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A solar 'superstorm' is coming and we'll only get 30-minute warning
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[quote:Travis Bickle:MV8yMTMxMTM0XzM1OTY4NDU4X0VCQjFDNDM1] [quote:Anonymous Coward 33694687:MV8yMTMxMTM0XzM1OTY4MzI0X0E4MDkwODVD] [quote:Travis Bickle:MV8yMTMxMTM0XzM1OTY4MTk1XzNGN0UzNTZG] [quote:Anonymous Coward 21383386:MV8yMTMxMTM0XzM1OTY4MTM0X0IyOTZFRDcz] Would like to have more then a 30 min. warning though. Would take me longer then that to get past the panic phase. [/quote] It's about all you get Bruddah... IF that. That is of course, if you're sitting here on GLP. I doubt the Lame Stream Media could get their shit together after all the confirmations that go through from solar observatories. It's not like there's a group of people sitting there "waiting" for an X26+ to push some magic buton and notify the rest of us. [/quote] You would be surprised at the contingency plans in place to deal with this event. Where I live the local electrical authority have a cunning plan. To stick their heads between their legs and kiss their arse goodbye. :lol: No seriously tho, men would be sent out to open all the breakers on the overhead lines and ground all the substations. Should take no more than 30 minutes. They also get an instant warning via nasa, as do all other power companies, to prep for a shut down. So it will all go dark and then the aurora will be fantastic with no bloody lights on. [/quote] I was gonna rant, but I deleted it.... Let me put it to you this way. When the lights go out state/nation/world-wide. [i][b]NO ONE[/b] is coming to help you. [/i] Do you want to know why? [b]We'll be too busy helping ourselves.[/b] I have seen the contingency plans. I have been a part of the meetings. I have offered input and been commended for my ideas. Yet one thing remains. [b]RESOURCES.[/b] In a local event, there are plenty of resources to provide assistance. Regional... Sure. That will also be taken care of (NOT as you say, in "30 minutes") but it will be handled. Statewide, it's gonna take a while. Nation-wide. SORRY. We have protocols in place which make command and control a priority, followed by care facilities, followed by everything else. THIS can take MONTHS if not a year or two. It's not like a "breaker" would be tripped.... The transformers at the substations would literally MELT down. (The Copper inside of them is finely wound tight, but would not be able to take the surge.) WHERE would the new transformers come from??? [/quote]
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A solar "superstorm" could knock out Earth's communications satellites, cause dangerous power surges in the national grid and disrupt crucial navigation aids and aircraft avionics, a major report has found.
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link to www.independent.co.uk
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Just sayin...
Be ready.
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