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...meaning GPS-dependent industries are SOL (sadly out of luck), and crappy hurricane forecasts / tracking will be the norm for a decade, and military intelligence will be hugely impaired for years, and ..... plus, plus, plus....
Now the article:
14 Sept 2011 -- Forbes.com
"Last October, around Halloween, the Sun produced a solar storm that was one of the largest ever recorded, and was strong enough to raise some concerns about the safety of Earth’s satellites.
"According to a recent paper published in Space Weather, such concern may well be justified. If its conclusions are correct, then a solar storm the size of one that was observed in 1859 could potentially kill several weather, telecommunications, and military satellites in less than a year."
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/09/14/a-powerful-solar-storm-could-render-satellites-inoperable-for-years/
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Reference also:
"Profound change of the near-Earth radiation environment caused by solar superstorms"
SPACE WEATHER, VOL. 9, S08007, 13 PP., 2011
doi: 10.1029/2011SW000662
http://www.agu.org/journals/sw/sw1108/2011SW000662/
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POSTED 17 Sept 2011 by:
David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]
San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email: dpalella@gmail.com
http://EMP411.blogspot.com
EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/
(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day
http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425
(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events
http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639
(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013
http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096
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