The Coming Solar Storm

[Furtherman]

The Supervolcano stories today was great radio, even though the event most likely will not happen in our lifetime.

However - and get ready 2012 theorists - one we will have to face is a Solar Storm scheduled to hit us in that year.

NASA: 2012 'space Katrina' may cripple U.S. for months
Damages could be trillions from solar 'perfect storm' (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=85819)

The sun is currently near minimum on its 11-year activity cycle, the report explains, but is expected to produce solar storms that will increase in intensity and frequency as it approaches peak activity levels in 2012.

The NASA report warns that if the sun's activity over the next few years flares to the level of the May 1921 "superstorm" or the so-called Carrington event of 1859, a "perfect storm" that Space.com called "the most powerful onslaught of solar energy in recorded history," the U.S. may not be equipped to handle the damages.

"The impacts of severe space weather events," the report states, "can go beyond disruption of existing technical systems and lead to short-term, as well as to long-term collateral socioeconomic disruptions."

The report listed possible cascading effects of a major solar storm as "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 a lack of refrigeration."




The storm in 1859 fried all the telegraph lines in the world. Imagine today, everything electronic will be fried.

Ronfez.net will be offline.

Worst of all, no more XM/Sirius 202!

Be sure to unplug your computers in 2012!

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/images/NASAstorm.jpg

[Contra]

I'm going to break out the old hand radio and try to contact my father...in the past!

[toolshed]

Solar Katrina=resurgence of Heineken guy.

note: would work better if I could post images.

[instrument]

Remember the threat of solar flares a few years back?

Ill believe it whens there's a history channel special with leonard nimoy......or that guy from the next generation.

[skyscraper]

sounds like y2k.
since we know about it now, there is time to prepare for it.

[TheMojoPin]

I'm going to break out the old hand radio and try to contact my father...in the past!

POTD

[Snoogans]

isnt the flipping of Earth's magnetic field also supposed to mess with our electronics?

[Snoogans]

Solar Katrina=resurgence of Heineken guy.

note: would work better if I could post images.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/357282774_1fcace204b_o.jpg

love Heineken guy

[toolshed]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/357282774_1fcace204b_o.jpg

love Heineken guy

thanks budday.

[KC2OSO]

love Heineken guy
I'm calling Heineken guy on my hand radio right now.

[Snoogans]

I'm calling Heineken guy on my hand radio right now.

make sure you let him know the good news. Free Heinekens soon to be back in New Orleans

[toolshed]

my favorite part of that picture has always been the beer in his back pocket. just in case something happens to the tub of beers, always got one on reserve...

[Furtherman]

isnt the flipping of Earth's magnetic field also supposed to mess with our electronics?

It'll mess with our compasses and animal's natural compasses, but it will also open us up to sun flares with a weakening of the field.

But a flip takes thousands of years to complete. No worries there.

since we know about it now, there is time to prepare for it.

Is there? And are we?

Not really.

[TheMojoPin]

It'll mess with our compasses and animal's natural compasses, but it will also open us up to sun flares with a weakening of the field.

But a flip takes thousands of years to complete. No worries there.



Is there? And are we?

Not really.

I was going to be concerned until I saw the article was from WorldNetDaily.

Shoddy, sensational reporting is basically required to work there.

[Tall_James]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/357282774_1fcace204b_o.jpg

love Heineken guy

Its a "Space" Katrina. It would look something more like this...

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c174/cheeseeatingbird/heinekin.jpg

[Furtherman]

I was going to be concerned until I saw the article was from WorldNetDaily.

Shoddy, sensational reporting is basically required to work there.

Ahhh, well, that article isn't the first time I heard of this storm.

So here it is from NASA themselves:

Solar Storm Warning (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/10mar_stormwarning.htm)

Like most experts in the field, Hathaway has confidence in the conveyor belt model and agrees with Dikpati that the next solar maximum should be a doozy. But he disagrees with one point. Dikpati's forecast puts Solar Max at 2012. Hathaway believes it will arrive sooner, in 2010 or 2011.

