Ernie : PBS program . Seemed plausible to me. Narrated by a string of astronomers Don't know who they are, beyond Tyson, but they were convincing. Seems as if there was an event in the early 1800s that was well documented at the time --auroras seen as far south as DC , descried in detail by a variety of observers all over the place at the time. As explained in the program, a one hour special, in that pre-electric era it did not matter. People saw a lot of pretty lights in the sky and other atmospherics but there was little practical effect. There have been similar events since the dawn of the Space / satellite age which have knocked out communications satellites. Some are "hardened" but that is expensive and no longer is done as a matter of routine. A big storm, it is said, would be very bad news for our satellite network. As for the solar storms, seems as if there are two basic kinds, --you would understand this far better than I can-- one in which all the ions line up in a certain way and are mostly neutralized by Earth's natural "reverse ionization" ( probably not the correct terminology ), which is very common, and the other, which is rare, in which Earth's ionization acts like a super ion magnet for the onrushing storm and causes havoc. If the program is repeated I will be sure to write down the title and other pertinent info. Billy ==================== 5/1/2012 9:00:14 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Billy, Sent from my iPhone On Apr 30, 2012, at 16:47, [email protected] wrote: > > 100 % certainty, if one hit us with no warning it would blow out at least half > of the transformers in the country. Maybe more like 80% plus. Is that really true? I'd like to see.a source cited. Like with EMF pulses, there's a lot of claims that sound suspicious to me. That much energy might scramble radios, but if it was really strong enough to burn out high-voltage transformers across an area larger than a city, I'd think -we- would all be fried too. In which case it doesn't really matter. :-) E -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
