Posted on 06/05/2010 12:47:54 PM PDT by The Comedian
What they probably didn’t mention enough is that this is what they are guessing. And that their guesses so far have been pretty poor. And if the world is to be at risk, weeks before anything happens, the Sun would be covered with sunspots.
Which would give most people a lot of time to get ready. While granted, satellites would be affected, some of them can button up their shielding to make them more protected, others can be moved to different, safer orbits, aircraft can be temporarily grounded, etc.
At a personal level, sensitive electronic devices can be put in metal boxes or the equivalent, or just wrapped in aluminum foil. Unplugging appliances helps. Good old steel military ammo boxes work fine.
Much depends where you live. Homes built on rock are more susceptible than those on more sandy soil.
Solar ping!
I’m guess I shouldn’t be so amazed that this is not a bigger news story. But really, why not? The MSM blows most things out of proportion and drives people into a panic. Now that we have a legitimate concern here, why aren’t people being told to prepare?
Yikes! Let’s hope the “compter models” are wrong again. But it would fit into the end times nightmare.
There, this should work for ya this time. :) It just reminded me of our conversation the other night. Pretty much dead on.
Because they want us living like Somalis, or better yet, dead.
Remember the Palestinians dancing and hooting in their sewage-filled streets on 9/11?
The entire progressive body politic would do the same thing if our carbon thumbprints all go to zero.
Careful cranking the dyno on those things (and most other such devices). The cheap plastic handles break. Otherwise a good radio.
I’m looking for one with better reception or at least an external antenna connection. car radios seem to do better at picking up distant stations, probably because of the antenna.
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