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Saturday, June 26, 2010

2012: The Coming Perfect Storm

"In early September in 1859, telegraph wires suddenly began to short out, 
igniting wide-spread fires across both the United States and Europe. The
Earth had been hit by a perfect solar storm."




The Omega Letter _ (
http://www.omegalet ter.com/
Jack Kinsella



A solar storm is created when the sun erupts, sending charged particles 
racing outward in an expanding plasma bubble of hot gas. In 1859, four 
crucial events came together to create that perfect storm.

First the blob of plasma that was ejected hit the earth full on. Secondly, 
the magnetic fields of the ejected coronal mass was exceptionally intense.

Third, it hit at unusually high velocity. A typical solar storm can take 
two to four days to cover the 93 million miles of space separating the two. 
The 1859 storm took less than 18 hours to cover the distance.

And finally, the coronal magnetic field hit the earth from the opposite 
direction from the earth's protective magnetic field called the "solar wind."

During the 1859 flare-up, solar observers logged almost an entire minute 
during which the amount of sunlight doubled at the region of the flare. 
"Such a strong white-light flare has never been seen since," says Paal 
Brekke, SOHO deputy project scientist. "So if this type of flare happened, yes 
we would know right away."
But he adds that the orientation of Earth's magnetic field would not be 
known. That can't be determined without some kind of space-based observation 
platform. And the orientation of the Earth's protective magnetic field 
determines how much damage the earth will sustain.

In August 1972, a 230,000-volt transformer at the British Columbia 
Hydroelectric Authority blew up when shifting magnetic fields induced a current 
spike. On March 13, 1989, a storm plunged Quebec into a complete power 
blackout, affecting millions.

To get some sense of the relative strength of the 1859 solar storm, a 
space storm's impact is measured in nT's or nano-Teslas.

The storm that fried Quebec's power grid in 1989 measured 589 nT's. The 
perfect storm in 1859 measured a whopping 1,760 nTs.

According to a new study from the National Academy of Sciences, if a 
coronal mass ejection creating the size solar storm that hit in 1859 were to 
strike today, the damage could be catastrophic. 
"A contemporary repetition of the [1859] event would cause significantly 
more extensive (and possibly catastrophic) social and economic disruptions," 
concluded the study.

"Impacts would be felt on interdependent infrastructures with, for 
example, potable water distribution affected within several hours; perishable 
foods and medications lost in 12-24 hours; immediate or eventual loss of 
heating/air conditioning, sewage disposal, phone service, transportation, fuel 
resupply and so on."
Banks could close for months and international trade could grind to a 
halt. 
"Emergency services would be strained, and command and control might be 
lost," write the researchers, led by Daniel Baker, director of the Laboratory 
for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

"Whether it is terrestrial catastrophes or extreme space weather 
incidents, the results can be devastating to modern societies that depend in a 
myriad of ways on advanced technological systems," Baker said in a statement 
released with the report.
Solar activity runs in eleven year cycles between what is called the solar
minimum and solar maximum periods. The next solar maximum is forecast to 
be on par if not worse than the perfect storm of 1859.

That storm is forecast to hit the earth some time towards the end of 2012. 

"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; 
and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the 
waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those 
things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be 
shaken." (_Luke 21:25_ (
http://bible. logos.com/ passage/nasb/ Luke%2021. 25) )
At a January 2009 meeting of the American Astronomical Society astronomers 
discussed a mysterious cosmic 'roar' first detected in July 2006.

NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas launched a 
balloon-borne instrument that reached at altitude of 120,000 feet at the
point where the earth's atmosphere meets the vacuum of space.

The project's mission was to search the sky for faint signs of heat from 
the first generation of stars. Instead, they detected a 'roar' emanating 
from the distant reaches of the universe.

The discovery prompted Alan Kogut of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to 
exclaim to his colleagues that "there is something new and interesting 
going on in the Universe." 
"The universe really threw us a curve," Kogut said. "Instead of the faint 
signal we hoped to find, here was this booming noise six times louder than 
anyone had predicted."
Detailed analysis of the signal ruled out primordial stars or any known 
radio sources, including gas in the outermost halo of our own galaxy.

Other radio galaxies also can't account for the noise — there just aren't 
enough of them. 
"You'd have to pack them into the universe like sardines," said study team 
member Dale Fixsen of the University of Maryland. "There wouldn't be any 
space left between one galaxy and the next."
The signal is measured to be six times brighter than the combined emission 
of all known radio sources in the universe.

In October 2003 , the Omega Letter reported on "Sunspot 484" a sunspot ten 
times larger than the Earth that caused a radio blackout on October 19th. 
"Larry Combs, a forecaster with the NOAA Space Environment Center's Space 
Weather Operations, said that this region has developed rapidly over the 
last three to four days. "It's somewhat unusual to have this much activity 
when we're approximately three-and-a- half years past solar maximum," he 
said. "In fact, just last week, solar activity was very low with an almost 
spotless sun."
The November 4, 2003 issue of the Omega Letter opened with these words: 
"The sun erupted three more times in less than 24 hours, bringing the 
number of major eruptions to nine in less than two weeks. Scientists have been 
monitoring the solar cycles since 1755. There has never been a string of 
activity like this.. . ."
The September 12, 2005 Omega Letter discussed the unusual eruption of 
seven separate solar flares during the midpoint of the current Solar Cycle 23's 
minimum cycle. We noted then that; 
"By the midpoint of 2000, the number of solar events peaked about 400% 
above normal. . . . What is particularly fascinating is what is emerging as a 
pattern of unusual solar activity, dating to about 1948, as noted by the 
American Institute of Physics in its bulletin number 658 published in 2003 by 
Phillip F. Schewe, Ben Stein, and James Riordon."
Note closely the three dates mentioned here. The pattern of unusual solar 
activity began in 1948. They peaked in 2000 as we crossed the threshold 
into the 21st century. And NASA is forecasting what may be the most 
destructive solar storm in human history, due to strike the Earth sometime in late 
2012! 
"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up 
your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." (_Luke 21:28_ 
(
http://bible. logos.com/ passage/nasb/ Luke%2021. 28) )

May Jesus Christ Bless & Guide You Today_ 

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