If Mayan's are wrong expect cool and wet weather in Valley

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Jeff Popick for The Walla Walla Valley Weekly

Your weather forecaster had to muster some extra motivation to write this week's column given that the world is supposed to end at 3:11 a.m. Friday, according to an ancient Mayan calendar prediction of a cataclysmic event.

A galactic alignment of the Earth, Sun and a black hole called Sagittarius A is proposed as one possible doomsday scenario. A second revolves around a shift that would cause a reversal of the north and south geomagnetic poles.

These and other similar prophecies are interpretations of hieroglyphs engraved on a stone found in Tortuguero, Mexico, left by a Mayan ruler whose sour outlook on life may have been tied directly to a battlefield defeat suffered shortly before its composition ...

... your weatherperson has decided to use this unique opportunity to free himself of those annoying earthly bonds, like a job, bills, Christmas shopping and holiday family obligations, and will be spend his last few days comfortably ensconced on the couch watching "White Christmas," "Miracle on 34th Street" and "A Christmas Carol" (the Alastair Sim as Scrooge version) on AMC until the lights go out early Friday morning ...

http://union-bulletin.com/news/2012/dec/18/if-mayans-are-wrong-expect-cool-and-wet-weather-va/

[pipi_k]

1. If they're right...

here's the alternate forecast...

[Brother Buzz]

3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs?

I'm down with the Flying Spaghetti Monster on this one.

[UTUSN]

2. 3:11 A.M. *Pacific* Time?!1 So is that 11:11 Eastern? Like the calendar/work days furor of Fitzmas n

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4. Looks like I need to unpack a pair of shorts. n/t