Yes, the incident you refer too, was that when the Thames River froze over? Anomally's happen from time to time. Last year we got almost record amount of snow here. Somewhere around 440 cm. I think it was a few centimetres, more than that, in 1970.
Globally there seems to be a lot of upsets in nature. Floodong and viscious storms etc. Sometimes I think there might be merit in the idea, that what we are experiencing now, on a small scale, is nothing, it is only a leed up of things to come.
The theory is this. The age of Pisces is coming to an end. The age of Aquarious begins in 2012. It is the end of a processional cycle astrologically. These cycles are known about by many cultures, including the Mayan calendars. A full cycle takes in the neighbourhood of 12,300 years. When it is complete, the next cycle begins after planetary allignement has been reached.
When planets allign which ours is very close to doing, the magnetic core of the earth is effected. It is predicted, that the earth's core could stop spinning for 3 days to a week. The efects on weather and the resulting pole shift would be devestating.
This how they theorized about the disappearance of Atlantis. It supposedly now lies somewhere in the Atlantic. If the pole shifts again. We will be the new Atlantis, and history will strat over once again.
Even Einstein saw pole shifting a very feasible idea. After all, It was a compass, that attracted him to Physics in the first place.
Nicola Tessla, new very well the destructive powers of earth's magnetic core. We have yet to see. It will sure be interesting anyhow.