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Apocalypse Now: Large Solar Superstorms Could Hit Earth Any Moment, Scientists Say
Monday, August 4, 2014 7:54
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The Threat of a solar storm is serious. They could include long power blackouts affecting millions of people, and causing trillions of dollars in damage. The more we rely on the Internet, the availability of all sorts of communication channels, GPS, etc., the more we are dependent on power. Stores would close, communications would shut down, and money in banks wouldn’t be available to access. Without power, the online world would be unobtainable. Whether paying for groceries or gas, machines won’t be up and running to dispense what you need. Water and sewage systems would even be affected.
Apocalypse Now: Large Solar Superstorms Could Hit Earth Any Moment, Scientists Say
Sure, I bet if you tried hard enough you could find someone claiming that Earth COULD turn into a lemon popsicle given enough lemons… Diseased fear porn merchant, get a life. The sun is doing the same thing it did just before the maunder minimum, mini age, ie, it’s shutting down. Not much hope of any solar flares that Earth actually needs, without them Earth’s upper atmosphere can’t expand and when that happens the climate freezes.