The sun is waking up

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's. And guess what they might have planned for you? Not much.

Jim Rohn

In out generation, the end of the Earth was predicted due to population, chemicals and the environment, global warming, and now this.  It should be noted that for 50 years, it was mankind’s fault.  Now the truth.  We are a small piece of the universe.  And we are largely not in control.  So the end of civilization will not likely be initiated by us but from the outside.  The problem will be caused by our dependence on our technology.  Interesting.

The sun is waking up from a long quiet spell. Last week it sent out the strongest flare for four years – and scientists are warning that earth should prepare for an intense electromagnetic storm that, in the worst case, could be a “global Katrina” costing the world economy $2,000bn.

“We have to take the issue of space weather seriously,” said Sir John Beddington, UK chief scientist. “The sun is coming out of a quiet period, and our vulnerability has increased since the last solar maximum [around 2000].”

“Predict and prepare should be the watchwords,” agreed Jane Lubchenco, head of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “So much more of our technology is vulnerable than it was 10 years ago.”

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