Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Earth to be paralised by solar flare in 2013? (Official The Sky Is FallingĀ® Alert)
One India ^ | 9/22/2010

Posted on 09/25/2010 5:28:08 AM PDT by markomalley

London, Sep 22: Power grids may crash, communication systems may collapse and Internet may shut down in 2013 as scientists warned that a huge solar flare is due to burst in 2013.

British Defence Secretary, Liam Fox informed that the giant explosion of energy from the Sun, a phenomenon which occurs only once every 100 years, may cause incalculable damages to the earth.

'The Sun' reported that the hostile power could cause a similar effect by exploding a nuclear weapon in space.

Fox claimed, "While we all benefit from scientific advances, so we also create vulnerabilities that can be exploited by our enemies."

"However advanced we become, the chain of our security is only as strong as its weakest link," added his statement.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-40 last
To: blackbart.223

“Who cares? Mayan calendar ends 12/22/12.”
I’ll hide in my basement. The boogy man can’t get me there.


So you know,the boogy man lives in your basement. You are so hosed.


21 posted on 09/25/2010 6:53:49 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy (Trust in God, but empty the clip.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: BobL
"Just due to my fear of EMPs, I hope we do get a taste of exactly what can happen - not enough to kill 90% of Americans (as strategically placed EMPs will - mostly through starvation), but enough to disrupt us, so we take EMPs seriously."

Where does this obsession with doom and gloom come from? Nuclear weapons were detonated in space back in the fifties if I am not mistaken. The world did not come to an end. The telephones still worked and the power grid stayed on line.

22 posted on 09/25/2010 6:55:49 AM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: cornfedcowboy
"So you know,the boogy man lives in your basement. You are so hosed."

I can try the attic. Nope. Too close to the sun.

23 posted on 09/25/2010 7:06:34 AM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: blackbart.223
I'll hide in my basement. The boogy man can't get me there.


24 posted on 09/25/2010 7:06:47 AM PDT by JRios1968 (What is the difference between 0bama and his dog, Bo? Bo has papers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Quix

:’)


25 posted on 09/25/2010 7:13:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: blackbart.223

“Where does this obsession with doom and gloom come from? Nuclear weapons were detonated in space back in the fifties if I am not mistaken. The world did not come to an end. The telephones still worked and the power grid stayed on line.”

It depends where in space. If outside the ionosphere, no issue. If below (i.e., low Earth orbit), then trouble. We had some serious zapping during the Pacific tests (with much harder systems than today) - or we wouldn’t even know EMPs existed. As to the sun doing the zapping - I agree, little data there.


26 posted on 09/25/2010 7:20:16 AM PDT by BobL (The whole point of being human is knowing when the party's over.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: BobL
"It depends where in space. If outside the ionosphere, no issue. If below (i.e., low Earth orbit), then trouble. We had some serious zapping during the Pacific tests (with much harder systems than today) - or we wouldn’t even know EMPs existed. As to the sun doing the zapping - I agree, little data there."

I don't live my life in fear of what may happen. That was my point.

27 posted on 09/25/2010 7:26:34 AM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: markomalley
Not necessarily a big deal:

"But it turns out there are fairly simple measures which are well understood now which can be taken. There are the equivalents of huge surge protectors which need to be put on these different transformers."

28 posted on 09/25/2010 7:30:52 AM PDT by Hawthorn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: blackbart.223

“I don’t live my life in fear of what may happen. That was my point.”

No it wasn’t. Your point was that you thought all of this was a hoax. EMPs are not - the sun, who knows.

As to living in fear. I’ve told my kids to throw in the towel and check out if we get a serious EMP hit - I don’t live in fear of it or even try to prepare for it - I just acknowledge that some of this is real.


29 posted on 09/25/2010 7:36:21 AM PDT by BobL (The whole point of being human is knowing when the party's over.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: BobL

Well our clown congress surely doesn’t take EMP seriously. They should, but they won’t.


30 posted on 09/25/2010 8:05:27 AM PDT by jazminerose
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: jazminerose

“Well our clown congress surely doesn’t take EMP seriously. They should, but they won’t.”

Could not agree more. In the 1930s (through late 1941), the DEMOCRATS were screaming about the SKY WAS FALLING and that Japan and Germany were going to “BRING THE WORLD TO WAR”.

What a bunch of idiots...except they were RIGHT that time (maybe their last time).


31 posted on 09/25/2010 8:11:24 AM PDT by BobL (The whole point of being human is knowing when the party's over.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: BobL
"As to living in fear. I’ve told my kids to throw in the towel and check out if we get a serious EMP hit."

That sounds a little drastic to me. Where there is life there is hope.

32 posted on 09/25/2010 11:15:35 AM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: blackbart.223
I'm filling my basement with crates of toilet paper. About a month after the last truck makes a delivery, TP will be worth its weight in gold.

8^)

33 posted on 09/25/2010 12:45:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: markomalley

Who can predict a solar flare three years in advance? All they can predict is that the solar cycle should be nearing its maximum at that time.

Maybe there is a big solar flare, maybe not. Even if there is, it may not hit the Earth, since it would have to be in the part of the sun directly facing the Earth.


34 posted on 09/25/2010 12:49:15 PM PDT by MediaMole
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Las Vegas Dave

Ow! My Balls!


35 posted on 09/25/2010 12:53:21 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am Derek Fenton! (me) Enjoying freedom ourselves requires tolerating it for others. (Jedidah))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Cyber Liberty
"Ow! My Balls!"

Great movie.

36 posted on 09/25/2010 1:26:51 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin
"I'm filling my basement with crates of toilet paper. About a month after the last truck makes a delivery, TP will be worth its weight in gold."

Are you trying to corner the market?

37 posted on 09/25/2010 1:30:05 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: blackbart.223

I’m really working on the bottom line. Gonna clean up.


38 posted on 09/25/2010 1:37:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: MediaMole
"Maybe there is a big solar flare, maybe not. Even if there is, it may not hit the Earth, since it would have to be in the part of the sun directly facing the Earth."

Why even worry about it? If it does happen there is nothing we can do about it. If it doesn't, so what?

39 posted on 09/25/2010 1:40:45 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin
"I’m really working on the bottom line. Gonna clean up."

Good approach.

40 posted on 09/25/2010 1:49:29 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-40 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson