Theres a eppy of Stargate Atlantis Corona Mass Ejection in which it would kill the planet they were on.[KMA]Avenger wrote:IMHO this is an extremely well written and detailed article about an event that some experts say-is overdue. the sun will be entering a solar maximum cycle in 2013 which will mean the sun is more active. IE (as most of you will undoubtedly know), more sun spots, CME's (coronal mass ejections) and solar flares resulting in high level EMP discharges (please don't think i am preaching to you guys. i know many of you are far more educated about this stuff-and science in general-than i am). many (if not all of you) of you know all this already, i'm simply laying the foundations for an educated and interesting debate....if anyone is interested in doing so that is
http://whentechfails.com/node/1545
So for the paltry sum of $1 billion USD the US can protect it's grid and basic infrastructure (i assume the costs for the rest of the industrialised planet would be comparable) but isn't doing so, but is more than willing to throw MANY times that sum of money at a failed and corrupt financial system...imho, that's pure and utter insanity.
These are just my thoughts after reading that article.
Anyways, thoughts please
If one was to hit Earth, I would assume that it would set the atmosphere on fire, then the whole earth on fire due to the corona mass ejection being so hot.
So dont worry about any EMP hurting our tech, as we wont be alive to use them. lol