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**sleepergun** · 03-09-2010, 03:57 AM

Thats called sensational news BULLSHIT.

Nothing is going to happen to the grid...they say they asked "Scientists" yet the Nasa scientist was unavailable for comment?

Nothing is going to happen to it THIS time...

But if preventative measures aren't taken before the next MEGA-storm hits (like it did in 1859), we'll all be screwed. It's not even really debatable.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...ay_031027.html

In early September in 1859, telegraph wires suddenly shorted out in the United States and Europe, igniting widespread fires. Colorful aurora, normally visible only in polar regions, were seen as far south as Rome and Hawaii.
The event 144 years ago was three times more powerful than the strongest space storm in modern memory, one that cut power to an entire Canadian province in 1989. A new account of the 1859 event, from research led by Bruce Tsurutani of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, details the most powerful onslaught of solar energy in recorded history.

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03-09-2010, 03:57 AM	#9
sleepergun Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 615 Senior Member	Thats called sensational news BULLSHIT. Nothing is going to happen to the grid...they say they asked "Scientists" yet the Nasa scientist was unavailable for comment? Nothing is going to happen to it THIS time... But if preventative measures aren't taken before the next MEGA-storm hits (like it did in 1859), we'll all be screwed. It's not even really debatable. http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...ay_031027.html In early September in 1859, telegraph wires suddenly shorted out in the United States and Europe, igniting widespread fires. Colorful aurora, normally visible only in polar regions, were seen as far south as Rome and Hawaii. The event 144 years ago was three times more powerful than the strongest space storm in modern memory, one that cut power to an entire Canadian province in 1989. A new account of the 1859 event, from research led by Bruce Tsurutani of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, details the most powerful onslaught of solar energy in recorded history. [help]
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