“I am skeptical about solar flares destroying all communications but possible disruption is very possible.”
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/29may_noaaprediction.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lYpa92_OTc&feature=channel_page
Mike Church.com video source
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lYpa92_OTc&feature=channel_page
He is no scientist and although I agree with him that we are approaching a sunspot minimum, he clearly has little personal knowledge of this event.
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I did not take the time to analyze the data from the NASA report, but it did not look particularly alarming.
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I have watched solar cycles for the past 35 years, and observe the effects daily. My background is that of an Amateur Radio Operator, but I also hold a commercial radio license. I understand RF.
No human understands clearly the physics of the engine that drives our Sun. I had several honest Physicist friends when I lived in NM. They either worked at the Labs or the Universities that supported the Labs.
Unfortunately science today is often more about funding than about discovering how things truly work.
Global Warming is pure bunk, and this alarmism is not much better.
Yes, we are technologically dependent to the point that a disaster could severely cripple the nation.
But this guy does not have a clue.