Solar Flares

I am in an argument on another site and need links showing how solar flares can potentially kill us. Anybody got a good one? I remember once seeing someone here if a story about there being one that was 12 seconds away

-_- They can't

-_- They can't

iloverikku11

You obviously haven't seen Knowing then,

They can definitely effect earth greatly though. Aren't we supposed to get hit by one tomorrow?

I'm sure I've heard of a huge one that could knock out all out eletronics and stuff. Scientists can't predict when or if this will happen. As for killing us I have no idea. It'd have to be a huge one.

I am no help here. Sorry Jets fan.

might blind us but never killZumaJones07

Beat me to it...

Beat me to it...

Branmuffin316

this reminds me of the whole 2012 drama. maybe this is what the old guys predicted - a huge solar flare. only they over-estimated the impact. or whatever.

In 1859 a giant solar storm set telegraph buildings on fire. I don't know if anyone died, but that could have killed someone.

They can definitely effect earth greatly though. Aren't we supposed to get hit by one tomorrow?

123Dan123

-_- They can't

iloverikku11

The Mayans were right.

The Mayans were right.

-Renegade

So tomorrow is going to be the day where all of our electronics, such as computers, laptops, phones, iPods, etc, are going to die down by this solar flare? Or worst of all, can this "solar flare" kill us? Or is this like all the other solar flares where nothing happens?

I'm quite paranoid because I love my laptop, my phone, my TV & my Xbox 360.

So tomorrow is going to be the day where all of our electronics, such as computers, laptops, phones, iPods, etc, are going to die down by this solar flare? Or worst of all, can this "solar flare" kill us? Or is this like all the other solar flares where nothing happens?

I'm quite paranoid because I love my laptop, my phone, my TV & my Xbox 360.

MisterWWEfan

Nah, solar cant kill us, we have a bad ass magnetus sphere as a shield,

But if a nearby star of the considerable size should supernova, we are effed in the A

Nah, solar cant kill us, we have a bad ass magnetus sphere as a shield,

But if a nearby star of the considerable size should supernova, we are effed in the A

Zaibach

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Nah, solar cant kill us, we have a bad ass magnetus sphere as a shield,

But if a nearby star of the considerable size should supernova, we are effed in the A

lightleggy

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Zaibach"]

Nah, solar cant kill us, we have a bad ass magnetus sphere as a shield,

But if a nearby star of the considerable size should supernova, we are effed in the A

MisterWWEfan

wow guess that flare utterly effed us huh?lightleggy

2: you can get cancerk2theswiss

[QUOTE="lightleggy"]wow guess that flare utterly effed us huh?123Dan123

[QUOTE="k2theswiss"]2: you can get cancerCherokee_Jack

There was one several years ago that knocked out power to, I dunno...the southern half of Canada or something. I imagine somebody probably froze to death or something as a result.

From what I understand. Typical solar flares that happen on a regular basis pose no threat to the earth. But there are significant solar storms, events, or whatever you'd like to call them that could have devastating impact on satellites and electronics that function here on earth. Possibly disabling them and making modern methods of living impossible until the systems can come back online. Which would impact the economy, food distribution, and a number of other connected systems negatively. However, these type of events are not very common, and it's hard to say if, or when the earth could see something of a significant magnitude to posse a threat to human life on earth. But it is certainly possible. There are also other types of events that could have the same impact on the earth depending on their distance from the earth. A distant, but proximate supernova, for example. And a few others that I can't think of that deal with releasing massive amounts of energy in the direction of the earth.

You obviously haven't seen Knowing then,

Storm_Marine

We could build a planetary shield generator that would protect the earth from solar radiation and orbital bombardment.

might blind us but never killZumaJones07

it can wipe out are o zone.k2theswiss

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it can wipe out are o zone.mAArdman

it couldnt.

[QUOTE="mAArdman"]

[QUOTE="k2theswiss"]
it can wipe out are o zone.lightleggy

it couldnt.

[QUOTE="-Renegade"]

The Mayans were right.

trastamad03

That's not necessarily true. The leap days were added to our calendar to make our years LIKE the years indicated by the mayan calendar. That is 365 days each year. So in actuality, we are still pretty closely on track to the Mayan calendar.

I can do one better, I have a picture of it happening.