Freaky thoughts from the land of the Bizarre

[BB61Vet]

Yesterday I was watching a nice program on the History channel about the Sahara desert, and how it has been green in the past, containing vast freshwater lakes which could very well have provided ancient man's route out of the cradle of civilization into the rest of the world. It also described how the phenomenon of the Sahara changing from green to desert to green again is caused by the Earth wobbling on it's axis about every 20,000 years or so. The last wobble occurred about 7000 years back according to the program.

It was an interesting program, I watched it in its entirety and thought no more of it...until today.

So here I sit, in Northeast Texas, in the middle of the worst drought in recorded history for this area, wildfires abound. The humidity here is extremely low (normal range is 60-80% relative humidity, it's been running 12-18%). Our weather guesser said these humidity levels are comparable to a desert.

Do you see where I'm going with this just yet?

Doesn't it make sense that if there's a spot in the southern hemisphere that does this, there should be a corresponding spot in the northern hemisphere that does it as well? Could the southern and southwestern US be that corresponding zone? Kinda makes sense I think, and it certainly falls into line with the climate shift we've experienced the past few decades. Maybe Mother Earth is a bit wobbly again?

What say you?

[DOR]

Interesting.
I assume you know that the Sahara is north of the equator, so what was your candidate for the corresponding southern zone?

By the way, it was known as the Sahara Forest before Paul Bunyan first saw it . . .

[YellowFever]

By the way, it was known as the Sahara Forest before Paul Bunyan first saw it . . .

Or before snipe took his V8 lawnmower to it......

[BB61Vet]

Well, that blew that train of thought completely out of the water :P Thanks for slapping me back into my right mind. Told ya it was from the bizarre..