So a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) is scheduled to storm the earth this Saturday. In fact, TWO CMEs. Got your faraday cages and gold ready for the end of society as we know it? Because according to HowStuffWorks, it will be devastating to all our electronics, taking out huge power grids for months. (Go to science.howstuffworks/solar-flare-electronics.htm if you dont believe me! ;-) But according to CNN and NASA, we have no need for worries. We might get a pretty light show and some glitchy cell phone usage on Saturday. I sure hope they are right because, not being a survivalist, I have no preparation for a major catastrophe. I have nothing against survivalists! In fact, if money wasnt an issue, Id have myself an underground shelter with 6 months supply of everything we need, a generator, an armory complete with guns and cross bows (in case of zombies, of course!), and much more. But alas, I have more pressing things to worry about (like groceries for the week, filling up my gas guzzling Suburban, and getting kids to soccer on time! LOL!) So I am praying that, if this is a major catastrophe, Jesus will be coming tonight and save me from the Mad Max times ahead. Otherwise, it will be business as usual and well all wake up on Sunday not even knowing anything happened. Who is prepared?! From CNNs article: This is not your usual weather forecast. Big storms are brewing. Your umbrella wont help, but you might want to keep a flashlight handy. These storms are coming from the sun. Its raining down a huge amount of radiation. Were safe, but it could affect power grids, radios and satellites. Experts say the combined energy from two recent solar events will arrive at Earth on Saturday, prompting the Space Weather Prediction Center to issue a strong geomagnetic storm watch. Wait. What kind of watch? Basically, the sun is a giant ball of gas: 92.1% hydrogen and 7.8% helium. Every now and then, it spits out a giant burst of radiation called a coronal mass ejection. These ejections are sometimes associated with solar flares, the most explosive events in the solar system. The sun has released two ejections in the past two days, and both are linked to solar flares. NASA says the second flare is an X1.6 class, putting it in the most intense category....
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:30:16 +0000
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