Could this be another reason to fast track renewables and get of the grid?! You decide. Below is a post from gotoguy.com
We reported on December 17th, 2008 in End of the World 2012 , that something strange was brewing in space. Two reports from NASA demonstrated marked changes in the Earth’s magnetic field as well as the boundary between the upper atmosphere and deeper space.
Now Fox News reports Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down the US for Months. Citing a report from NASA :
“Damage to power grids and other communications systems could be catastrophic, the scientists conclude, with effects leading to a potential loss of governmental control of the situation.
When the sun is in the active phase of its 11-year cycle, it can unleash powerful magnetic storms that disable satellites, threaten astronaut safety, and even disrupt communication systems on Earth.
Modern power grids are so interconnected that a big space storm — the type expected to occur about once a century — could cause a cascade of failures that would sweep across the United States, cutting power to 130 million people or more in this country alone, the new report concludes.”
The same type of storm occurred in 1869 shorting out telegraph wires and sparking numerous fires. In today’s electronic age we are looking at a calamity.
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