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The Fight To ‘Save Earth’ Against Devastating Solar Storms Expected To Knock Out National Grid In 2013
- National Grid and GPS expected to go down if burst from sun hits our planet
- Sun will reach peak of 11-year solar storm cycle next year, and magnetic storms could knock out most of Earth’s electrical items
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A big storm in 1859 knocked out early telegraph systems – but world is much more dependent on electricity now
By Eddie Wrenn
PUBLISHED:06:37 EST, 22 August 2012| UPDATED:03:57 EST, 23 August 2012A space professor from Oxfordshire is battling ‘to save Earth’ from a solar storm that experts fear will wreak worldwide chaos next year.
Professor Mike Hapgood, who chairs the Space Environment Impacts Experts Group (SEIEG) and advises the Government on space weather, says solar storms, generated by an outburst from the sun, are set to knock out national power grids and Global Positioning Systems.
He believes magnetic rays from the storm will result in widespread blackouts which will plunge homes and businesses into darkness.
Eye of the storm: A solar eruption, with a temperature of approximately 50,000C, could take out the National Grid, along with many electrical systems across the world
It could also lead to potentially deadly knock-on effects, for instance if hydro-electric dams holding back millions of gallons of water are knocked offline.
Early next year, the sun will reach the peak of its 11-year activity cycle, which puts the planet at greater risk of such storms.
And experts say with the planet now relying on the Internet and hi-tech gadgetry, the chaos caused by the 2013 solar storm will have a far greater impact than any in the past.
Prof Hapgood, who studied at Oxford, warned: ‘A big magnetic storm can permeate the Earth’s crust, which can drive electric currents through aluminium or copper wires in the National grid, which could cause a national blackout.
‘Interactions with Earth’s atmosphere can also affect any radio signals. If you had a big storm, GPS might be unavailable for a couple of days.
‘On July 21 this year there was a very large event on the far side of the sun, if it had intercepted Earth we would have had a very large magnetic storm.’
All manner of transport relies on GPS including aircraft and if the systems suddenly collapse, there could be lethal consequences.
He said ‘My main interest is to study the likely extremes in these scenarios. These are enormous events that could have a very significant effect on GDP.
‘The National Grid now relies on warnings from space craft carrying equipment built at Rutherford and they are developing plans on how to evolve.’
Detecting: ACE – the Advanced Composition Explorer – observes particles of solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic origins
Magnetic storms on Earth are caused by Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) on the sun, where large clouds of gas held in place by the sun’s magnetic field are suddenly released.
When magnetic storms permeate the Earth’s crust, the direct current can meet with the alternating current in the National grid and over power transformers, causing them to malfunction.
Prof Hapgood explained there is currently one possible defence.
‘It sounds counter-intuitive, but actually the National Grid could switch on the whole grid, to block the effect of extra currents.
Illuminati Scum:
“Save Earth, LOL, forget that space rock. Let’s vacation to Mars and have the best seat in the house. No matter the cost, money is no thing when you can steal it like taking candy from a baby, or print it. 9 Trillion mission from Fed Reserve, haha, …no one will ever know! – Earthlings, the new era of suckers!”
Talk about a load of fear porn for the daily mail readers from an “expert” and a govt. “advisor”.
could have a knock on affect he says “dams holding back millions of gallons of water” so is the implication here , that if the power goes off the dams burst around the world?
Disaster is always just over the hill it seems !
Fair Use Notice:
One more week left to September folks…so as of this hour, this is how it goes…
You’ve had more than enough time to get things together…
The pressure is building, and something is going to blow.
Remember how I said watch the weather earlier in the year?
Well, in September…watch the Earth, the ground…feel it, touch it, listen to it…
She is brewing something…
Shame Shame…Someone has been plotting…
Our Worldly Powers, so set in their ways, just don’t want to change…
They want it this way and that…elections, politics, money…WOW…
Faced with options of limitless improvements…and you choose your old ways…
Well, guess what.
They are on to you Upstairs, I keep saying it, just listen to it already.
Warning…
Big Brother, via an alias of course, is plotting a massive event in September…
Something akin to September 11th, only much bigger…to unify the people…
Ok seriously, it’s more to distract them than anything else…
Shame on You…
So again, I say…Warning…Don’t let it happen, don’t even think about letting it happen…
Because if you do….
Something much bigger is going to blow…well beyond your control.
This much is CLEAR…
The Final Hour will begin with a Volcano, a volcanic eruption…
Your little stunt of terror will only trigger it sooner.
So think about that will you.
Call it a big shout out from Mother Earth.
Everything has been moved up, I see. All this was predicted for this year.
this is why sheeple should learn how to not rely on a grid and government should be working to empower them, not the other way around like it is, by forcing us into servile dependency and then failing us when it comes time to pony up and help by fulfilling mandates and obligations (which they have historically failed at).
What is “why”? Well gee golly gorsh I don’t know how internets work. I’s better lissun bcuz if its on heer itsa mussa be TRUE
It doesn’t matter if the dams are still running, if the transformers are fried, the power goes nowhere. At a normal working capacity, companies who repair and/or make the giant transformers for the power grids are in Europe, and it take 6 months to a year to make one. Now imagine many if not all are fried. How long do you think it will take to repair or replace these huge electrical transformers? Never mind the power wires! How long did it take the east coast to put power back on a few months ago, and no transformers were fried.
Best to be prepared.
No ATM, no power at the gas pumps, no banking, no food transportation, no cell phone, no computers, no cold storage for food, no water (pumped)……. Better safe than sorry.