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On March 19, the moon will swing around Earth more closely than it has in the past 18 years, lighting up the night sky from just 221,567 miles (356,577 kilometers) away. On top of that, it will be full. And one astrologer believes it could inflict massive damage on the planet.
Richard Nolle, a noted astrologer who runs the website astropro.com, has famously termed the upcoming full moon at lunar perigee (the closest approach during its orbit) an "extreme supermoon."

More here:

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Interesting... Even if it is true, it's nothing we should worry about IMO.

If it happens, it will happen whether we worry about it or not. One should not need to worry about it because one should be prepared at all times for an emergency.

It's quite true. It happens every few years. And we've made it through all of the other ones. That's certainly not an excuse to ignore basic preparedness... but the only thing I'll be worried about on the 19th is a cloudy sky that will keep me from seeing the cool big moon.

If this happens every 18 years, what has happened in the past? Certainly, there would be a record.

I don't seem to remember any mass extinctions or the world ending 18 years ago, but I'll keep an eye open just in case.

Scare tactics. People are even claiming the Japan quake was caused by the Supermoon even though it's almost at perigree right now

I am not spreading fear, just an article that I read on yahoo news.

Worrying works! Over 99% of the things I've worried about over the years never happened.

BobCat wrote:Worrying works! Over 99% of the things I've worried about over the years never happened.

(Source: XKCD http://xkcd.com/552/)

It's going to be Cosmo's Moon!

G26ster wrote:If this happens every 18 years, what has happened in the past? Certainly, there would be a record.

5th largest earthquake ever recorded happened today in Japan.

Here's my go-to guy for all things astronomical, Discovery's Bad Astronomy blogger, Phil Plait's take: "Nope, ain't nuttin' gonna happen."

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... arthquake/

Now fish are`easy catch!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110312/ap_ ... fish_surge" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Doomsday folks are having a deep and long prayer at night.