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Old 01-06-2010, 12:41 AM   #15
Seashore
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Default Re: Daily Solar Status and how to protect oneself

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Originally Posted by Carol View Post
http://www.examiner.com/x-2383-Honol...2-solar-storms

Electrical power grid to be blasted by 2012 solar storms
March 27, 12:56 AMHonolulu Exopolitics ExaminerMichael Salla, Ph.D.

A report issued by the National Research Council (NRC) in January 2009 has warned of the far reaching consequences of a solar storm hitting the Earth as the sun becomes more active during solar cycle 24 which began in 2008 and peaks around 2012. A March 23 article in the New Scientist discussed the significance of the NRC report which details how a solar storm could wipe out the electrical power grid causing massive disruption in the U.S. and around the planet. The impact of the plasma energy directly bombarding the Earth during a solar storm could lead to electrical power stations being off line for weeks and months at a time, as overworked workers try to repair badly damaged electrical equipment. According to the NRC report, this would lead to “disruption of the transportation, communication, banking, and finance systems, and government services; the breakdown of the distribution of potable water owing to pump failure; and the loss of perishable foods and medications because of lack of refrigeration.”
The article ends with this quote: "President Obama needs to urgently support an ambitious plan to develop and supply American families, small business and essential services with small scale new energy generators."
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