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Title: Prepare for the Worst, Because Solar Storms Are About to Get Ugly
Source: Wired
URL Source: http://www.wired.com/science/discov ... magazine/16-04/st_spaceweather
Published: Mar 27, 2008
Author: Erin Biba
Post Date: 2008-03-27 12:42:26 by Horse
Keywords: None
Views: 182
Comments: 4

Every 11 years or so, the sun gets a little pissy. It breaks out in a rash of planet-sized sunspots that spew superhot gas, hurling clouds of electrons, protons, and heavier ions toward Earth at nearly the speed of light. These solar windstorms have been known to knock out power grids and TV broadcasts, and our growing reliance on space-based technology makes us more vulnerable than ever to their effects. On January 3, scientists discovered a reverse-polarity sunspot, signaling the start of a new cycle — and some are predicting that at its peak (in about four years) things are gonna get nasty. Here's a forecast for 2012.

Detours Clumps of ions in the atmosphere could interfere with GPS. Satellite signals are slowed by bumping into particles, meaning your trusty navigator may lose its way. Remember those colorful paper things called maps?

Falling Satellites Increased solar energy heats Earth's atmosphere, causing it to expand. That's a drag on low-flying satellites and can even knock them out of orbit. A solar storm in 1979 deposited Skylab on Australia.

Layovers in Alaska Particles are drawn to Earth's magnetic poles, right through popular flight paths. Electrons absorb the energy in shortwave signals, causing radio blackouts — and unscheduled stops in Anchorage.

Light Shows Auroras occur when waves of charged particles light up gases in the upper atmosphere. As more particles stream in, the so-called aurora oval grows, bringing the "northern lights" as far south as Key West.


Poster Comment:

The sun reverses north and south magnetic poles every 11 years. Sunspots change the weather on the earth and were correlated with agricultural cycles in the 1700s. The year 2012 also correlates with New Agers who believe the world will transform in 2012.

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#1. To: Horse (#0)

The year 2012 also correlates with New Agers who believe the world will transform in 2012.

Wahhh!! It's the Singularity!!!

Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist or Communist or Nazi everytime.

YertleTurtle  posted on  2008-03-27   12:45:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Horse (#0)

The year 2012 also correlates with New Agers who believe the world will transform in 2012.

They stole the idea from the ancient Mayans, who believe the aliens will come back to get them in 2012. My doctor, a Quaker, half-jokingly said, she's starting to like that idea. She also says there is so much stress these days, everyone should take Holy Basil and do yoga. She's a very cool doctor.

'Individuals should not take responsibility for their own defense. That’s what the police are for. ... If I oppose individuals defending themselves, I have to support police defending them. I have to support a police state.”' Alan Dershowitz

robin  posted on  2008-03-27   12:46:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Horse (#0)

On a more scientific note, these phenomena are also playing into the Climate Change according to many scientists.

'Individuals should not take responsibility for their own defense. That’s what the police are for. ... If I oppose individuals defending themselves, I have to support police defending them. I have to support a police state.”' Alan Dershowitz

robin  posted on  2008-03-27   12:48:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Horse (#0)

I think that's the year Mandela dies.

The truth is that responsible Southerners have deliberately weakened their own defense because of their unwillingness to raise the underlying problem. They talk of states’ rights when they should be talking anthropology, and they do so out of instinctive human kindness. There is a point at which kindness imposed upon ceases to be a virtue.

Tauzero  posted on  2008-03-27   12:50:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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