Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:45 am Post subject:
A Solar Storm is coming...
Subject description: OMFG!!! WE'RE GONNA GET ECM'd!!! O_O
Watched a docudrama about the Solar Storm aka ZTYPING BIG EMP BLAST.
It was researched that an uber solar storm can destroy ALL power plants and transformers (sub-stations) and leave us with NO ELECTRICITY FOR A LOOOOONG TIME O_O. But there's a simple solution to it right? Or maybe not. It was said the next Solar Storm will occur in 2011. If I'm not wrong, Canada was a victim of mass black out due to a Solar Storm. So what would you do in the aftermath of an uber solar storm? _________________ The future belongs to The Forgotten! QUICK_EDIT
Wrap everything in tin foil. _________________ Comcast: Yo dawg we herd yo were downloading, so we put fail in yo modem so yo cant download while yo failin! QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:54 am Post subject:
Use the black out to rally supporters and over throw the government in all the chaos _________________ Creator of TS:BoB and some other things that might be good when finnished. QUICK_EDIT
If everyone's a ninja, they'd be practically cannon fodder.
"The Inverse Ninja Law states that the effectiveness of a group of ninjas is inversely proportional to the number of ninjas in the group. While a single enemy ninja is often portrayed as a significant threat to the protagonists, a large group of ninjas is significantly less of a threat, and as such is easily defeated. This is sometimes applicable to other close combat–oriented minions as well. " QUICK_EDIT
Nice. I shouldn't have mentioned "ninja-style" -_-
Well, I would just live in a windmill if the solar storm occurs (as I can generate electricity with wind power) _________________ The future belongs to The Forgotten! QUICK_EDIT
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:53 pm Post subject:
Re: A Solar Storm is coming...
freedom fighter wrote:
Watched a docudrama about the Solar Storm aka ZTYPING BIG EMP BLAST.
It was researched that an uber solar storm can destroy ALL power plants and transformers (sub-stations) and leave us with NO ELECTRICITY FOR A LOOOOONG TIME O_O. But there's a simple solution to it right? Or maybe not. It was said the next Solar Storm will occur in 2011. If I'm not wrong, Canada was a victim of mass black out due to a Solar Storm. So what would you do in the aftermath of an uber solar storm?
Solar activity is next scheduled to peak at the end of 2012 going into 2013. (Mayan calendar terminus anyone?)
Most solar activity that can be damaging does not occur very frequently. More often than not any flares or CMEs (Coronal Mass Ejections) will be deflected by Earth's quite powerful magnetic field. Unless it is a situation where the CME/flare can pass through our magnetic field, the most probable real danger is to orbital satellites.
The last time we had a worthy CME/flare of the "panic" kind of damaging was 1859. QUICK_EDIT
Uhh, SomeGuy, if the solar flare/CME is opposite of Earth's magnetic field it'll simply just go through like it never existed, fry all solid-state electronics and jazz. Can't seem to find the source >_> _________________ Please, read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
Uhh, SomeGuy, if the solar flare/CME is opposite of Earth's magnetic field it'll simply just go through like it never existed, fry all solid-state electronics and jazz. Can't seem to find the source >_>
Most flares are not opposite (or powerful enough) of the hemisphere they approach however.
Remember it requires two portions, magnetic alignment (North/South) and strength.
If the flare is not significantly stronger than background cosmic radiation, the magnetic field deflects it (or at least degenerates enough energy for it to be harmless) regardless of alignment. As I said, Earth's magnetic field is quite powerful. (I once heard from somewhere it's like the 5th most powerful in this solar system)
Yes a CME with the enough energy and the right alignment would fry every unhardened electronic device in the hemisphere it hits, but the intervals those occur are quite rare compared to a human lifetime.
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:04 am Post subject:
Team SomeGuy wrote:
As I said, Earth's magnetic field is quite powerful. (I once heard from somewhere it's like the 5th most powerful in this solar system)
Unfortunately, we're entering a reversal phase in the magnetic field, starting from South America. To hell with the environmentalists, they can't do anything about the magnetic field, and when the reversal completes, it won't be safe to walk outside because of the cosmic radiation. _________________
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:45 am Post subject:
Sir Modsalot wrote:
Team SomeGuy wrote:
As I said, Earth's magnetic field is quite powerful. (I once heard from somewhere it's like the 5th most powerful in this solar system)
Unfortunately, we're entering a reversal phase in the magnetic field, starting from South America. To hell with the environmentalists, they can't do anything about the magnetic field, and when the reversal completes, it won't be safe to walk outside because of the cosmic radiation.
Or more accurately, lots of people with their compasses out will start walking the wrong way. Magnetic field reversals have never caused mass extinctions. _________________
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:09 pm Post subject:
Hmm, I start thinking about storing some electronics in the cellar...
