Posted on 01/28/2007 1:35:19 PM PST by TaraP
The next Solar Storm is predicted to start Fall of 2006 and reach it's massive peak 2012.
According to the National Center for Atmospheric Research, this could slow satellite orbits, cause satellite failures, disrupt communications and navigation, wipe out computer memories, bring down power systems, disrupt electric grids, cause blackouts, throwing millions of people into darkness.
A previous storm in 1989 caused a nine hour blackout in Quebec after several power grids collapsed. It can create more dangerous conditions for our astronauts, and force airplanes to take alternate routes to avoid the poles.
A storm of that magnitude could short-circuit a world. You may also see increased sightings of the Aurora Borealis. Most of the communication systems are disrupted due to the high frequencies that are used. Any ground-to-air, ship-to-shore, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and amateur radio are frequently disrupted, as well as telegraph lines. Navigational systems such as GPS, LORAN, and OMEGA are adversely affected because they depend on the satellite signals to function.
Satellites depend on microelectronics, they are very sensitive to small changes in current and voltage. When satellites fall silent, millions of television and cell phones are interrupted. Pipelines can also become problems because the corrosion rate increases dramatically from the fluctuation of current that is induced into the pipelines. Some gas pipelines are known to burst, killing millions of people.
This Solar Storm’s intense phenomenon can not only cause man made products to malfunction, but can cause havoc on our bodies. Depending on the intensity of the storm, our consciousness could float out of our bodies. Now that may sound a little off the wall to some people, but you have to remember, our bodies are made up of many different elements and if altered, the charged particles feel significant forces which cause movement.
If this would happen, scientists state that all living beings will be less concerned with the material world and focus on the spiritual things. Our bodies would also be exposed to mass amounts of radiation. If you are in an airplane flying through the storm effected areas, some immune systems could immediately experience the effects of radiation doses that would not normally show up for ten to twenty years.
This type of radiation is equivalent to about one hundred x-rays and in flight radiation doubles every 6,500 feet. Radiation can also damage and or kill forests and plant-life.
Solar Storms also have a huge effect on the ozone layer. The gigantic solar storms of November 2003 severely depleted the ozone layer above the Arctic for as long as eight months.
So is there anything that we can do to prevent this? Sadly, no, there is no way that we can reduce or prevent the suns emissions into our atmosphere.
So far, these storms can be predicted as many as four days in advance, but only within a twelve hour window. That really doesn’t give us much warning or preparations, especially for our air travel to re-route around the severe areas to avoid radio disruption. Scientists are aware that they have to find a way to do better, but until then we just have to be aware of the situation and what can and will happen.
And we must prepare for the worst. Magnetic storms usually last 24 to 48 hours, but some may last for many days.The next Solar Storm is predicted to begin as early as this fall and reach its peak in 2012.
This cycle is said to be almost 50 percent stronger than the previous cycles.Depending on the intensity of the storm, our consciousness could float out of our bodies.
LOL..In the movie Solar Attack the scientist had the Russian Submarine launch 5 Nuclear heads into the Sun (North Pole) Explosion and saved earth....
Unforunatley CME's wiped out New Zealand..
Good gravy, man!
I've heard that, but the only evidence I'm aware of is that they hadn't yet got around to extending their projected calendar past that date.
Is there more to it than that?
The point would be if something like this happened, we could do nothing about it...Just suck it up and hope we make it to the other side...
OMG! The SUN causes Global Warming!
(Or is Global Warming is overheating the Sun?)
Wait till Art Bell gets ahold ot this one.
You had better tell Algore. He insists it's the SUVs that are the primary factor in global warming.
Art Bell has become entirely skeptical. George Noory also. Ian Punnet treats everything like a joke anymore. Even Linda Howe can barely restrain her laughter. Hoagland stands his ground, but he was never with the rest of them anyway.
Ping! You haven't seen this one yet?
The Classic Period Maya likely did not believe that the end of this age would occur in 2012. According to the Maya, there will be a baktun ending in 2012, a significant event being the end of a 13th 400 year period, but not the end of the world.
It was adopted by the New Agers as an "Age of Aquarius" type of thing. A 400 year cycle (baktun) ends and a new era opens. Since the hippy Leftists are (in my opinion) a self-centered Death Cult, they would interpret an end of the era in which they were born as an ending of the entire world.
Maybe he thinks SUV's cause Sunspots....
And it's all BUSH'S FAULT!!!
(I can't believe I am first...)
If there world were to end in Dec 2012, the upside is we would not have to endure a second term with President HR Clinton. ;>
Not unless he's a New Ager...:)
I've always gotten the impression that Art Bell has lots of people on his show that he doesn't believe. He had a guy on his show a while back that claimed we would barely notice if the earth physically flipped on it's axis.
Well they say people are affected violently when there is a Full Moon so maybe a huge massive Sun will affect people to become so mellow they won't care which end is up..LOL...
LOOOLOLOLOLLOL.
Check this out - we can just float away, in the solor wind...
LOL!
"Depending on the intensity of the storm, our consciousness could float out of our bodies."
LOL!
I wonder if the "Associated Content" news org is associated with pot?
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