"History shows that big sunspot cycles 'ramp up' faster than small ones," he says. "I expect to see the first sunspots of the next cycle appear in late 2006 or 2007—and Solar Max to be underway by 2010 or 2011."

Who's right? Time will tell. Either way, a storm is coming.


Stronger Solar Storms Predicted; Blackouts May Result (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0306_060307_sunspots.html)

[toolshed]

Earth people are so scared of Mars people

[TheMojoPin]

Ahhh, well, that article isn't the first time I heard of this storm.

So here it is from NASA themselves:

Solar Storm Warning (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/10mar_stormwarning.htm)




Stronger Solar Storms Predicted; Blackouts May Result (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0306_060307_sunspots.html)

Well, yeah, I doubt it doesn't exist, but the later links are a helluva lot less doom 'n' gloom than the first.

[Furtherman]

We're doomed.


DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!!!

[Howard Stern]

somebody hold me... :sad:

[Gvac]

Will it make it warmer outside?

If so, I say bring it on!

Fuckin' freezin' over here.

[topless_mike]

Will it make it warmer outside?

If so, I say bring it on!

Fuckin' freezin' over here.

because you forgot to put your pants on again.

[Gvac]

because you forgot to put your pants on again.

Forgot...?

[TheMojoPin]

Forgot...?

Y'know, even Torgo could fit HIS meaty goat-legs into a pair of khakis...

[led37zep]

I'm going to start selling Solar Sunglasses outside of Subway stops.

I'll make MILLIONS!!!!!!


Now only if I had a picture of Gvac with foil on his head to help promote my product....hmmmmmmmmmmm

[Gvac]

Y'know, even Torgo could fit HIS meaty goat-legs into a pair of khakis...

Gvac's gloriously gorgeous gams get girls going ga-ga.

[cougarjake13]

whens the shuttle leaving for the moon ??

[KnoxHarrington]

Remember the threat of solar flares a few years back?

Ill believe it whens there's a history channel special with leonard nimoy......or that guy from the next generation.

When is the History Channel just gonna give in and become the Apocalypse Channel?

[midwestjeff]

whens the shuttle leaving for the moon ??

More importantly, when are the nukes leaving for the sun?

If ever a pre-emptive strike was justified, this is it.

[Sloppy2nds]

When is the History Channel just gonna give in and become the Apocalypse Channel?

I'd watch that

[TjM]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/584/skyisfallingeh7.jpg

[DolaMight]

got my blue blockers so I'll survive Armageddon plenty fine
http://www.webcraft-internet-millionaires-club.com/picts3/blueblockers01.jpg
so will the plumber
http://www.brianbehrend.com/links/archives/images/plummer-porn.jpg

[Furtherman]

got my blue blockers so I'll survive Armageddon plenty fine

so will the plumber

The plumber will be busy.

Did you know a solar flare can make your toilet stop working? (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/21jan_severespaceweather.htm?list1295694)

That's the surprising conclusion of a NASA-funded study by the National Academy of Sciences entitled Severe Space Weather Events—Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts.

To estimate the scale of such a failure, report co-author John Kappenmann of the Metatech Corporation looked at the great geomagnetic storm of May 1921, which produced ground currents as much as ten times stronger than the 1989 Quebec storm, and modeled its effect on the modern power grid. He found more than 350 transformers at risk of permanent damage and 130 million people without power. The loss of electricity would ripple across the social infrastructure with "water distribution affected within several hours; perishable foods and medications lost in 12-24 hours; loss of heating/air conditioning, sewage disposal, phone service, fuel re-supply and so on."

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/images/severespaceweather/collapse_strip2.jpg
Above: What if the May 1921 superstorm occurred today? A US map of vulnerable transformers with areas of probable system collapse encircled. A state-by-state map of transformer vulnerability is also available: click here. Credit: National Academy of Sciences.

