{"id":2939,"date":"2012-03-31T00:09:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T13:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/?p=2939"},"modified":"2013-02-04T12:15:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T01:15:32","slug":"2012-solar-storm-long-term-power-blackout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/2012\/03\/2012-solar-storm-long-term-power-blackout-2939.html","title":{"rendered":"2012 Solar Storm = Long-Term Power Blackout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawrence E Joesph, Patrick Geryl and myself would probably be the 2012 catastrophists that have reached the most people. Something we all proclaim is that our Sun is the most likely source of a 2012 disaster:<\/p>\n

Geryl<\/strong>: convoluted math and ancient texts prove that a 2012 disaster is certain<\/li>\n
Joseph<\/strong>: science says a new Carrington event is kinda due, and 2012 has religious aspects as well<\/li>\n
Bast<\/strong>: observations by ancients of auroras at low latitudes could have predicted a 2012 solar storm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We each understand that a solar storm could wipe out power grids and potentially melt down nuclear facilities, leading to many millions of lost lives. That late 2012\/ early 2013 is probably the peak of this solar cycle fits well with all three theories. Aside from the “2012 is the year” aspect, many key bodies agree with us:<\/p>\n
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NASA<\/a>: “NASA has warned that a peak in the sun\u2019s magnetic energy cycle and the number of sun spots or flares around 2013 could generate huge radiation levels. The resulting solar storm could cause a geomagnetic storm on Earth, knocking out electricity grids around the world for hours, days, or even months, bringing much of normal life grinding to a halt.”<\/li>\n
US Space Weather Prediction Centre<\/a>: “North America or northern Europe may be without power from between days or weeks, to perhaps months and, in extreme cases, there are estimates that it could last years”<\/li>\n
NASA (again)<\/a>: …power grids may be more vulnerable than ever… Interconnectedness makes the system susceptible to wide-ranging \u201ccascade failures.\u201d …more than 350 transformers at risk of permanent damage and 130 million people without power.<\/li>\n
National Academy of Sciences<\/a>: “The report warns of widespread failures in telecommunications, electric power, banking and finance, and transportation; even water supplies could be disrupted”.<\/li>\n
Scientific American<\/a>: “Ice cores suggest that such a blast of solar particles happens only once every 500 years, but even the storms every 50 years could fry satellites, jam radios and cause coast-to-coast blackouts.”<\/li>\n
IEEE<\/a>:” If we do nothing\u2014if we stand by and wait for politicians to appreciate the risks and act on them\u2014we may witness one of the worst catastrophes of all time<\/strong><\/em>“<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nI’ve written a new article that looks at how the power grids of North America, Europe and Australasia could go down for months on end, leading to great suffering and misery – 2012 Solar Storms<\/a>.<\/p>\n
And if you think our governments have it covered, think again, and think Hurricane Katrina and think Fukushima – both preventable.<\/p>\n
BTW, if you are serious about preparing for the worst, get my survival ebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lawrence E Joesph, Patrick Geryl and myself would probably be the 2012 catastrophists that have reached the most people. Something we all proclaim is that our Sun is the most likely source of a 2012 disaster:<\/p>\n
Geryl: convoluted math and ancient texts prove that a 2012 disaster is certain
\nJoseph: science says a new Carrington event is kinda due, and 2012 has religious aspects as well
\nBast: observations by ancients of auroras at low latitudes could have predicted a 2012 solar storm<\/p>\n
We each understand that a solar storm could wipe out power grids and potentially melt down nuclear facilities, leading to many millions of lost lives. That late 2012\/ early 2013 is probably the peak of this solar cycle fits well with all three theories. Aside from the “2012 is the year” aspect, many key bodies agree with us:<\/p>\n
NASA: “NASA has warned that a peak in the sun\u2019s magnetic energy cycle and the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,129,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-solar-storm","category-survivalism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2939"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4808,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions\/4808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}