NASA predicting power grids could overheat and air travel severely disrupted in 2013 while electronic items, navigation devices and major satellites could stop working. In a new warning, Nasa said a solar super storm would hit like “a bolt of lightning” and cause catastrophic consequences for the world’s health, emergency services and national security. It could damage everything from hospital equipment, banking systems and air traffic control devices, through to “everyday” items such as home computers, iPods and Sat Navs.
It's the end of the world, don't panic!
Dr Richard Fisher, the director of Nasa's Heliophysics division, said "large swathes of the world could face being without power for several months, although he admitted that was unlikely".
Unlikely? What he means is that, just like the Y2K scare story and Climate Change, it is all bollox, just NASA trying to big itself up to get more Federal funding, in any case we all know that the end of the world is coming in 2012.
(And if you click on the vid in the Telegraph link above, it's been there since April so hardly 'news' anyway).
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It's all coming to an end on December 21st( or is it the 22nd?) 2012 as you say - so what's the problem? Notice how "scientists" are sounding more and more like old testament prophets?
I tend to agree with you Banned but with one world order groups they might just shut-off the power and claim it is the sun.
A few years back (2003 or 2004) a huge chunk of the U.S. lost all power-the eastern seaboard, parts of the midwest and reaching into Canada for three-four days. To this day I believe it was to see just how people reacted.
Call me a conspiracist if you want but they do have the means.
Chris, I remember the blackout well - it was a very peaceful few days - we could actually see the milky way at night!
Solar flares certainly can cause problems, Back in the days when I was a regular short wave listener, complete loss of signals was a common event during solar flares.
Admittedly the world was not run by computers then, so the effects on the general population were not so great. But satellites are are at risk these days, and operators have to monitor solar flares, and be prepared to shut them down, or put them in reduced power mode. The recent case of a satellite drifting out of control is very likely due to this.
http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2010/04/27/galaxy-15-satellite-damaged-by-solar-flare/
However, with my conspiracy theorists hat on, it's highly likely that this could be used as an excuse to see how much the public could do without "essential" services. Just look back at the closing down of air travel, due to volcanic ash debacle.....
Scunnert,
Yes it was peaceful and most likely I believe much to the dissmay of the government.
No need for martial law when riots, looting and general mayhem do not occur.
Yeah, right on, mate - NASA again - after their dereliction of duty by burying the true information they possessed on bogus "climate change", as far as I'm concerned, they're like the boy who cried "wolf" and they can fuck right off!
Until I reached the end I was going to add ... The world is going to end in December 2012 anyway. It doesn't really matter what happens in 2013.
NASAs just officially given up on sending a man back to the moon (no need to send a woman, it doesn't need cleaning) by canning the Constellation budget against the wishes of Congress.
And they've just dispatched scientists to the North Pole to be eaten by unexpectedly large populations of polar bears rather than eyeing up Mars. Now, with this, they are telling me that in 12 months time my iPad is fucked. If I buy one.
They are trying to change their goals from doing real space stuff to doing desk research work in striking distance of the nearest McDonalds. So much for human endeavour, eh?
Times were that to get into space you had to be a Septic. Now you need to be Indian.
Just when I didn't think I'd have more to worry about! I sure hope this doesn't happen.
In Chicago a while back, the power was out for 3 or 4 days in a HEAT WAVe that killed hundreds of people.
It was horrible, to say the least. I slept on my deck with my guard dog, and a big knife. I don't have my dog anymore (she's in heaven). I don't know what I"ll do if this happens again.
I always love these "end of time" predictions. One thing for sure one day that day will come, but I predict no one will see it coming!
Don't worry folks, we are all saved, here is a Cambridge University Professor no less telling us that the dramatic year will be 2014 on the not very promising basis that dramatic things always happen in that year for each century past!
Proff: 'we are safe until 2014' Shock
Not on his list but 1314 saw the death of Jacques de Molay and the destruction of the Knights Templar, so Masonic conspiracy theorists can get properly stuck into this one too.
At least if it's all over in 2012 we'll be spared the fucking Olympics...
I was reading this yesterday and had the same thought -- if the world's ending in 2012, who gives a toss?
Good point Mr Eye Do you suppose that they have been arranging for interesting things to happen in the 24th year of each century since?
Hi Dioclese and girl x, quite so, might as well party on down until then!
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