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Posted on 10/09/2022 4:20:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Yes, it could happen, but it would take a giant solar storm...
Solar storms...occur when the sun releases an intense burst of electromagnetic radiation. This disturbance throws off waves of energy that travel outward, impacting other bodies in the solar system, including Earth. When the wayward electromagnetic waves interact with Earth's own magnetic field, they have a couple of effects.
The first is that they cause electric currents to flow in Earth's upper atmosphere, heating the air...These geomagnetic storms can create beautiful auroras to appear over polar regions, but they can also disrupt radio signals and GPS. What's more, as the atmosphere heats, it puffs up like a marshmallow, adding extra drag to satellites in low Earth orbit and knocking smaller pieces of space junk off course.
As powerful electric currents flow through our planet's upper atmosphere, they induce powerful currents that flow through the crust as well. This can interfere with electrical conductors sitting on top of the crust, such as power grids...The result is localized power outages that can be difficult to fix; one such event struck Quebec March 13, 1989, resulting in a 12-hour blackout... More recently, a solar flare knocked out 40 Starlink satellites when SpaceX failed to check the space weather forecast...
In order to take down the internet entirely, a solar storm would need to interfere with the ultra-long fiber optic cables that stretch beneath the oceans and link continents. Every 30 to 90 miles (50 to 145 kilometers), these cables are equipped with repeaters that help boost their signal as it travels. While the cables themselves aren't vulnerable to geomagnetic storms, the repeaters are. And if one repeater goes out, it could be enough to take down the entire cable, and if enough cables went offline, it could cause an "internet apocalypse..."
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Let’s hope so.
Could posters who post the headline stories that start with “Could such and so happen?” or “Was so and so responsible for such and so?” be horse-whipped? I say yes.
One would hope so, as it would leave the world with the most common and dominant source of information, the Bible.
The answer posed in the headline is answered in the very first sentence.
You have no interest in the topic. Understood.
I will try to remember to not ping you on these topics.
That’ll be another one of those so called false flag events. We’ll be attacked and our “rulers” will tell us it’s a solar storm that did it.
Difference would be it would take a bit longer ger to hear about it right?
The good news is that would put the kabosh on the globalist psychopath’s social credit system they plan to enslave us with.
Can solar activity cause climate change?
DUH, yeah! Almost 1 million spheres size of earth would fit inside Sun’s volume. Puny earth is soooooo small.
And man is so puny compared to earth, astronauts in orbit can’t see any mad made objects during daylight.
None of these man made global warming democrats can answer a simple question, such as what caused the powerful global warming to end last ice age? They do know the answer, but just want to use man made global warming as another excuse to raise taxes.
Probab
Women and minorities would be hardest hit. I don’t know if they could possibly shoulder even more. White men would probably end up at the bar celebrating with their pals.
bttt
I grew up in the before times.
Take my internet, please.
Just type “Google” into Google.
Are you mad? That could open a rift in the fabric of space and time!
The Simpson’s parody of the Y2K crisis was epic. Funny enough to cover this, too.
Yeah...call it hurricane Sierra. Oh wait! ...If it happens at night everyone will be fine....right?
Put me on this PING LIST,,,,
But if it’s down then I won’t-——
Kinda like telepathic messages—
Wait,,
The Post office ,,,
What would LAZ Do?
Private Mail, yes
That’s the Ticket!!
Electricity, indoor plumbing, telephones and the internet are just passing fads.
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