What a load of crap.
Polar reversals are normal, and in fact, the exact location of Earth's magnetic field moves feet, or inches every year. The fact that the poles flip from one to the other is a well documented event that does little more than force our compasses backwards. In fact, Earth is overdue for a reversal.
Now, if you want to mix Electromagnetic fields into this argument, I think I know my way around that subject, so I can safely say this moron has no friggin clue to what is going on.
Yes, everything on this planet will react to a strong enough magnetic field, including biologicals and plastics. But for these items to react, the field has to be much MUCH stronger than anything created in nature. And even an area on the island of increased magnetic fields would have to be tremendous in nature to effect these items. Furthermore, for a field to be strong enough to pull in a plane, it would also have to be large enough for the plane to be in that field, and thats just impossible.
Puhonix
Education Coordinator
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Tallahassee, FL