The Next Big Solar Storm Might Cripple The Planet And The Internet

Can you imagine a world with no Internet, computers or cell phones? Earth is due for a solar storm and when it hits technology will suffer the most.

We have all seen the effects of environmental storms lately, but the most devastating storm has yet to hit the Earth. A massive solar storm will eventually rain down and wipe out all of our technology.

A coronal mass ejection (CME) is the sun shooting a cloud of magnetizing plasma into space. Most CME’s miss the Earth, or are weakened by the time they reach us. The last major CME to hit the Earth was 1859.

Telegraph systems across the globe failed and caught on fire. Operators got shocked. Our reliance on technology is much greater these days. If the 1895 CME were to strike Earth today, out electrical grids would fry.

The Internet would stop working. ATMS and global banking systems would go offline. Gas pumps would stop working and GPS would be knocked out. Think of all the technology you use on a daily basis and imagine living without it for several months. An 1859 sized CME would cause over 2.5 trillion dollar damage in the U.S. alone. You better back up your computer now!

Reportedly, the Sun has been throwing a series of temper tantrums lately, and that is not great news for the Planet Earth. In September the sun started firing out solar flares resulting in the most powerful sun storm category, escalating to the point of warnings being issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center of potential navigation system disruptions and high-frequency radio blackouts.

These solar storms disrupt Earth’s magnetic field, which directly affects everything we rely on for communications. In theory, as humans become more reliant on technology, the more dangerous these storms could become.