BEWARE THE FLARE! SOLAR FLARES ARE AN INCREASING THREAT TO US ALL!

SOLAR FLARES AN INCREASING THREAT
As solar activity increases, the danger from solar flares increases.

Fr. Francis Ignatius, OSF, Ph.D. is an astronomer and astrophysicist working at the Vatican Observatory created by the Holy See aimed at furthering scientific understanding of our universe. This observatory is one of the oldest active astronomical observatories in the world in operation since 1582 and the Gregorian reform of the calendar.

Fr. Ignatius shares a growing concern over the sun's increasingly erratic behaviour. Coinciding with a global warming concern, new solar flares are believed responsible, at least in part, for Earth's and Mars' mutual global warming.

The purpose of this article is not to discuss global warming [that's a discussion for another time] but rather the increased dangers of a sun gone rogue. We face continuous multiple flares and the increasing probability of Corona Mass Ejections [CME].

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Fr. Ignatius says, "Sunspot AR3354 ejected a solar flare on June 29th, just a few days ago. It immediately expanded to cover an area of over 1.3 billion square miles. On July 2nd, only 3 days ago, AR3354 ejected an X-Class flare, the strongest of its kind and aimed directly at the Earth."

He goes on to say, "Flare related radiation greatly disrupted the magnetic field of Earth and caused radio signals and telemetry to 'splatter' across the globe making communication difficult to impossible for over a half hour. Of course, the areas and durations of disruption varied from location to location."

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], officials were afraid the larger flare might have expanded to a Coronal Mass Ejection which would have caused catastrophic results on Earth.

Says Dr. Emil Llamas, Ph.D. "We watched Sunspot AR3354 grow with increasing speed as it at one point was over 10 times larger than the earth itself. We got off easy this time, but the sun continues to increase its sunspot cycles and the sunspots are larger, faster growing, and more numerous than we have ever seen. If this flare had emitted even a modest CME we would have seen destruction of satellites and terrestrial radio transmitters and radio telescopes."

Dr. Llamas continues, "With a strong CME Earth's magnetic field would experience long-term disruption of the poles and the entire magnetic field. It brings to mind the 'The Carrington Event' which is the most powerful and intense geomagnetic storm on record. It peaked from September 1st to 2nd in 1859 during solar cycle 10. This event caused powerful auroral displays over every square foot of the earth's surface. It knocked out telegraph stations around the world."

As both Fr. Ignatius, Dr. Llamas, and hundreds of scientists fear, a repeat of the Carrington Event today would be catastrophic. When it happened back in 1859, technology was still primitive and the widespread use of electricity, radio and television, the internet, and satellite did not exist.

A CME such as that of the Carrington Event, should it take place today, would knock out communications worldwide and plunge the world's major cities into darkness. From agriculture to air travel to the military and all the way to simply communicating with one another beyond word of mouth or pencil and paper would not be possible.

My word is simple, "As solar cycles raise the temperature of the earth, we have a more pressing problem. Man has nothing to do with the solar cycles which are causing global warming; therefore it is easy to say that man does not contribute to global warming. That aside, here is what we must do."

We need to prepare for the eventual solar flare or Coronal Mass Ejection, one rivalling the Carrington Event. Even if it's not quite as strong, it can still end civilisation as we know it. Preparing methods of communication and agriculture not dependent on technology is of paramount importance. Protecting our power grid by subdividing it into 100 mini-grids will serve to protect us all in the event of yet another Carrington Event or a distant 'Carrington Cousin'.

I'm Max, and that's the way I see it!