[Contra]

Shiiiit' I'm moving to flordia

[Furtherman]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/05/20090505_081530_n7euB_195.jpg

THE SUN IS STIRRING: NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft is monitoring an active region hidden behind the sun's eastern limb. On May 5th, it produced an impressive coronal mass ejection (movie) and a burst of Type II radio emissions caused by a shock wave plowing through the sun's outer atmosphere. STEREO-B's extreme UV telescope captured this image during the explosion:

Activity continued apace on May 6th with at least two more eruptions. Furthermore, recent UV images from STEREO-B reveal not just one but two active regions: image. At the root of all this activity is probably a complex of sunspots. The region is not yet visible from Earth, but the sun is turning it toward us for a better view. Readers with solar telescopes should keep an eye on sun's northeastern limb for an emergence on May 7th or 8th.



Check out the eruption on the left side of this picture — that's a shockwave plowing through the sun's atmosphere. Could this be the early warning sign of a Solar Katrina?

The image was captured by NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft, using its Extreme UV camera.

But this picture may be cool-looking, but it's a bit more alarming after you read this ABC News article, which the NASA site links to, about the potential devastation that a "Solar Katrina," caused by solar storms, could wreak on Earth:

Are We Ready for a Solar Katrina? (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Space/story?id=7384952&page=1)

[Contra]

As long as solar flares don't fuck up guns, bring it on!

[Drunky McBetidont]

the messed up thing, we are do for staorm soon, it is an eleven year cycle. and a few weeks ago i read an article on sciencedaily.com that said the solar activity was very low, unusually low and some scientists were concerned. wake before the flood.
scifi channel did one of the worst made for cable movies ever about this. but the threat to the power structure is real. a good coronal emmision in the right dirrection will fry all the major transformers and we go into a very long blackout

[cougarjake13]

Shiiiit' I'm moving to flordia

glad im already here

[furie]

and then nibiru will finish us off

[cougarjake13]

so are we screwed ???

[disneyspy]

i hope i get the human torch's power-FLAME ON!




wooooosh

[Furtherman]

NASA warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devastation (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7819201/Nasa-warns-solar-flares-from-huge-space-storm-will-cause-devastation.html)

National power grids could overheat and air travel severely disrupted while electronic items, navigation devices and major satellites could stop working after the Sun reaches its maximum power in a few years.

Senior space agency scientists believe the Earth will be hit with unprecedented levels of magnetic energy from solar flares after the Sun wakes “from a deep slumber” sometime around 2013, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

In a new warning, Nasa said the super storm would hit like “a bolt of lightning” and could cause catastrophic consequences for the world’s health, emergency services and national security unless precautions are taken.

Scientists believe it could damage everything from emergency services’ systems, hospital equipment, banking systems and air traffic control devices, through to “everyday” items such as home computers, iPods and Sat Navs.

Due to humans’ heavy reliance on electronic devices, which are sensitive to magnetic energy, the storm could leave a multi-billion pound damage bill and “potentially devastating” problems for governments.



Edit: Another article. This is like the first act of a disaster movie!

What's wrong with the sun? (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627640.800-whats-wrong-with-the-sun.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news)

[Willmore]

NASA warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devastation (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7819201/Nasa-warns-solar-flares-from-huge-space-storm-will-cause-devastation.html)

It's the end of the world. You might as well just shove a double-barrel down your throat already.

[A.J.]

NASA warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devastation (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7819201/Nasa-warns-solar-flares-from-huge-space-storm-will-cause-devastation.html)

We'll be fine.

http://download.lardlad.com/framegrabs/2F16/115.jpg

[Furtherman]

We'll be fine.

http://www.duffzone.org/framegrabs/2f16/2f16-155.jpg

It's already affecting transmissions! Red X's everywhere!

[furie]

http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1879651/2013_solar_storm_could_create_widespread_panic/index.html

2013

[spoon]

Another story on the absence of sunspots and it's impace on the Earth's weather. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/21/AR2010062104114.html?g=0)

[Willmore]

who gives a fuck?

Once it happens, we'll be fucked, no sense in worrying about it before it happens.

[spoon]

I guess this proves someone didn't actually read the articles at all. There will/can be an impact (not impace as my typo shows) on the earth and our weather, but there aren't any definitive answers at this point, so much that all the models from the past are up in the air. Sure we know some details on what causes what in theory, but we're truly seeing some of these occurrences for the first time ever.

