Many people have been speaking of the pole shift for a number of years and many have claimed dates and times for this to occur and been wrong but the event is natural enough on earth and is now very overdue. I believe it is possible for this event to occur in a very short time frame. The following entryyou may find interesting. From an author i very much respect and have been listening to for many years
TAKEN FROM JOURNAL OF WHITLEY STRIEBER ON UNKNOWNCOUNTRY.COM
Author behind the film "The day after tomorrow"
"The magnetic poles appear to be about to shift, and this, also, is likely to be sudden. It will involve profound changes in our world, most of them unknown. It has been 750,000 years since the last time this happened, and we have little idea of what the effects will be. The reason that scientists believe that this shift is now under way is that two holes have opened up in the earth’s magnetic field, one above the arctic and the other above the Atlantic ocean. The appearance of these holes, according to the London Times on January 13, was first noticed by the Danish Orsted satellite. They mean that there are changes taking place in the earth’s core, and it is these changes that could lead to the pole shift.
Poles Ready to Flip
16-Jan-2003
There are large holes in the Earth's magnetic field over the Atlantic and the Arctic, indicating that the north and south poles may be getting ready to reverse positions in a magnetic flip. This would produce a period of chaos, when compasses no longer point north, migrating animals head in the wrong direction and satellites are burned up by solar radiation. There have already been recent cases where migrating birds ended up in strange places, far from their regular destinations. The speed of the change has surprised scientists.
In the January 13 Sunday Times of London, Jonathan Leake writes that the Danish Orsted satellite first noted the holes. The Earth's magnetic fields are generated by currents of molten iron flowing around the solid core. Sometimes giant holes form in the liquid metal and this can change or even reverse the magnetic fields above them. Andy Jackson, a specialist in geomagnetism, says, "Such flips normally happen every 500,000 years, but it has been 750,000 years since the last one," so we're overdue.
The magnetosphere protects the Earth from solar radiation that could sterilize everything on the surface. Although the magnetic field won't disappear, it may get weaker while the poles switch. The resulting surge in radiation could cause cancer, reduce crop yields and confuse migrating animals.