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UK gov't: Earth will only have 12-hour warning to deal with massive Sun explosion
foxnews.com ^
| July 29, 2015
Posted on 07/30/2015 7:28:59 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: LadyBuck
raw cookie dough Ach! Don't you know that could make you sick??
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posted on
07/30/2015 7:57:01 AM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: PROCON
Not to worry.
The Obamessiah will wave his hands, stop the electromagnetic storm in its tracks, and save the earth.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:07:30 AM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
To: Husker24
I think they are talking about a coronal mass ejection like the Carrington event in 1859.
It would take out the satellites and probably the power grid and most electronics.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:15:55 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: SubMareener
The sun has be getting quieter lately. That's because its building up for the big one...BOOM.
I have no interest in living in this world if FreeRepublic goes off line.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:26:11 AM PDT
by
usurper
(Liberals GET OFF MY LAWN)
To: Little Ray
The old tube radios would still work IF there were any stations still broadcasting. And those little cheap transistor radios we all had in the 1960 and 70s would likely still work.But anything connected to long wires be it antenna cables or power cords would be zapped!!!!
We as a society become more vulnerable when all the old simple reliable technology is trashed in favor of the new complicated whizbang stuff.Keeping some of the simple stuff for emergencies is sensible.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:33:58 AM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: hoosierham
“Sensible”....what a cute word...probably banned at most universities tho..
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:37:03 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?)
To: PROCON
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posted on
07/30/2015 9:05:08 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: hoosierham
Makes me wish we’d revitalize Civil Defense. Harden the grid (it is going to down - we need to be able to bring it back up!), and have emergency service ready. Maybe an emergency duty for every able bodied person?
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posted on
07/30/2015 9:10:06 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: PROCON
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posted on
07/30/2015 9:49:32 AM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: I want the USA back
There absolutely is stuff you can do in that 12-hour window to preapare for a CME hitting earth.
Most apparent is the task of removing the sensitive components out of your car and protecting them.
Seems like a no brainer.
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posted on
07/30/2015 10:30:59 AM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
('Zionists crept into my home and stole my shoe' - Headline)
To: grobdriver
“That’s OK - I can get really drunk in 12 hours. Maybe twice. “
Reminded me of a time a few friends and I drove hours to the coast, took a morning ferry over to the island then drove another hour along the beach looking for a group we were going to fish with.
We find the group camped on edge of the water and a friend’s cousin stumbles out of his camper a joins us while a bottle of Jack is being passed around. On his turn he says, “no thanks, I’ve already been drunk once this morning”.
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posted on
07/30/2015 11:16:20 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
( NASCAR 2015: "Bootlegger to boot licker"--FReeper Crim)
To: PROCON
Follow the link to the Wikipedia article on the 1859 flare.
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posted on
07/30/2015 11:39:25 AM PDT
by
SubMareener
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To: SubMareener
I know of some old timer amateur radio operators who still revel about the DX days of Cycle 19 in the late 1950’s. IIRC, that was well studied for the, then, International Geophysical Year (IGY).
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posted on
07/30/2015 7:33:50 PM PDT
by
Nowhere Man
("I wish we were back in the world of Andy Williams." - My mother, 1938-2013, RIP)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
CMEs are such a non-threat compared with impacts from space. The EMP from the early 20th-century Lake Michigan impact knocked out six power plants. No warning. Still isn't much warning. Thanks PROCON.
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:19:11 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: Kartographer
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:22:12 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: PROCON
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:23:34 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Found these on my porch this morning.....
Should I be concerned?
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:26:11 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
To: PROCON
An excuse to begin too-little, too-late desultory CYA preparations for the inevitable Iranian EMP which Kerry has enabled.
Did you know that Kerry's daughter, married an Iranian? And the best man at the wedding, was the son of the chief Iranian nuclear negotiator?
...isn't this why they used to have Security Clearances, to weed out those subject to dual loyalties for whatever reason?
...and yes, I know all about the Carrington event.
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posted on
07/31/2015 6:43:53 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Reminds me of the movie Knowing. Oct. 19 - EE.
Nicholas Cage always *was* a creeper.
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posted on
07/31/2015 6:46:33 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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