From: WND

SOLAR BULLET MISSES EARTH, AGAIN

But scientists worry as flares repeating, intensifying

These storms have become more frequent as part of a regular 11-year cycle of the sun. Each storm from here on is expected to grow in intensity until it reaches its most intense sometime next year.

While this storm created little effect on the nation’s electrical infrastructure, it did perform a dazzling display of aurora borealis or northern lights that followed the storm in the northern portion of the United States and southern parts of Canada.

While the display was impressive, the National Aeronautical and Space Administration has warned that unless protective measures are adopted there could be serious problems for the electrical grid and other infrastructures that rely on electricity. Experts forecast it could take up to 10 years to recover such a major event.

Both NASA and the National Academy of Sciences have confirmed to WND/G2Bulletin that the most intense storm in this latest solar cycle could peak next year.

The concern is that the nation is ill-prepared for such an event….

..effects also would occur in all forms of telecommunications connected to power sources or antennas, as well as computers, electrical appliances and automobile or aircraft ignition systems. It also could affect those individuals with pacemakers or implanted electronic devices.

“We know it is coming but we don’t know how bad it is going to be,” acknowledges Dr. Richard Fisher, director of NASA’s Heliophysics division. …

A storm maximum today could result in large-scale blackouts that experts say not only could cost up to $2 trillion in the first year but could affect more than 130 million people and expose more than 350 transformers to high risk or permanent damage, taking up to a generation to recover.

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