Ed Dames is a painfully bad con artist, he's been making doomsday predictions on coast to coast for years -- always wrong. For anyone interested in a really ugly and depressing read:

http://ufowatchdog.com/rvdames.html

This is exactly what prompted my question over in the "Alternative Theories" forum, though, I'm curious what evidence there is about the earth being "in alignment" with the galactic center/plane -- I was under the impression we already did that between 99-03. If anyone could point me towards some white papers it'd be most appreciated, thanks