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Sun Eruptions Putting Earth In Bull’s-Eye

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:03
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Solar flares over the next few days could affect communications, cause outages

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byF. Michael Maloof

WASHINGTON – It’s doing it again – but this time the sun has begun to spew solar flares that are aimed squarely at Earth, according to scientists.

Over the weekend, a solar flare erupted from the sun’s surface and hurled a wave of charged particles at Earth at speeds estimated to be some 1.8 million miles an hour. 

These flares – some of which can be three to four times the size of the Earth – can create a electromagnetic pulse that can disrupt the unprotected national grid and electronics.

The sun now is going through its 24th recorded solar storm.

The expected solar storm, called a solar storm maximum, is what the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Academy of Sciences say could reach its greatest intensity between now and 2014, with recurring solar flare attacks into 2020.

In an in-depth, 132-page report funded by NASA and issued by the NAS entitled “Severe Space Weather Events: Understanding Economic and Societal Impact,” their study detailed the potential devastation of solar storms which began in 2012 but will reach increasing intensity well into 2014 and beyond.

This latest flare is expected to just graze earth, with its charged particles interacting with the planet’s magnetic field and amplifying the northern and southern lights displays over the poles.

Scientists are watching closely the ever-increasing flares that are coming off the sun’s surface.

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  • All the forces of nature — including the sun — fulfill the will of God — the same one who came down from Heaven and died on a cross to redeem all mankind.

    • Amen………there is no such thing as mother nature, the Lord is in control of all things.

      • The Divine Feminine & Great Mother will not be denied Mark. Even Christ was born to the world through a woman. “There is no such thing as mother nature” then what are you standing on? Who went through labour to bring you into this world? The Source is equally male & female :idea:

      • The Source is not “equally male and female”-
        God is masculine.

        In this article,
        the Sun,
        which is,astrologically speaking,masculine,
        and is expected to eventually annihilate the earth.

        Biblically speaking,
        in both the Old&New Testaments,
        God is called,”The Judge” of all the earth.

        What Mark is obviously saying is that nature is not our mother but rather God omnipotent is our Father.

        He is not denying the existence of nature but is putting its role in proper place.

        Nature is beautiful but is itself a creation…
        not a god.

    • Pix

      That would be the omniscient god who has to judge after the fact? And therefore deliberately creates evil, presumably for the pleasure of torturing them for all eternity?

    • Never heard of him, doesn’t ring a bell. Nature, unlike God, I can actually SEE.

  • I wear my sunglasses.

  • You might need a Faraday cage.
    Here is the instructable for a Faraday cage that is easy to make (modify) and will look good in the house. No longer will people need to have a galvanized trash can in their den to have the convenience of having a faraday cage in the house. It also doubles as a file cabinet

    http://www.instructables.com/id/Stylish-Two-Drawer-Faraday-Cage/?ALLSTEPS

  • Pix

    That’s good news. Seeing as without solar flares hitting earth the atmosphere collapses. Unfortunately this particular solar cycle has only produced half the energy of the previous one. So far from being the predicted doom sun that is going to scorch earth to a cinder, it looks more like it’s ice age time.

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