Friday, July 25, 2014

Near Miss

NASA: Near Miss: The Solar Superstorm of July 2012
Analysts believe that a direct hit by an extreme CME such as the one that missed Earth in July 2012 could cause widespread power blackouts, disabling everything that plugs into a wall socket. Most people wouldn't even be able to flush their toilet because urban water supplies largely rely on electric pumps.

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