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2022-02-19 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by 3dc 2022-02-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Elon found out the the hard way. Smartest man in the world EH. Next our power grid. Dither, dither away.

Posted by Dale 2022-02-19 03:47|| 2022-02-19 03:47|| Front Page Top

#2 The Boy that cried ~~wolf Solar Flare Eruption~~????

By my off the cuff rough count, the last several warnings of massive Power and Comm disruptions have been more misses than hits.

But when it does happen, and it has a few times,
it has caused a massive game changing mess

So, better safe than sorry.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-02-19 05:39|| 2022-02-19 05:39|| Front Page Top

#3 You won't like it when Ra is angry.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-19 08:01|| 2022-02-19 08:01|| Front Page Top

#4 But, but... I thought the solar minimum was going to start the next mini-ice age. There is another ice storm headed my way, after all.

Now it seems the upcoming solar max is going to fry our fragile grid. Fire or ice?

Posted by Bobby 2022-02-19 08:02|| 2022-02-19 08:02|| Front Page Top

#5 A physicist would wearily nod, "Well, yes, electromagnetism is a form of radiation, heat if you must call it that. But there's a bit more to it than that..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-19 08:06|| 2022-02-19 08:06|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Gene Barry, War of the Worlds

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-19 16:38|| 2022-02-19 16:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Aliens are sick of our bullshit broadcasts and decided to bomb the Sun. Clean and efficient. Might even be entertaining watch is all scurry around.

Posted by CrazyFool 2022-02-19 18:43|| 2022-02-19 18:43|| Front Page Top

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