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Massive solar flare narrowly misses Earth, EMP disaster barely avoided
Washington Examiner ^
| 7/31/13
| PAUL BEDARD
Posted on 07/31/2013 12:02:01 PM PDT by Kartographer
Two EMP experts told Secrets that the EMP flashed through earth's typical orbit around the sun about two weeks before the planet got there.
"The world escaped an EMP catastrophe," said Henry Cooper, who lead strategic arms negotiations with the Soviet Union under President Reagan, and who now heads High Frontier, a group pushing for missile defense.
"There had been a near-miss about two weeks ago, a Carrington-class coronal mass ejection crossed the orbit of the Earth and basically just missed us," said Peter Vincent Pry, who served on the Congressional EMP Threat Commission from 2001-2008. He was referring to the 1859 EMP named after astronomer Richard Carrington that melted telegraph lines in Europe and North America.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: carrington; carringtonevent; cme; coronalmassejection; emp; maunderminimum; peterpry; petervincentpry; prepparedness; preppers; pry; solarflares; sun
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No phone, no lights, no motor car. Not a single luxury
To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:04:11 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
I wonder if NASA invented thunderstorms to cover up the sound of space battles?
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:05:48 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(http://thegatwickview.tumblr.com/ http://thepurginglutheran.tumblr.com/)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:05:52 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: InvisibleChurch
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:07:18 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
To: Kartographer
Such an event would be dramatic for regular folks.
Those of us who have been trending our use of things like electricity wouldn’t be quite so severely affected.
BUT - I think I’ll speed up my prepping anyway. Still some things to arrange.
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:07:31 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NATURAL BORN CITIZEN: BORN IN THE USA OFCITIZEN PARENTS)
To: InvisibleChurch
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:07:45 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Kartographer
You’re avoiding the answer.
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:08:05 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(http://thegatwickview.tumblr.com/ http://thepurginglutheran.tumblr.com/)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:08:53 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(http://thegatwickview.tumblr.com/ http://thepurginglutheran.tumblr.com/)
To: Kartographer
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:08:54 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
To: Kartographer
In scale comparison with the rest of the solar system. We missed it by an ass hair...
To: InvisibleChurch
I doubt it.
Now do you know what a Carrington Event is? and the damage that such an event would cause?
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:10:38 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
Pics, or it didn’t happen.
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:12:00 PM PDT
by
ZX12R
(Never forget the heroes of Benghazi, who were abandoned to their deaths by Obama)
To: Kartographer
Infuriating our government focuses on “phony” problems while ignoring real ones. Our grid is decrepit and needs a major overhaul.
To: Kartographer; blam; ChocChipCookie; Marcella; Bride Of Old Sarge; yorkiemom; VermiciousKnid; ...
Last week, The Bride and I endured a total brake failure on her SUV, and The Bride got a rental vehicle while the repairs were being done.
She was driving a 2013 Dodge Journey. They call it a “crossover SUV”, but we both agreed it was a soccer-mom-mobile.
The car had touchpad ignition, keyless entry, and every system in the vehicle was electronic. The Bride’s first comment was, “IN AN EMP EVENT THIS CAR WOULD DIE!”
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:13:17 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
To: Kartographer
the EMP flashed through earth's typical orbit around the sun about two weeks before the planet got there.
I wonder how many miles that translates into.
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:13:32 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: InvisibleChurch
I’m told thunderstorms predate NASA.
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:13:37 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Kartographer
Are this odds of this happening again in the near future?
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:13:49 PM PDT
by
txhurl
('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
To: Kartographer
This book is an engrossing read. It's creates a scary scenario about the aftermath of an EMP attack in just the USA. Check out the website here:
http://www.onesecondafter.com/
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