Ungh... it's Fox.
I'll believe it when it's coming from a non-tabloid source.

Until then, it's just more garbage based on "predictions" to get ratings.

You wouldn't check Jerry Springer for dating advice, so why check Fox for news?

I am actually waiting for the 11 year cycle to get back to the top, I am an Amateur Radio Operator, and conditions have sucked for a while now! LOL...

"Loss of governmental control", hey bring on the solar storm. I think it would be good if the government loss control for a while. After all the country couldn't get any worst then it already is without the government breathing down our backs.

Well, here's some advice.

Buy a generator, keep it ready, get ahold of an old style tube radio. Those are supposed to be almost immune to EMPs, all you need is the generator to power it and you're good to for communications.
And please quit it with the Fox News insults, they really don't lend much to anyone's reputation other than being dismissive.

This is a reality we have lived with all our lives (at least that we can theorize). The solar 'pangs' of it's life-span is nothing to fear, since we can neither control it, nor for the moment, contend with it.

more faux news scare tactics, unbelievable as usual.

[edit on 8-1-2009 by bigspud]

I hate fox news but what they are saying is a well known fact. this style EMP could happen at anytime with short notice because of things like a solar flare.

Also I forget what they are called but you take a small wire like chicken wire and make a box around a backup piece of electronics and it will save it from emp.

Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months

YESSSSsssss!!!!



What are the chances of a massive solar storm hitting only the US... I would of thought that it would at least of knocked out the electronics for a quarter of the planet.. depending on the size of the burst of course.

It would be pretty cool if it only knocked out the US and not Canada/Mexico. Wipe ye off the digital map and all that

Just to let everyone know this happens every some odd years and we havent been knocked off line yet. This is because there is a kill switch in all the major power plants. There is also a team there 24 - 7 to throw it if needed. ( only happened once as far as I know, was due to a fire) If they shut the systems down it will take up to a week or so each to get them back online, but it will save "trillions" of dollars that would be spent rebuilding the whole system.

it seems to me that this information might be what biden was eluding to months ago. If so, why did they wait so long before letting us know? I am so tired of being treated like a freakin mushroom. Being in thte computer repair business, I will either be really busy, or not doing anyting at all.