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Re:The Magnetic Field Is Shifting. The Poles May Flip. This ... by glitcher on Friday January 26, 2018 @11:35AM (#16240471)
> Even flushing a toilet or filling a car’s gas tank would be impossible.

Huh? Is she trying to say those systems will also fail as a result of losing the electric power grid, or something else?

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Re:The Magnetic Field Is Shifting. The Poles May Flip. This ... by Harvey-Specter on Friday January 26, 2018 @11:47AM (#16240598)
No, poops will be confused about what direction is north if the magnetic field flips, resulting in them migrating up and out of the toilet, instead of down into the sewers.
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Re:The Magnetic Field Is Shifting. The Poles May Flip. This ... by dmannorreys on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:05PM (#16240774)
You need electricity to pump gas and water. However, you might be able to continue flushing your toilet as long as the water tower contains water.
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Re:The Magnetic Field Is Shifting. The Poles May Flip. This ... by sebazzz on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:09PM (#16240820)
Water towers, huh. We don't even have them in the Netherlands. (not many anyway)
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Re:The Magnetic Field Is Shifting. The Poles May Flip. This ... by eesmith on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:45PM (#16241145)
FWIW (I researched it because I found it odd), Google Translate of https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watertoren says:

> In the heyday there were around 260 water towers in the Netherlands. Currently there are still 170 water towers, about half of which are still in use. ... Nowadays, the task of water towers in the Netherlands has been taken over by a control system with frequency-controlled pumps.

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