Massive solar flare narrowly misses Earth, EMP disaster barely avoided

Washington Examiner ^ | 7/31/13 | PAUL BEDARD

[Kartographer]

Two EMP experts told Secrets that the EMP flashed through earth's typical orbit around the sun about two weeks before the planet got there.

"The world escaped an EMP catastrophe," said Henry Cooper, who lead strategic arms negotiations with the Soviet Union under President Reagan, and who now heads High Frontier, a group pushing for missile defense.

"There had been a near-miss about two weeks ago, a Carrington-class coronal mass ejection crossed the orbit of the Earth and basically just missed us," said Peter Vincent Pry, who served on the Congressional EMP Threat Commission from 2001-2008. He was referring to the 1859 EMP named after astronomer Richard Carrington that melted telegraph lines in Europe and North America.

[headsonpikes]

“I wonder if NASA invented thunderstorms to cover up the sound of space battles?”

After I read your post I asked myself, “Where’s it been 4:20 recently?

Great post!

[InvisibleChurch]

Is that where Blake is trying to get it on with Alexis? That would result in high ratings! But, er, no, I don’t.

[Kartographer]

You’re avoiding the answer.

[SpinnerWebb]

We missed it by an ass hair...

Like the fine, gossamer wisp to be found on Amanda Seyfried, or the tree trunk sized quill-like bristle on the back of the resident's wookie?

[InvisibleChurch]

The gist of the movie, Repo Man, could solve that dilemma.

[cripplecreek]

I got some 22 and a half million miles for a 2 week near miss.

[Kartographer]

Then I suggest you read about it. It’s happened before and it certainly can happen again.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I wonder how many miles that translates into.

My rough guesstimate would be about 5.7 million miles.

[Kartographer]

22,397,102 miles

[Cold Heart]

No NSA

[InvisibleChurch]

OK

[Red Badger]

There is no sound in space..............

[cripplecreek]

Missed it by that much.

[Red Badger]

An astronomical ‘near miss’..........

[InvisibleChurch]

well then, there’s no real need for thunderstorms, is there?

[Errant]

Question is how wide was it and what point of the CME are they referring to?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

If one of those things hits us, we will all be partying like it's 1899.

But Washington is giving them the cold shoulder, especially the administration.

Shouldn't surprise anyone. Why would Obamao want us protected against our enemies?

PING!

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

For those who prefer reading non-fiction; check this out:

"Report of the Commission to Assess the
Threat to the United States from
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack"

http://empcommission.org/docs/empc_exec_rpt.pdf

It won't help you sleep better.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

Am I a bad person if my initial reaction is, “Too bad it missed.”?

[cripplecreek]

Its why I’m a big fan of more smaller power plants with a grid easily broken down into small pieces.

Much easier for local folks to rebuild and restore in the event of a serious flare induced takedown.