Think Non-Electric tools and appliances, and communications the old fashioned way, with paper and pencil and perhaps visiting friends and family…and be armed.
Source: FOXNews.com
A new study from the National Academy of Sciences outlines grim possibilities on Earth for a worst-case scenario solar storm.Damage to power grids and other communications systems could be catastrophic, the scientists conclude, with effects leading to a potential loss of governmental control of the situation.
The prediction is based in part on a major solar storm in 1859 that caused telegraph wires to short out in the United States and Europe, igniting widespread fires.
It was perhaps the worst in the past 200 years, according to the new study, and with the advent of modern power grids and satellites, much more is at risk.
“A contemporary repetition of the [1859] event would cause significantly more extensive (and possibly catastrophic) social and economic disruptions,” the researchers conclude.
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One Comment
I think it would be wise to make an emergancy stash ahead of time, like this year and just put it away for that time to come. Think of any way you wouldn’t have to use electricity, like using a barbeque or keeping a veggie garden. Not sure about radio as far as a huge solar flare but just wait it out with the food you stored and money that you keep outside of the bank (if they close), extend refills for longer time if doctors allow it. And keep a weapon for self defense even if it’s a bat. I never been through something like this but that’s what I would do. Little House on the Prairie probably has good ideas