulling east during the week of rotation stoppage, causing the coastlines along the Atlantic to sink.
Where Iceland’s coastline does not pull down during this rotation stoppage, being beyond the main tug along the equator, this is an example of stretch, not compression, for Iceland’s fault line. When the crust starts to shift, the Atlantic Rift rips, creating a separation at the fault line where Iceland rides, and the roiling magma has many places to flow, so the press upward into volcano spouts is not present.
Why would magma chose such a difficult path when it can spread outward, laterally. Thus, Iceland will be no more troubled by volcanoes than today, and the earthquakes expected to be a few singular jolts, rather than the endless jiggling that compression areas experience.
This world map (in red) is overlaid with an antipodal map (in yellow) showing the antipodes of each point on the Earth's surface.
Iceland will have a radical change of climate after the pole shift, as it will be located under the new Equator, rather than in the frozen north as it is today. Being a land of high mountains as well as ice, and used to garnering a living from the sea, Icelanders will fare well both in surviving the shift and in the Aftertime.
The major problem during the week of rotation stoppage will be the rise in tides as water flows from the Equator to the poles. This will likewise cause higher tides inland during the sloshing about that the oceans will do during the shift itself.
Afterwards, during the two year period
when polar ice will melt, including any large bodies of ice under
the new Equator such as Iceland will present, the danger will lie in
sudden release of melted ice-water from mountain lakes. Survivors
should take care not to be located in gullies, or potential gullies,
between such lakes and the sea.
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