2012...back on?

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2012...back on?

Post by Live365 » 08-28-2010 08:45 AM

This is getting more press than these things usually do, and I can’t help but think of the words of John Titor, that “something huge” does happen in 2012, but it doesn’t end the world. This seems to fit the bill. And certainly, Ed Dames can’t be far behind.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20100826/9 ... -in_1.html

Massive solar storm to hit Earth in 2012 with 'force of 100m bombs'
Thu, Aug 26 12:50 PM

Melbourne, Aug 26 (ANI): Astronomers are predicting that a massive solar storm, much bigger in potential than the one that caused spectacular light shows on Earth earlier this month, is to strike our planet in 2012 with a force of 100 million hydrogen bombs.

Several US media outlets have reported that NASA was warning the massive flare this month was just a precursor to a massive solar storm building that had the potential to wipe out the entire planet's power grid.

Despite its rebuttal, NASA's been watching out for this storm since 2006 and reports from the US this week claim the storms could hit on that most Hollywood of disaster dates - 2012.

Similar storms back in 1859 and 1921 caused worldwide chaos, wiping out telegraph wires on a massive scale. The 2012 storm has the potential to be even more disruptive.

"The general consensus among general astronomers (and certainly solar astronomers) is that this coming Solar maximum (2012 but possibly later into 2013) will be the most violent in 100 years," News.com.au quoted astronomy lecturer and columnist Dave Reneke as saying.

The reason for the concern comes as the sun enters a phase known as Solar Cycle 24.

"We know it is coming but we don't know how bad it is going to be…."
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Post by Psychicwolf » 08-28-2010 09:12 AM

Hey, Live
I have been seeing this on several science sites.:eek:

But what will all the people who are so attached to their technology (cell phone, internet, GPS, etc) do? Thank goodness I still know how to use pen and paper and I have a wood cookstove in addition to a fireplace. I usually get to practice these skills for at least a few days every winter due to the weather out here at the mountain.:D
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Post by HurricaneJoanie » 08-28-2010 09:47 AM

Just plain terrifying -- no matter when it's supposed to happen.
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Post by Joolz » 08-28-2010 04:26 PM

Yikes! Sounds like another Y2K-ish scare in the making here. Get those disaster/survival supplies and kits in order, y'all!
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