Friday, April 10, 2009 | Posted by Deric
Earth is left with 3 years.
and maybe this would be the last 3 years.
World's Nightmare.
i read the newspaper saying there would be a solar storm.
meaning which is what we always said.
世界末日. (chinese not good. not sure the mo is correct anot)
always talking about it.
asking when will it come.
now this time maybe it will be coming.
taken from the newspaper.
A grim prediction of a world teetering on the edge of apocalypse has come, not from the lips of soothsayers or lunatics, but from space scientists.
In a report funded by the Nation Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and issued by the US National Academy of Sciences earlier this year, space scientists warned of a massive solar storm wreaking havoc on Earth 2012.
A solar storm - essentially plasma balls spewing from the surface of the sun - can distort the Earth's magnetic field.
A particularly big one can destroy the tens of thousands of expensive and hard-to-build transformers in power grids worldwide.
This will plunge major cities like Singapore into blackouts, which are expected to last months, or even years, as the new transformers are painstakingly manufactured.
Standstill
Meanwhile, with no power, modern life grinds to a standstill.
In the first moments of this catastrophe, trains will collide and planes will crash, as their communications systems fail.
Satellites will crash back to Earth like meteors.
Hospitals, with their life-sustaining support systems, will see some of the most urgent needs at first.
But eventually, millions may die from hunger and thirst.
With no power, food cannot be processed or delivered. Water cannot be pumped from reservoirs into homes.
Back-up generators will help, but only for a few days before their fuel runs out.
As sewage systems fail, diseases will break out.
Horses will replace cars, the financial system will collapse and, in a silver lining of sorts, there will be certainly be no more e-mails for you to clear.
Unsurprisingly, the report has generated much buzz.
Some accuse Nasa of scare-mongering in a bid to draw more funding.
But some independent experts have also praised the report as "fair", "balanced" and "thoughtful".
do you believe this?
and it said that the solar wave arrives in three waves.
- 1st wave -
Solar flares
Consisting of X-rays and UV radiation, solar flares take a mere eight minutes to travel from the sun to the Earth. Commercial airplanes are in extreme danger, as the flares can wipe out radio communications on any plane flying in its path. Satellites will be knocked off their orbits and fall back to earth.
- 2nd wave -
Radiation storm
This follows barely eight minutes later, and will cause more serious problems. Electronics can be fried by this heavy dose of radiation. On Earth, we are shielded by rhe combines forces of the Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere. But anyone caught outside, like astronauts, are vulnerable.
- 3rd wave -
Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)
This is the main force of the solar storm and consists of plasma. The plasma interacts with the Earth's magnetic field but the result is highly unpredictable. If the CME has a north polarity, it will bounce off the earth's magnetic field harmlessly. But if it has a south polarity, the CME can hurl itself into the Earth's magnetic field, distorting it and inducing and overload of current in power grids worldwide.
so , if you guys do believe this. we only left with 3 years.
i do believe in this. 3 years to live on more.
what will you guys do?
treasure what you have now before its really too late. =)
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