(even getting gas would be problem for a while due to some electric devices)
Estimated damage in my home: 2000 €. _________________
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Qre you retarded or do you deliberately spend your time bringing up sensatiolalist crap? Seriously. This ranks alongside swine flu as the most overhyped "disaster" this century. Thanks to the big lump of iron at the middle of the earth we're protected, you know the northern lights? This is what solar flares end up as. Pretty sparkles in the sky. _________________ Yes, work on MV continues. It is not forgotten. QUICK_EDIT
Qre you retarded or do you deliberately spend your time bringing up sensatiolalist crap? Seriously. This ranks alongside swine flu as the most overhyped "disaster" this century. Thanks to the big lump of iron at the middle of the earth we're protected, you know the northern lights? This is what solar flares end up as. Pretty sparkles in the sky.
yar, what you really have to worry about is.... the future, our stupid leaders, and scientist developing technology thats srsly not needed (IE. Implanted chips), yar, I have to admit, chipping is stupid as it removes privacy thats not in our computers, but our personal lives. The future is stupid. _________________ Please, I DON'T read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
yar, what you really have to worry about is.... the future, our stupid leaders, and scientist developing technology thats srsly not needed (IE. Implanted chips), yar, I have to admit, chipping is stupid as it removes privacy thats not in our computers, but our personal lives. The future is stupid.
-The thingy in Switzerland(that Particle accelerator or how its named),is going to start in 2012
-This solar flare or whatevar thing.
-Global warming thing(I don't believe in this thing,but something IS happening,we can't deny this.)
-Economical crisis
Pretty pink future,right?
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject:
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-Global warming thing(I don't believe in this thing,but something IS happening,we can't deny this.)
Global warming IS happening, denying it is just pointless. The question is whether or not humans are causing it.
Also, the LHC in CERN is turning on again in October and the economic climate is less bad. It's like we're approaching the bottom of a sine curve. _________________
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:40 am Post subject:
Clazzy wrote:
Magnetic field reversals have never caused mass extinctions.
Not necessarily what I meant. Cosmic radiation has caused inexplicable burns and illnesses in some astronauts (I believe Apollo 8 was when they started noticing it) even in their shielded spacecraft. It's not like cosmic radiation will make you spontaneously combust, but it'll burn you pretty damn bad. _________________
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I'll just leave this here (and ignore some of the ludicrous statements here, like the possibility that such an event could "destroy" all our technology)
I personally cannot wait until 2012, when every doomsday prediction falls flat and the lunatics promoting them become the laughing stocks of the entire planet.
Or, when the real doomsday occurs, the Rickrollocalypse, when Never Going to Give You Up plays non-stop, all-day on Dec 21, 2012 on all devices capable of broadcasting sound for no explicable reason and defying all logic and science. _________________ YR modder/artist, DOOM mapper, aka evanb90
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Qre you retarded or do you deliberately spend your time bringing up sensatiolalist crap? Seriously. This ranks alongside swine flu as the most overhyped "disaster" this century. Thanks to the big lump of iron at the middle of the earth we're protected, you know the northern lights? This is what solar flares end up as. Pretty sparkles in the sky.
Err, doesn't NO ELECTRICITY FOR A LOOOOONG TIME freak you out? Yes, you'll get to see pretty lights in the night sky. But looks can be deceiving. That Solar Storm has the ability to ztype power plants and it's sub-stations. Canada was a victim of mass black out due to power shortages (the power plants were screwed up by the solar storm). Think about it. Should it really happens, none of us can get an internet connection and post in PPM forums for some time; this could be measured in months or years. Although it won't kill humans (EMP has no effect on organic material), how long can you survive without electricity, given that you have a disadvantage of not having any experience in living like a tribes man, who, for many generations, lived without the ease of electronics? Meh, simplest thing you can do is pray that it won't happen. _________________ The future belongs to The Forgotten! QUICK_EDIT
No Albrecht, it might if the flare/CME's polarity isn't the same with Earth's magnetic field I bet people with guns'll go out and shoot crap like in TV dramas, ehehe. _________________ Please, read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
*yawn* Not gonna happen. Even if it is it'll fry the laptop Bin Laden keeps his nuke porn on so it's not that bad... _________________ Yes, work on MV continues. It is not forgotten. QUICK_EDIT
The theroy of OSHI- dictates it'll hit somewhere important like the US, not Britain. Anyways, NOT GONNA HAPPEN. _________________ Yes, work on MV continues. It is not forgotten. QUICK_EDIT
"In other news, a probe returning from Venus malfunctioned around 3AM and burned up in the atmosphere. Scientists are certain no harmful debris has entered the Earth atmosphere."
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:52 pm Post subject:
Machine wrote:
absolutely perfect image for this subject.
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Lt Albrecht wrote:
The theroy of OSHI- dictates it'll hit somewhere important like the US, not Britain. Anyways, NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
Also, Lt Albrecht is right. The only two places that will be effected by a fictional "super solar storm/flare" are New York and LA, haven't you watched ANY disaster movies? _________________ YR modder/artist, DOOM mapper, aka evanb90
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IF we do, get ecm-d, Im gonna facepalm so hard my head will explode, and afterwards hit Albrecht's face. _________________ Please, I DON'T read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
Wow the world is really retarded.
Well IF this solar flare thingy does happen.
1. Rob bank *no security cameras*
2. Buy solar panel
3. Get xtra laptop batteries
4. and keep 3d modelling
5. pray to God that I don't die because of "A" or # 1 _________________
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Wow the world is really retarded.
Well IF this solar flare thingy does happen.
1. Rob bank *no security cameras*
2. Buy solar panel
3. Get xtra laptop batteries
4. and keep 3d modelling
5. pray to God that I don't die because of "A" or # 1
But money would be worthless if it happened, nobody gives a shit about it anymore, people would just... well, take everything _________________ Please, I DON'T read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
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A Solar Storm is coming...
I bet people with guns'll go out and shoot crap like in TV dramas, ehehe.