[Furtherman]

Liam Fox warns of electromagnetic disruptions due to solar flares (http://topnews.co.uk/213369-liam-fox-warns-electromagnetic-disruptions-due-solar-flares)

The super-flares that cause electromagnetic disruptions occur once in every hundred years. The last major flare had disrupted the early telegraph system in the mid-nineteenth century, and the scientists fear that a similar event now could paralyse modern life totally as it could hit computers, telephones and water & food supplies.

[Furtherman]

Astronomers today warned that mankind is now more vulnerable to a major solar storm than at any time in history - and that the planet should prepare for a global Katrina-style disaster. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1359136/Global-Katrina-Biggest-solar-storm-cause-power-cuts-MONTHS.html#ixzz1EiCajaVq)

[disneyspy]

i keep my laptop under my couch,will it be safe?

[Furtherman]

i keep my laptop under my couch,will it be safe?

FRIED.

[brettmojo]

Astronomers today warned that mankind is now more vulnerable to a major solar storm than at any time in history - and that the planet should prepare for a global Katrina-style disaster. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1359136/Global-Katrina-Biggest-solar-storm-cause-power-cuts-MONTHS.html#ixzz1EiCajaVq)
THUNDERDOME BITCHES!!!

[midwestjeff]

i keep my laptop under my couch,will it be safe?

Not if Chris Hanson gets a hold of it.

[disneyspy]

Not if Chris Hanson gets a hold of it.

that pussy?

fuck him!

[keithy_19]

Eh. Bring it on. Whatever.

[brettmojo]

I'll just wrap my Bravia, Vaio, PS3 and Droid in tin foil and all will be well.

[disneyspy]

I'll just wrap my Bravia, Vaio, PS3 and Droid in tin foil and all will be well.

me too,then i'll put them under my couch

[Contra]

Just need a couple of reflective shields, that should take care of it.

[midwestjeff]

Eh. Bring it on. Whatever.

You do realize that you can't just pop a couple ambien,
scribble some incoherent nonsense, and sleep through
this right?

It's a solar shit storm Keithy!!!

[brettmojo]

Just need a couple of reflective shields, that should take care of it.
This should do it.

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9389/futuramathreadpic.png

[Barnaby Jones]

You do realize that you can't just pop a couple ambien,
scribble some incoherent nonsense, and sleep through
this right?

It's a solar shit storm Keithy!!!

On the upside at least he won't have to worry about that fucking blog!!!!

[Furtherman]

Vast Solar Eruption Shocks NASA and Raises Doubts on Sun Theory (http://www.suite101.com/content/vast-solar-eruption-shocks-nasa-and-raises-doubts-on-sun-theory-a327330#ixzz1On3Jn639)



NASA reports an entire hemisphere of the sun has erupted. The U.S. space agency now admits the cataclysm puts existing solar theories in doubt.

[Snoogans]

did we get the northern lights shit last night? I read that the ejection was big enough that last night and tonight, NYC might get some northern lights type shit

[Furtherman]

It's possible tonight.

[Snoogans]

The sun released a huge solar flare Tuesday, shooting a bunch of radiation in our direction. While the Earth isn't expected to take a direct hit from the flare, it could rub up against the planet's electromagnetic field on Thursday, possibly disrupting radio and satellite transmissions, not to mention creating some spectacular auroral light displays for those in the north.


NASA is calling the flare medium-sized and the biggest one seen in the last five years, but it's nothing compared to something called the "Carrington Event" in 1859, a huge solar flare that set telegraph machines on fire and produced an auroral glow in many parts of the world bright enough to read by. Even when telegraph operators disconnected their batteries, "aurora-induced electric currents in the wires still allowed messages to be transmitted,"

Basically, if the sun were to send a massive shipment of electromagnetic radiation our way, it could knock out the backbone of our digital civilization, taking power grids, satellites and other communications systems offline for hours, possibly even days. There's also the possibility for damage to that infrastructure that could run into the trillions of dollars.

Fortunately, there are precautions, such as back-up systems, that can be put in place, and solar weather watchers have been urging politicians to do so through conferences and other efforts over the past few years. Whether we'll be ready when the solar "Big One" comes remains to be seen, but scientists say it's not an apocalyptic scenario.

So, presuming that the world doesn't end with the Mayan calendar in 2012, it also won't end with a huge solar flare in 2013, but it definitely has the potential to ruin a day or two.

[Furtherman]

That's what I've been saying!

[cougarjake13]

seems like every dasy theres something new thats gonna fuck us up real good



dont even care no more


if it happens, then i'll deal with it

[brettmojo]

seems like every dasy theres something new thats gonna fuck us up real good



dont even care no more


if it happens, then i'll deal with it
Road Warrior time bitches!

[StanUpshaw]

Vast Solar Eruption Shocks NASA and Raises Doubts on Sun Theory (http://www.suite101.com/content/vast-solar-eruption-shocks-nasa-and-raises-doubts-on-sun-theory-a327330#ixzz1On3Jn639)

This article is six months old and the event they're reporting on happened last August.

[Furtherman]

Severe Solar Storms Could Paralyze Earth this Decade: NOAA (http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/194166/20110808/solar-storms-severe-solar-storms-earth-paralyse-carrington-event.htm)

With solar activity expected to peak around 2013, the Sun is entering a particularly active time and big flares like recent one will likely be common during the next few years.

Most solar flares will only cause minor problems with satellites and power grids, but a major flare in the mid-19th century blocked the nascent telegraph system, and some scientists believe that another such even is now overdue.

In a huge solar storm back in 1859, telegraph offices worldwide were hit, some telegraph operators reported electric shocks, the telegraph systems malfunctioned and even paper caught fire. It is the strongest solar storm on record and is called the “Carrington Event,” which is named after Richard Carrington, who viewed and reported on the solar flare of Sept. 1, 1859. In 1989, six million people in Quebec, Canada were left without power for several hours when a solar storm took down a power grid.

[Furtherman]

An extremely powerful solar flare, the largest in over four years, rocked the sun early Tuesday. (http://www.space.com/12580-sun-unleashes-major-solar-flare.html)

http://i.space.com/images/i/11446/i02/solar-flare-aug-5-2011-ultraviolet.jpg?1312907818

[disneyspy]

An extremely powerful solar flare, the largest in over four years, rocked the sun early Tuesday. (http://www.space.com/12580-sun-unleashes-major-solar-flare.html)

http://i.space.com/images/i/11446/i02/solar-flare-aug-5-2011-ultraviolet.jpg?1312907818

maybe now people will wake up to global warming!

[Earlshog]

An extremely powerful solar flare, the largest in over four years, rocked the sun early Tuesday. (http://www.space.com/12580-sun-unleashes-major-solar-flare.html)

http://i.space.com/images/i/11446/i02/solar-flare-aug-5-2011-ultraviolet.jpg?1312907818

that can't be true its Cloudy today!

[Furtherman]

Solar storms building toward peak in 2013 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44093505/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/solar-storms-building-toward-peak/#.TmgWBJaaM-Y)

[Rhah]

Do we need to stockpile some cash since credit card transactions won't work?

[A.J.]

Solar storms building toward peak in 2013 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44093505/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/solar-storms-building-toward-peak/#.TmgWBJaaM-Y)

More like SHIT storms.

[Furtherman]

Do we need to stockpile some cash since credit card transactions won't work?

Any info you have on a computer? Fried.

[cougarjake13]

Do we need to stockpile some cash since credit card transactions won't work?

i would

[Furtherman]

There's a storm brewing on the sun's surface and it could unleash its magnetic fury on Earth within the next five days. (http://news.discovery.com/space/big-pic-monster-sunspots-solar-flare-111105.html?ewrd=1)


That ominous warning comes from solar scientists at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center who are tracking a huge group of sunspots that are slowly rotating to face our planet. The largest sunspot is 17-times the width of the Earth.

[brettmojo]

There's a storm brewing on the sun's surface and it could unleash its magnetic fury on Earth within the next five days. (http://news.discovery.com/space/big-pic-monster-sunspots-solar-flare-111105.html?ewrd=1)


That ominous warning comes from solar scientists at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center who are tracking a huge group of sunspots that are slowly rotating to face our planet. The largest sunspot is 17-times the width of the Earth.


