Posted: 4/26/2009 3:24:01 PM EDT
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http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/2012storms.html
For scary speculation about the end of civilization in 2012, people usually turn to followers of cryptic Mayan prophecy, not scientists. But that's exactly what a group of NASA-assembled researchers described in a chilling report issued earlier this year on the destructive potential of solar storms. Entitled "Severe Space Weather Events — Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts," it describes the consequences of solar flares unleashing waves of energy that could disrupt Earth's magnetic field, overwhelming high-voltage transformers with vast electrical currents and short-circuiting energy grids. Such a catastrophe would cost the United States "$1 trillion to $2 trillion in the first year," concluded the panel, and "full recovery could take four to 10 years." That would, of course, be just a fraction of global damages. Needless to say, shorting out the electrical grid would cause major disruptions to developed nations and their economies. Worse yet, the next period of intense solar activity is expected in 2012, and coincides with the presence of an unusually large hole in Earth's geomagnetic shield, meaning we'll have less protection than usual from the solar flares. The report received relatively little attention, perhaps because of 2012's supernatural connotations. Mayan astronomers supposedly predicted that 2012 would mark the calamitous "birth of a new era." But the report is credible enough that some scientists and engineers are beginning to take the electromagnetic threat seriously. According to Lawrence Joseph, author of "Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End," "I've been following this topic for almost five years, and it wasn't until the report came out that this really began to freak me out." Continued... 
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You don't want to be on the day side of the earth when a X-level or higher flare destroys hits the atmosphere..
The average size of a X-level flare would take 7 days for the Earth to travel through from one side to the other.. People would have to hide under ground or in a protected metal building or cellar( lead would be better) to protect themselves from the radiation for months to years after the flare.. Think about a blood red moon and sky, and people with boils. Also that people hiding in caves. Does that sound familiar? |
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This is going to happen. The effects of which are essentially unknown. But this magnetic influence also effects human beings. And as bad as solar flares might be, it's effect on humans could be worse.
You will be glad you have your guns and ammo. Zombies? Not exactly. But human nature, human psychology, is based on balance. And that balance is and will be terribly disrupted. |
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I am intrigued by the fact that the sun has been so quiet of late (lack of sunspot activity). Nothing humans do to the earth (short of a global thermonuclear war) will have much affect. The sun, however, or a nearby star explosion will bring the cataclysm of lore. |
