White House Planning for CATASTROPHIC solar flares to impact Earth
Rlgrimes 12/27/2015
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:28 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 2014. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. (Photo via NASA/SDO)
According to sources inside the White House, the administration is developing a plan to protect American interests, not people, against an electromagnetic pulse caused by solar flares that has the potential to wipe out power, computer systems and data storage around the world. To many people, it may sound far-fetched, but it’s happened before. Back in 1859 the Earth was hit with a huge amount of solar activity known as the Carrington event. During that period, the solar activity was so high that the northern lights were spotted as far south as Cuba and Honolulu, and telegraph operators reported seeing sparks leap from their devices. In addition, one Western Union telegraph office was set on fire from the overload caused by the induction in the wires.
But that is nothing compared to what we face in such a storm today. In our much more high-tech world, the impact today would be far greater, with the potential to wipe out and shut down power grids, cell phone technology, GPS devices, and even the Internet. In fact, a National Academy of Sciences report from 2008 suggested the cost of such an event could be $2.6 trillion.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy recently released an action plan and strategythat outline how the country will prepare for the worst of this, which they call “space weather.” The government plans to work with various entities to release new space environment data and launch a space weather data initiative. It will also work to train emergency management on space weather events, increase international collaboration and publish more information about space weather in transportation reports.
As National Geographic reported, “the eastern half of the United States is particularly vulnerable, because the power infrastructure is highly interconnected, so failures could easily cascade like chains of dominoes.”
“Imagine large cities without power for a week, a month, or a year,” Daniel Baker, of the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, said. “The losses could be $1 to $2 trillion, and the effects could be felt for years.” Of course, neither the agency nor the government made any comment about the effect such a strike would have on the American People. Picture a world where for even three months there was no refrigeration, communication, transportation was reduced to walking or bicycles, no medical devices such as heart monitors or iron lungs.
Under such conditions, experts have estimated that up to 90% of the population could die from the lack of medical services. In addition, transportation of food stuffs from one area to another would be difficult if not impossible creating massive food shortages that would result in riots and looting.
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