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[PapaBear]

They say to be on the lookout for more aurora borealis sightings in the south, like we had last week. I didn't see it last time, and I've only ever seen it down here once. I did see a cool flaming meteor last night, though.

[hanso]

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Pepper Hicks did a song on it

[brettmojo]

I'm so fucking ready...

[Furtherman]

Solar Storm Hits Earth (http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/01/23/solar-storm-hits-earth/)

Late last night (Jan.22) at around 11 pm ET a giant, long lasting, solar flare erupted off the face of the Sun, sending a giant Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) – cloud of plasma and charged particles – squarely towards the Earth. Detected by NASA’s sun-monitoring satellites SOHO and STEREO, the solar blast was determined to be an M9 on the Richter scale of solar flares – just shy of an X- class flare which is ranked as the most powerful. Space weather forecasters at NOAA – who keep watch for any hazardous, incoming solar storms – are expecting the brunt of the CME to slam into Earth’s magnetic field Jan.24 around 9 am EST ( 2 pm UT) +/- 7 hours.

[brettmojo]

I was just gonna' tweet that to you... IT BEGINS.

[keithy_19]

Bring it the fuck on sun. Everyone knows you've got nothing on the moon.

http://cache.thephoenix.com/secure/uploadedImages/The_Phoenix/News/News_Stories/mooninites(4).jpg

[CountryBob]

Well, what happened? We're waiting!

In other news I woke up with a sunburn ....

[Crash]

I thought the end of the world wasn't till December.

[Earlshog]

we just had a power surge in my office :help:

[Snoogans]

just another fuckin excuse for cablevision to have the internet go out

[PapaBear]

My cell signal has been fucking up. And GPS on phones has really been fucked up.

[Furtherman]

I just saw a polar bear get off the R Train. We're doomed.

[Manning, Esq.]

Monday, I was driving through the Midwest near Cincinatti. It was in the 50s, yet every so often there appeared to be snowflake-like debris. Didn't even register until I'd seen it a few times, and after enough miles that it surely wasn't, e.g., ash from a fire, localized pollution. In fact, I still caught glimpses of it through my windshield 50-80 miles later.

Related?? Flashbacks??

[disneyspy]

i lost internet yesterday for about 7 hours but the northern lights were spectacular

[Dude!]

i overslept this morning

[Furtherman]

Scientists warn of catastrophic solar storm. (http://www.newser.com/story/140821/scientists-warn-of-catastrophic-solar-storm.html)

The last massive sun eruption was the Carrington Event in 1859, reports Wired. An enormous flare emitted a vast particle stream that created auroras as it hit the Earth's atmosphere, setting telegraph stations on fire, blacking out their networks, and knocking changes in Earth’s magnetic field off the scale. A similar event in our high-tech era could cripple electric power, radio communication, and GPS satellites, disrupting transportation, communication, and banking systems.

[Furtherman]

Ahem.

[Earlshog]

Ahem.

Furtherman is the Paul Revere of .net shouting the sun is coming!

you were on this way early... Now its every top story (must be a slow news day :tongue:).

[Furtherman]

This Is Just The Beginning!

[jennysmurf]

This Is Just The Beginning!

Doomsday Prepper.

[keithy_19]

Doomsday Prepper.

Doomsday Pepper.

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[PapaBear]

I heard today's solar storm led to a dropped call while someone was trying to be the 7th caller on a radio station. The horror.

[keithy_19]

I heard today's solar storm led to a dropped call while someone was trying to be the 7th caller on a radio station. The horror.

Don't mock my strife.

[Furtherman]

The space-weather forecast for the next few years: solar storms, with a chance of catastrophic blackouts on Earth. (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/06/solar-storms/ferris-text)

[cougarjake13]

We're all fucked

[brettmojo]

The space-weather forecast for the next few years: solar storms, with a chance of catastrophic blackouts on Earth. (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/06/solar-storms/ferris-text)

We're all fucked
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[IamFogHat]

Is it a Storm of Swords? Cause otherwise I'm not interested.

[keithy_19]

Bring it on you fucking stupid solar storms.