Stronger Solar Storms Predicted [50% increase!]Blackouts May Result

National Geographic News ^ | 7 Mar 06 | John Roach

[gobucks]

""This prediction of an active solar cycle suggests we are potentially looking at more communication and navigation disruptions, more satellite failures, possible disruption of electric grids and blackouts, more dangerous conditions for astronauts—all these things," Behnke said during the briefing."

Behnke failed to comment upon the implications of 50 percent stronger solar storms on Global Warming, which large numbers of Democratic voting scientists agree, is indisputable scientific fact, sort of like gravity, and evolution.

He also failed to comment upon who may be at fault for the stronger storms.

[The_Victor]

Solar Warming - Bush's fault

[Smedley]

Obviously, Halliburton is controlling the sun and Bush is behind it all.

[Fido969]

More evidence of global warming.

[Dog]

Lets save the whining....give me my $2,000 FEMA debit card now.

[BenLurkin]

SUVs!!!!

[King Prout]

obviously, this increase in solar activity is the result of capitalist imperialist oil-baron economics...
< /donkthink >

[WoofDog123]

Hopefully more of this:

[digger48]

So THAT'S to blame for this....

[The Great RJ]

We're gonna die!!!!!...George Bush's fault </sarcasm

[LasVegasMac]

Solar cycle ping

[Renfield]

How does the aforementioned article jibe with this one?.......

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1591488/posts

[burzum]

This 11-year pattern is known as the solar cycle.

Actually it is a 22 year cycle. It's fairly interesting how it works. The interior of the Sun rotates at a different rate than the exterior so magnetic field lines get twisted in a helix over time and sunspots (magnetic field penetrations on the surface) get forced from the equator to the poles. At the end of a half cycle the magnetic field reverses suddenly and all of the sunspots disappear. Then it starts all over again with the magnetic poles reversed.

[r9etb]

Actually it is a 22 year cycle.

Huh? Solar output peaks about every 11 years..... I can get to 22 years if you're placing the solar minima right in the middle, and successive peaks correspond to opposite polarity -- is that about it?

[burzum]

I can get to 22 years if you're placing the solar minima right in the middle, and successive peaks correspond to opposite polarity -- is that about it?

Yup. I suppose you could say that the observational sunspot cycle is 11 years but that the physics behind it runs on a 22 year cycle.

[trebb]

Most Dims will blame the solar activity on global warming, not the other way around.

[Strategerist]

Yep, I saw finally saw two strong auroral displays in Maryland with the last cycle; hopefully more people will be attuned to them and have the opportunity to see them in the next cycle.

One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

[burzum]

The interior of the Sun rotates at a different rate than the exterior

Whoops. The rotation rate is dependent on latitude not depth. Odd, but the sun is a big ball of gas so it doesn't have the structural integrity to force all parts to rotate at the same rate.

[Hatteras]

Oooh, I just love all this solar stuff....

[mountainlyons]

A question was asked, What will be the sign of the end and the answer was, There will be signs in the sun, moon, and the stars. Then the end will come.