This goes to the danger I wrote about last night.. We should unite as a world and actually have a common sense of future thought.. And plan of action to prevent virtual Armageddon if the big flare actually hits.
I have been paying a lot of attention over all of my years on this site blogging and clogging up the networks about solar flares and the like.. See evidence here (http://coalspeaker.com/tagged/solar-flare) ..
Tonight, there is a chance that northern lights will be as low as my state of Pennsylvania.. that’s a big deal. Far down here. It was a major solar flare and storm that obviously caused such an event.
And such an event could be a catastrophe.. And now timing from the Obama Administration couldn’t be more impeccable. A solar flare awareness is evident.. hopefully cool non-flared heads will prevail and this nation will advance beyond 20th century technology and insulate our grid. It would be a stunning achievement for the President–call it a new Dwight Eisenhower interstate system.. it could create jobs and maintain future economy might and security.
A failure?
That could be awful.
“The efforts undertaken to achieve the objectives of this strategy will establish a national approach to the security and resilience in the face of our improved understanding of the seriousness of the space-weather risk, and the steps we must take to prepare for it,” Suzanne Spaulding, undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate, said Thursday during an event hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) that discussed the new documents.
That risk is indeed serious, many experts say. High-energy solar flares aimed at Earth can affect the operation of orbiting satellites, and the most powerful emissions can even pose a risk to astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Of even larger concern are coronal mass ejections (CMEs), huge eruptions that send clouds of solar plasma streaking through space at millions of miles per hour. CMEs that hit Earth can spawn intense geomagnetic storms, with the potential to disrupt power grids, satellite navigation and radio communications temporarily.
In March 1989, for example, a strong CME caused a blackout that left 6 million people in the Canadian province of Quebec without power for 9 hours, OSTP Director John Holdren said during Thursday’s event, which was webcast live.
The news just so happens to coincide with a major solar storm.
All of earth should take notice.
Amazingly high intensity solar activity has led to this potential for the week: The northern lights as low as Pennsylvania .. Amazing .. I’ll be watching from my back yard so as long as the view is good. Right now as I type his the sky is clear and the atmosphere is warm..
A reminder from the sun: We are tiny spokes in the wheel of the universe. And our grid is always in danger.
But until the end, enjoy the beautiful light show coming our way…
The sun has suddenly lit up with life—and it’s going to affect the planet earth.. Friday the 13th could feature a minor geomagnetic storm on the planet after a strong flare bust off of the sun.
There has been three in the past few days..
Also a bit eerie to consider: The planet is set to see a full moon on Friday the 13th, as well..
Cell phone service may be disrupted..
As the CME streams in..
The sun unleashed two X-class solar flares in the span of one hour and 10 minutes Tuesday morning, and there is a good chance that more may be coming soon.
As always, SPACEWEATHER.COM is a good source of information on whatever happens.. as is SOLARHAM.NET ..
The sun erupted with a massive solar flare late Thursday (April 24), triggering a temporary communications blackout on some parts of Earth. See video of the X1.3 solar flare here.
It was a big flare—and for the most part extremely unreported.
Though a lack of information was given to the citizens of the planet earth, they were actually affected, at least in parts, such as with blackouts in the Pacific Ocean region and the Pacific Rim..
There are some who believe solar flares affect how people act, too.Though it’s difficult to tell if the sudden burst of solar energy towards the planet earth actually intensifies earthlings’ already bizarre behavior, since humans already act that way anyway.
Some also believe an increase in heart ailments can occur and other types of bodily conditions.
Those are not always based in scientific fact.
What is science fact is that a big solar flare can happen and knock communication and power out for a long time. Something that no one on this planet seems concerned about. Except Newt Gingrich—a man scientists don’t consider themselves sharing a bed with.
But disaster preparedness sure can make strange bedfellows.
Seriously?
For all of the controversy over the controversial politician, Newt Gingrich has been one of the few people to come forward and address something no one else will: The fact that we need to survive the eventual solar storm or EMP strike that may cripple the infrastructure of the United States..
Newt and his panel of people (maybe a lot of rabid neo-cons, and perhaps I am just blinded by the sunlight on the headline here) are upset that there is little happening to protect the US from the eventual.. the fact that nine out of ten Americans could face sudden death..
I do get it, though.. this group seems to be most concerned about man-made terrorism.. the fear, the fiendishness.. all of that ..and yes, the big ‘uumph’ seems to be planting seeds of Armageddon fear that a EMP or nuclear attack from North Korea will kill us all. But.. maybe it could.
And if those manmade evils aren’t bad enough, what if the sun blurts out the ‘big one’? (The big one from the sun is something I have written about for years on this site, should you have been someone paying any attention) …
We all know this. The grid is riddled with failure-potentials.
And maybe Newt isn’t so far off in his outlandish worries..
Now they tell us?!
So apparently the Mayan calendar was ALMOST right!
While the powerful solar flare was not aimed directly at Earth when it erupted, it did trigger a radio blackout at 5:26 a.m. EST
This was the closest of calls, and sort of compliments the story we have been worried about for days regarding the big hole in the sun..
This almost-flare took place two weeks ago. But yet we’re only learning about it today in the mainstream.
And it’s top story worthy.. in my opinion. But most people by the day’s end will still not know that our world may have been forever changed only a few days ago..
A part of the sun is missing..
Hear that?
The reason it is dark is because that chunk of the sun ripped off and blew away, and is not traveling to earth at 2 million miles per hour.
It’s happened before—but rarely this large of a chunk of the sun this big….. Although a bigger one could always happen, too..
Amazing.
Just read a very interesting but unscientific article on a website claiming that the sun was getting whiter brighter an hotter than ever before.. There weren’t any findings within the text of the story that back up the author’s point of view but there were rather vague memories from when he was younger.. He recalls a time when the sun was more yellow and less heated, according to his generic recollection of events..
It’s an interesting thought, plus one that others have spoken about in recent years. There seems to be a fear that the sun is going super nova.. It’s the newest end of time end of the world conspiracy concern—and has little to no hardcore evidence backing up that theory..
But I traveled into my own memories … I recall, as well, a bright orange yellow sun. I remember hot days that were not oppressive.. Whether what the author of of ConspiracyHQ’s story believes is a real fear or not, my memory also had me thinking of a kinder and gentler period of time for weather on this planet..
So I’d be curious of thoughts from readers out there. Do you believe that memories can make a mind believe the past was better than it was or is the sun going wild and ready to burn a hole right through the planet earth?? I would love thoughts from all..
Beauty in a 1 minute..
Here is a time lapse video of the Northern Lights in the early morning hours of 7/15/2012 taken just north of Dubuque, Iowa at the Balltown, Iowa scenic overlook.
And the scenes of a green and purple aura in the sky are absolutely amazing.
Not sure if my hometown saw northern lights.. sadly the sky was cloudy all night.
Sunspot 1520 and the X flare last week caused this spectacular show, and I am truly jealous of whoever got to see it..including the residents of Balltown, Iowa.
And I reiterate: I hope this won’t happen should there be a ‘big one’..
It appears the world is not going to sizzle with this flare—and won’t in the future, either. But when a strong X class has the potential to do some damage you’d hope that federal agencies are on the same page.
But then again.. what if the same page they are on is dead wrong?
In that regard, maybe it’s better they oppose and offer different forecasts. May the strongest forecast win.
What is troubling to think about is when a really large solar event takes place that could have a significant impact on this planet, will things be this much of a mess?
