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White House Preparing For Catastrophic Solar Flares
Newser ^ | 10/30/15 | Michael Harthorne

Posted on 10/31/2015 7:45:21 AM PDT by Roos_Girl

If a giant solar flare hit the Earth, it could knock out the entire power grid, meaning no more new Taylor Swift singles, no more televised presidential debates, and no more Facebook photos of babies. But it wouldn't be all good news. The Washington Postreports the elecromagnetic pulse—or EMP—created by such an event could wipe out electricity for months on end, creating a global catastrophe. That's why the White House released its National Space Weather Strategy on Thursday. According to the Houston Chronicle, the multiagency plan details how the US will prepare for—and deal with—a massive EMP from space. The six-step plan requires government agencies, schools, the media, the insurance industry, nonprofits, and more to work together. In other words: We might be doomed.

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KEYWORDS: emp; hardenthegrid; lightsout; powergrid; preppers; prepping; solarflare; tedkoppel
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“If Government is involved, we’ll be thrown back into the Dark Ages”

The only sure way to ensure catastrophe is to let the government tell us what to do.


61 posted on 11/01/2015 6:08:54 AM PST by RFEngineer
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To: Roos_Girl

Whipping up fear so globalists can that control over power systems.


62 posted on 11/01/2015 7:09:42 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz

Right. Because the Carrington Event, which happened in 1859, could never happen again.


63 posted on 11/01/2015 11:57:40 AM PST by Roos_Girl (The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: HLPhat

LOL!


64 posted on 11/03/2015 4:16:30 PM PST by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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