02-08-2017, 01:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-08-2017, 01:01 PM by APeacefulWarrior.)
(02-08-2017, 12:37 PM)Cirocco Wrote: Small to medium solar flares help keep our atmosphere expanded, so a lack of these is significant for more severe weather; floods, drought, hotter summers, colder winters and so on. There has been severe snowstorms in Iran and Pakistan and even snow in the Sahara recently. The times, they are a-changing.
My intent isn't to alarm or unduly panic anyone. It's simply a heads-up to prepare for what's to come.
Peace, love and joy to you this day, brothers and sisters.
Eh, this one goes both ways though. It's also been a long time since we had a massive solar flare's ejecta directly strike the Earth either, not since before the electronic age. Which is good, because a sufficiently massive solar flare and hit would act as a worldwide EMP. Increased weather irregularities are bad, but instantaneous global shutdown of most/all electronics would be far worse.
We even had a near miss in 2012 which would have caused global disruption and a timeline of years to even begin to pick up the pieces. Assuming society didn't collapse or anything like that, which would be a possibility depending on when it happened and how much damage was caused.
So on the whole, I think I'm OK with the prospect of fewer solar storms.