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Posted on 08/22/2023 9:09:36 PM PDT by week 71
Experts have warned that the dark region, which is cooler than the surrounding area, could release energetic explosions capable of knocking out our planet's power grids.
The exact measurements of the sunspot are unknown, but NASA's Perseverance rover snapped images of the spot as it sits more than 152 million miles from the sun.
The rover observed the sunspot on August 17 through August 20 while exploring the Jezero Crater on the Red Planet.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Nah. Good joke, but don’t do that. Here’s why:
1. You’d first have to wrap the vehicle in a good dielectric (insulating material) and THEN cover the vehicle with foil. And do that two more times before you could sufficiently attenuate the energy of the pulse.
2. You’d have to accomplish the near- impossible task of ensuring no gaps in the coverage top, sides AND bottom. Net: that’s impossible.
3. Not necessary if you follow the prior instructions. 😉
A real Faraday cage would be 3/16” steel with xrayed and die-tested welds, and with a very high tech type of seal for the door. It’s much easier to just prep the vehicle itself.
A poor man’s Farady cage for a CME and maybe even HEMP involves nesting. I’ll use the example of a portable ham radio.
1. Remove the battery(s) and wrap those and the radio individually in dry kraft paper (like butchers paper).
1.1 completely seal each of those with aluminum foil wrapping.
1.2 REPEAT two more times so the radio and each battery has 3 complete layers of paper-foil.
1.3 do the same for the charger.
2. Line a 2-5 gallon metal can with paper and bubble wrap and place the radio, batteries and charger bundles inside. The goal is to ensure an air gap between the can and any of the bundles. Cover with paper and bubble wrap and close the lid.
3. Seal all gaps, welds and penetrations with the aluminum tape HVAC tech use. No gaps = good. Any gaps = failure.
4. Put the can in a location where like the car you can ground it to earth. If your dwelling situation prevents this, at least sit the can on the bare concrete of a garage, basement or utility closet.
A typical metal garbage can let you store numerous items safely. Triple nesting, air gapping and judicious sealing are your KPIs.
FYI you can even fit a small camping generator into metal garbage can per the above. Nesting rules apply.
BUT: if we get hit nationally with a nuclear HEMP, we are all hosed. 13th century life without the 13th century skills and tools.
A solar CME is ‘survivable.’ IMHO.
Oh, so THAT’s the narrative when they shut down the power. Got it.
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Headline is BS.
I wonder who came up with it (DM or DS).
Do you remember the dots, or the dashes?
Christie could block out a sunspot.
If you’re interested in non-hyperventilating news about solar weather, check out Solar Ham: https://www.solarham.net/
NorthMountain :”As for the sunspot ...It will probably puke up some horrible huge CME.
And it will probably be pointed away from us when it does.”
Peter ODonnell :” Interesting. Mars is pretty much behind the Sun at this point in its orbit so the Mars rover is looking at the back side of the Sun from our perspective
and seeing a sunspot that will rotate around into our view in a few days.
The Sun takes about 25-26 days to rotate.
I recall that in 2012 there was a very large CME event similar to the dreaded Carrington event of 1859 (that would fry our modern electronics as it did the primitive telegraph system then operating).
Luckily for us, the 2012 CME was pointed at right angles to the Sun-earth line
and went off harmlessly into a different part of the solar system."
( From the news article): ” Experts have warned that the dark region, which is cooler than the surrounding area,
could release energetic explosions capable of knocking out our planet's power grids.
The exact measurements of the sunspot are unknown, but NASA's Perseverance rover snapped images of the spot as it sits more than 152 million miles from the sun. “
” The rover observed the sunspot on August 17 through August 20 while exploring the Jezero Crater on the Red Planet. “
I live at Ground Zero of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. There won’t be much warning if things go kerblooey.
How about a car dealership with hundreds of new cars on the lot?
I can’t remember the parts I’ve forgotten.
Great story. That was a Renaissance family.
Well, there’s that ...
Whole different specifics of prepping for the earth moving, shaking and breaking stuff.
Here in Ga a severe earthquake doesn’t make the top 1000 list.
Ooof. Hope they got insurance, cuz yeah ... if the CME is truly severe, they have a lot of inoperable vehicles on the lot.
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And if it happens 20 or more years from now, it’s a moot point for me, as well. Prepping for it nearly impossible, anyway. There are many more likely scenarios to consider.
Done!
Good luck to anyone who likes refrigeration.
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