2012 SOLAR BOMB

DemonicVixen

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http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/sun-storm-to-hit-with-force-of-100-bombs/story-fn5fsgyc-1225909999465

Read it for yourself. Facts point to a global break down of ALL electronics due to the sun having a repeat Solar Storm but this time, WORSE.
All this because the sun will be entering its phase known as Solar Cycle 24


So, think 2012 really is going to be the end? Or is this really what everyone has been crying over?

Then again, without technology, do we really know how to survive?


EDIT: Ok so some are saying not to trust anything other then straight from NASA so i checked out their website and found this http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/10mar_stormwarning/
Yes it isnt saying that the Solar Max could cause devistation, but they are NOT the only scientists out there. Others also know what they are talking about. NASA alerts them, and they do the research also to predict what will happen.
 

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I have a solution to this issue. It requires lots and lots of lead... Not bullets, for those who read that as the euphemism/idiom... Radiation coating!
 

Nickolai77

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I wouldn't be complaining if the world ends in 2012, because i wouldn't have to pay my university tuition fees :)

Still, the article does say there was a solar max in the mid 1980's, so i doubt we'll be screwed over. At worst the world wide web fucks up and the world economy loses a couple hundred billion dollars. Should be pretty interesting.
 

The Salty Vulcan

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Ok that just freaky. I was only watching a documentary on the sun doing this just a few days ago. I have to say, I don't believe in the end of the world but this does seem rather eery.
 

Panzer_God

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My word, do you know what this means?!?!?! We must EXTINGUISH the Sun! Quickly! Before our computers break!!!
 

Jack and Calumon

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Apparently it's happened twice before according to the article. It took out Telegraph poles.

I'm guessing it's going to break a few windows... Well I guess it's lucky I'm on the other side of the room, away from the windows.

Hold on a minute! I'm going to lose internet, aren't I?

God damn it.

Calumon: But... I like talking to people! D:
 

Ekonk

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This happens often, right. We are constantly hit by solar storms, and sometimes, when there's a solar wave, your GPS signal doesn't work, etc. If this gigantic uberstorm is actually as big as they claim then it means that there will be some sattelite interference and perhaps some problems with airline companies, nothing more.

Although I may have lost a bet if this happens.
 

AWDMANOUT

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What? Psh, this is ridiculous.
I mean look at the thing.
http://blog.usa.gov/roller/govgab/resource/images/sun.jpg
How could something that cute hurt anybody?
 

Korolev

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It won't result in the end of the world:

1) No one knows when this flare will occur. The Sun's activity has been picking up lately, but has been active before and we haven't all died
2) A massive solar flare will only hit ONE side of the planet. Even in the absolutely WORST case scenario, only one side of the planet's electronics would be damaged. The other half would be unscathed
3) Critical systems, military electronics, and even some commercial grids/power lines/electronic equipment, are SHIELDED, and heavily so. The US has shielded it's electronics from nuclear EMPs. The Russians and the Chinese and the Brits have done the same. So those systems are likely to be protected. Also, a lot of the infrastructure is in buildings and underground and thus, would remain largely unaffected.

Just because this was in a news story doesn't mean it is true. This Peter Farquhar writes like a hack. Remember when all the reporters were wetting their pants about Y2K, despite experts telling them that the problem was fixed? Similar scenario - reporters with virtually no scientific education looking for a sensationalist scare story.

The world is almost certainly not going to end in 2012, and if it does, it's unpredictable. No one knows when the world will end, but I'm pretty sure it won't for a very long time.
 

Raikov

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All that crap relies on the transference of inductive fields from the solar magnetic eruption to anything capable of leading a current, like cables, antennas, street light poles and the like.

The thing is, we have been shielding our wiring and electronics against that kind of interference for several years now. With the introduction of wire-based signal communication in our homes and the industries, it was noted that any system relying on low-current low-voltage and high frequencies was very sensitive to any inductive field in the near vicinity.

So, we started shielding all our electronic equipment and signal cables to combat that very effect. With a simple wrap of foil we can eliminate inductive field effects to the point where we can now put high power cables together with signal cables and the interference from the power cables will not effect the digital signals in a regular category 5 F-UTP (like most of us have connected between our computers and the router) cable at all.

So I wouldn't worry that much.
 

Capt. Crankypants

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This is laughable. People just obsess over 'the end of the world' and things of that nature, even science guys. We've had SO many, most recently the LHC. When they find the meteor the size of Africa, and calculate its trajectory to the nearest 100m, THEN I might start worrying =D.

(Really, my internet drops out enough as it is. I see no difference either way =P )
 

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Nickolai77 said:
I wouldn't be complaining if the world ends in 2012, because i wouldn't have to pay my university tuition fees :)

Still, the article does say there was a solar max in the mid 1980's, so i doubt we'll be screwed over. At worst the world wide web fucks up and the world economy loses a couple hundred billion dollars. Should be pretty interesting.
a depression followed swiftly by the destruction of most of the world's porn... that's gonna piss people off royally :)
 

Hader

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Interesting enough I guess. I'll just turn off all my electronics that day, hide them and go sun-tan. :p
 

TheAmazingHobo

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Panzer_God said:
My word, do you know what this means?!?!?! We must EXTINGUISH the Sun! Quickly! Before our computers break!!!
Immediatly assemble a team of our hottest scientist/astronauts!


But seriously ?
Worst case is 1 trillion in damages ?
Yes.... a catastrophe that would do that much damage, would certainly lead to the end of the world..... *cough*
 

TerribleAssassin

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Meh, I suppose it could be a major disaster but give it a couple of years and we'll have electronics back again.
 

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You know what I love about the Escapist, the fact that you guys are 500x more intelligent than any forum I have ever been to.

I'm kinda gullible when it comes to end of the world scenarios. I kid you not, as I read that report, my heart started thumping as they said the worst. Then I start to read your posts and you guys REALLY calmed me down.

I love you guys.
 

Cowabungaa

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Pirate Kitty said:
Lol.

We are hit by those every day of every week of every year. It does nothing.
Not exactly, yes we're hit by solar radation all the time, but these 'solar bombs' or coronal mass ejections, are a lot less frequent and a lot more intense.

Big ones can definitely cause damage, as a matter of fact they already did before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1989_geomagnetic_storm] and they can probably be a lot more hefty like the 1859 solar storm [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859]. That just didn't have that much effect because the world wasn't digitalised yet, but it did screw up the telegraph system. Imagine what it would've done with our digital world.