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User ID: 69589946 Philippines 07/29/2015 09:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Breaking!!!!!!! Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm Trains will be disrupted, power will go out, satellite signals will go wonky - that’s what we have to look forward to when the sun next has a melt down, and we’re unlikely to get more than 12 hours warning. In a new government document, the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has laid out its Space Weather Preparedness Strategy, outlining the risks of unsettled space weather as well as what it plans to do about them. The document explains that the worst case scenario is a ‘coronal mass ejection’ - huge eruptions on the sun which cause parts of its corona to detach. The corona is the pearly glow around the sun that you can only usually see during a total solar eclipse, made up of plasma and rarefied gases. The worst case scenario is based on the Carrington event of 1859, which caused solar-flare related x-rays and radiation storms. In 2015, a similar event could cause the national grid to fail, satellite operations to shut down, increased radiation on flights and upset to electronic systems. The report suggests that there are three things the country needs to do to prepare for such an event: improve alerts and warnings, update power and communication infrastructure with failsafe backups and have a plan in place to deal with the effects should they come to pass. As for you: the advice from the government is to prepare yourself for a solar event just as you would for any other natural hazards like floods and storms. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69869486 United Kingdom 07/29/2015 10:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking!!!!!!! Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm 8 minutes buddy. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 14152780 Costa Rica 07/29/2015 10:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking!!!!!!! Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm LOL why do you think they will give YOU a warning? The correct figure is 0 minutes 0 secs. |
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User ID: 69690359 United States 07/29/2015 10:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking!!!!!!! Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm 8 minutes buddy.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69869486 Wrong. Plasma and CME's do not travel the speed of light Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.
I am open to any and all sides of a story but beware,I have a biased opinion from life experiences just like you. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 58787010 Portugal 07/29/2015 10:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking!!!!!!! Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm 8 minutes buddy.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69869486 Wrong. Plasma and CME's do not travel the speed of light Quoting: KickAzCarlin but his right... dark matter does... u may have no time ... it can be a surprise for all i guess the sun will go to sleep instead... wich it rocks a lot... even worst let me tell u all |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24395884 United States 07/29/2015 10:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking!!!!!!! Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm If and I mean if the sun has a major hick up what will a few minutes really buy us? It may be good for those who are really good a worrying a lot. When our # us up it's up! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69693548 United States 07/29/2015 10:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking!!!!!!! Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm
Trains will be disrupted, power will go out, satellite signals will go wonky - that’s what we have to look forward to when the sun next has a melt down, and we’re unlikely to get more than 12 hours warning. In a new government document, the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has laid out its Space Weather Preparedness Strategy, outlining the risks of unsettled space weather as well as what it plans to do about them. The document explains that the worst case scenario is a ‘coronal mass ejection’ - huge eruptions on the sun which cause parts of its corona to detach. The corona is the pearly glow around the sun that you can only usually see during a total solar eclipse, made up of plasma and rarefied gases. The worst case scenario is based on the Carrington event of 1859, which caused solar-flare related x-rays and radiation storms. In 2015, a similar event could cause the national grid to fail, satellite operations to shut down, increased radiation on flights and upset to electronic systems. The report suggests that there are three things the country needs to do to prepare for such an event: improve alerts and warnings, update power and communication infrastructure with failsafe backups and have a plan in place to deal with the effects should they come to pass. As for you: the advice from the government is to prepare yourself for a solar event just as you would for any other natural hazards like floods and storms.
Quoting: Miray Apparently people have a lot more time than that since you are telling them about it now. Do you not see the irony in the title of the thread? Anyways, beyond that, no one can prepare for something like that - no matter what they do it will still happen and it will still be a tragedy when it does. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69902541 Portugal 07/29/2015 10:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking!!!!!!! Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm 8 minutes buddy.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69869486 Wrong. Plasma and CME's do not travel the speed of light Quoting: KickAzCarlin |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69902541 Portugal 07/29/2015 10:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking!!!!!!! Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm 8 minutes buddy.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69869486 Wrong. Plasma and CME's do not travel the speed of light Quoting: KickAzCarlin but his right... dark matter does... u may have no time ... it can be a surprise for all i guess the sun will go to sleep instead... wich it rocks a lot... even worst let me tell u all Quoting: Anonymous Coward 58787010 You don't know whay you are talking about, don't you? |
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User ID: 69898180 United States 07/29/2015 09:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Breaking!!!!!!! Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm [ link to news.yahoo.com (secure)] |