Resource Of The Week- TESIS Geomagnetic Activity Forecast
You may recall that I blogged the other day about a geomagnetic storm heading in the direction of Earth. Well, I didn’t know that the Sun fired off another solar storm at our planet Wednesday until...
View ArticleOn TV: Doomsday Preppers ‘Whatever It Takes’ Review
Yesterday afternoon I watched the third episode of the “summer season” of Doomsday Preppers, “Whatever It Takes.” From the National Geographic Channel website: Could an explosion on the surface of the...
View ArticleMIT Researchers: Satellite Problems Coincide With Solar Storms
At the risk of being Captain Obvious here, a new study is out that suggests a correlation between Sun-induced severe space weather and satellite problems. Megan Gannon reported on SPACE.com yesterday:...
View ArticleSun Emits Third X-Class Solar Flare In 3 Days With Coronal Mass Ejection...
Back on September 23, The New York Times ran a piece entitled, “The Sun That Did Not Roar.” Kenneth Chang wrote: This is the height of the 11-year solar cycle, the so-called solar maximum. The face of...
View ArticleSun Fires Off 24 M-Class And 4 Powerful X-Class Solar Flares Since October 23
Whoa! The Sun is really acting up these days. Last Monday, I blogged about the Sun emitting a third X-Class solar flare in three days, with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection to boot. And just...
View ArticleSun Fires Off More ‘X-Class’ Solar Flares
The Sun keeps churning out big solar flares these days. Karen C. Fox from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Space Flight Center reported on the NASA website earlier today: The...
View ArticleSolar Scientist: July 2012 Coronal Mass Ejection And 1859 Carrington Event...
Here’s a press release that should concern every adult American. From University of Colorado-Boulder Professor Daniel Baker, a solar scientist and the director of CU-Boulder’s Laboratory for...
View ArticleAttack On California Power Substation Just A ‘Dress Rehearsal’?
Speaking of the fragile U.S. power grid this morning, I’ve been itching to discuss the following incident that took place in April and which I’ve been hearing more about as time goes on. Shane Harris...
View ArticleJuly 2012, 2013 Solar Superstorms Could Have Resulted In Technological...
Back on December 11, 2013, I blogged about a solar “superstorm” that almost pummeled the Earth in July 2012. A December 9 press release from University of Colorado-Boulder Professor Daniel Baker, a...
View ArticleDangerous Solar Storms Coming As Current Cycle Wanes?
“Though the sun is currently in the peak year of its 11-year solar weather cycle, our closest star has been rather quiet over all, scientists say. This year’s solar maximum is shaping up to be the...
View ArticleResource Of The Week: Twotsi.com Space Weather Warning Service
Last summer, while seeking some resource out there that tracks severe space weather and attempts to forecast the resulting geomagnetic storms affecting Earth, I came across the Russian-based TESIS...
View ArticleSunspot Region 2205 Week Away From ‘Perfect Position To Do The Most Damage’...
Regular readers of Survival And Prosperity know I blog about severe space weather from time to time. Here’s something I came across on Bloomberg.com today that might interest a number of you. Brian...
View ArticleLargest Sunspot In 24 Years Pointed At Earth
There’s the potential for severe space weather directed at Earth in the coming days. Calla Cofield reported on the Space.com website this morning: The largest sunspot to appear on Earth’s nearest star...
View ArticleFEMA Fact Sheet: Extreme Space Weather Could Mean Blackouts For More Than 130...
Ever since I first mentioned coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, while blogging about the Doomsday Preppers TV pilot back in August 2011, I’ve witnessed an ongoing debate over the impact of such severe...
View ArticleThe Economist Magazine Investigates Preppers
“Some Americans find survivalists sinister. After Adam Lanza shot 26 people in a school in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012, the media made much of the fact that his mother was a gun-stockpiling prepper....
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