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galastaray On June 08, 2016
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#1New Post! Sep 21, 2010 @ 17:11:01
"An international panel of experts led by NOAA and sponsored by NASA has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle. Solar Cycle 24 will peak, they say, in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots.

"Even a below-average cycle is capable of producing severe space weather," points out Biesecker. "The great geomagnetic storm of 1859, for instance, occurred during a solar cycle of about the same size we?re predicting for 2013."

The 1859 storm--known as the "Carrington Event" after astronomer Richard Carrington who witnessed the instigating solar flare--electrified transmission cables, set fires in telegraph offices, and produced Northern Lights so bright that people could read newspapers by their red and green glow. A recent report by the National Academy of Sciences found that if a similar storm occurred today, it could cause $1 to 2 trillion in damages to society's high-tech infrastructure and require four to ten years for complete recovery. For comparison, Hurricane Katrina caused "only" $80 to 125 billion in damage."

https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/29may_noaaprediction/

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carlpeter On July 31, 2013
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#2New Post! Jul 29, 2013 @ 04:33:26
The predictions made were correct. We are experiencing storm damages, hurricanes, etc. Its shocking to hear that storm could cause $1 to 2 trillion in damages.
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