The largest solar events on record (Carrington Events) occurred in 1859 and 1921, long before the advent of modern technology. 1921 - 1859 = 62 years between events 2021 - 1921 = 100 years since last event PAPER: Solar Superstorms: Planning for an Internet Apocalypse

For those of you that consistently watch solar weather, there is a large sunspot (2665) that has been throwing out some large CMEs away from earth, that will soon be facing earth on August 1st. This is one of those spots that has been out there, and has faced earth previously but is suddenly...

CME Declares Force Majeure at Manhattan Gold Depository " CME Group Inc. (CME) on Monday said that Manfra, Tordella and Brookes Inc., one of the exchange's gold depositories, will not be able to delivery metal as the lower Manhattan company deals with...

Habitat - Prolog “Dang, Matt! At least look like you are busy!” Gills McBain whispered to his friend, Matt Ruby. It wasn’t like Gills to be nervous, but today was a special day. He was to find out if he was to be hired as one of the divers for the new underwater habitat that rich, old, slightly...

Just in case you missed it SurvivaleBooks is giving away 500 Military Manuals. Click here for the current thread about the manuals Of the 500, there is a great selection on Comms (all free). Here are the examples I found: 1987 US Army Send a Radio Message 3p.pdf 1987 US Army Tactical...

http://www.popsci.com/technology/gallery/2011-06/gallery-global-blackout?image=0 This is an awesome piece I just read about in Popular Science about the sun slappin around the earth. definitely worth the read and has anyone else noticed that all the stuff that used to be fringe topics are...

On August 1st, 2010 two large solar flares occurred resulting in a CME heading directly toward earth, with an expected arrival of Tuesday evening. Apparently, this was a "C" class, which is less severe than an "X" or "M". Not really familiar with the physics or the lexicon. Here's a link to...

bad news for your GPS http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100609/sc_space/moreactivesunmeansnastysolarstormsahead a Survival tale about sun storms, here on SB http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=722&highlight=Fiction+-+CME