Everyone will need a big stash to get through this

from the article said:
This graphic shows how the sun's solar flares could endanger human life by interfering with high-tech systems such as satellites and power grids
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If that graphic is anything to go by we've got much more immediate problems!
 
halz said:
Solar Flare proof mobiles, at a store near you........soon, only 99.99 :p
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lol at that. i think people will cause too much hype around this. not really something to worry about until things start going wrong on earth really or satellites stop working.
 
Except that satellites stopping working unexpectedly is likely to mean a solar flare (or whatever) overloaded the circuits and blew something up, which means maintenance required, which is extremely expensive and involves more downtime with associated problems/loss of productivity. Or in the case of planes, potentially causing crashing and death. On the other hand, working out when a flare is about to be causing problems, grounding flights and turning off satellites etc, means the downtime is (presumably) only for a few hours with relatively little loss of revenue, etc.
 
MikeTimbers said:
Sorry, that's wrong. Two events will co-incide in 2013. One occurs every 22 years, the other on a different cycle. In 2013 they hit together and that's unusual.
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the other is every 11 years - so I'd say that's very usual, once every two cycles (in the lifetime of a star that is)

ok it maybe that it's not a perfect fit usually - and this time it is, but still looks like NASA (with it's MAJOR budget cut) making it's selve look important and funding worthy.

also if the sun does fling out an super solar Coronal Mass Ejection (big solar flare) the chance of it being a direct hit on earth are very small.
Glanceing blow maybe as these things are big, but the earths Magnetosphere has been stopping these things since it formed.

No space walks for a year - and all that entails regarding damaged satellite's, hubble, ISS etc.

it's mercury that will most likely get blasted - but then it always is - and it's still there (just will never support life)

Edit: just read the whole of the new scientist piece (thanks for the link)
- the jury is out
and the model are wrong (but getting better)
the sun is not a constant but a variable
roll on the day after tomorrow ;)
 
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Actually I thought one was on a 40 year cycle and the other a 22 year cycle - which is easily confused with an 11 year ebb - although I could be wrong.
 
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