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[arethinn]

"The sun is waking up from a deep slumber, and in the next few years, we expect to see much higher levels of solar activity," says Richard Fisher, head of NASA's Heliophysics Division. ... [The] economic impact could be a "space weather Katrina," according to a 2008 report... Fisher told the Telegraph that precautions could include, for example, creating power-grid backup systems so that if transformers or giant load-balancing capacitors are fried by a solar outburst, Plan B could go into effect.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/16/solar_storms/

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[lady-silverfire.livejournal.com]

is it bad that I read "Hieroglyphics Division" the first couple times? >.>

[arethinn]

See also Ra/Re? ^_-

[ahril.livejournal.com]

Good luck with Plan B... (http://2012december21.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/solar-flares-nasa-solar-flare-facts-earths-magnetic-fields-2012-december-21-2012mayan-calendar-ends-nasa-scientists-electrical-disruptions-communications-milky-way-galaxy-earths-magneto/)

[arethinn]

...optical storage now?