[KC SuburbanSurvival]

http://news.yahoo.com/power-companies-prepare-solar-storms-set-hit-earth-144759933.html



Why do I feel the next few years are going to be even bumpier?

 

[cw821]

Not that this one will, but even a small power disruption in this heat would wreak havoc as they are already at record usage.

 

[Desert Scout]

What's funny is their idea of working on the problem! They are tweaking software for shutting down the grid on short notice and develop a plan for which areas to restore first after a shut down as to not disrupt dictator control, it's upgrades to maintain their infrastructure!

 

[Ruck]

Yeah, the largest flares in FOUR WHOLE YEARS!!! Shidamn!

Those darn pesky solar storms, we can't live with 'em, and we can't live without them. In the past, extended periods of inactivity have coincided with lower-than-expected temperatures on Earth. The most famous example is the Maunder Minimum, a 70-year period with virtually no sunspots from 1645 to 1715. Average temperatures in Europe sank so low during that period that it came to be known as "the Little Ice Age."

Please, can we do a little better than this Dooms-Dayers?

 

[Boonie]

Sure. It's called The Carrington Event. If we get one of those today like we did back in 1859...

 

[Ruck]

Sure. It's called The Carrington Event. If we get one of those today like we did back in 1859...

Yup, we gonna party like it's 1859 !:thumb:

 

[mattbatson]

sooooooo,
did anyones grid go down?


yeah,,,didnt think so....

 

[BUSHER]

what's a grid?

- oh no wait someone just shot themselves in the penis with a pink gun! I gotta go buy more rice! ....but there isnt any cause CHINA just bough tall the USA rice? - oh god oh god what to do what to do!

 

[Odessa]

I got plenty of rice so its not a big deal really, I dont think china stores dry beans, spam, or jerky so dont panic yet.

 

[POPPALUV]

Yup, we gonna party like it's 1859 !:thumb:

Good thing petticoats are part of our preps.:thumb: