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CME! Whew!
WOW.
This is from Astronomy Pic of the Day.
Behold this huge Coronal Mass Ejection.
One of these days, one of these monsters will hit the Earth at just the right angle and it’ll be lights out.
TEOTWAWKI.
Enjoy your electricity while you can and … Continue reading
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged CMW, Coronal Mass Ejection
2 Comments
CME IMPACT: geomagnetic storm underway
From Spaceweather:
CME IMPACT: As expected, a coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth’s magnetic field on Sept. 3rd at approximately 1200 UT (5 am PDT). The impact induced measurable ground currents in the soil of northern Scandinavia and sparked bright auroras … Continue reading
Posted in Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged CME, Coronal Mass Ejection, EMP, solar flares
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Spectacular CME (Coronal Mass Ejection)
One of these days!
From Spaceweather:
MAGNIFICENT ERUPTION: On August 31st, a magnetic filament on the sun erupted in spectacular fashion, producing a long-duration solar flare, a coronal mass ejection (CME) and one of the most beautiful movies of an explosion ever … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged CME, Coronal Mass Ejection, solar flares
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Paying their “fair share”: empty and cynical rhetoric
CMR reminded me a scene from a show that I really like: The West Wing.
“But Father! But FATHER!” some of you are saying. “You like that lefty show?”
Yes. I like it. And as we are into this horrible administration, the liberals of … Continue reading
INDIA: 600 million people without power for 2nd day
Are you ready? Have you made any preparations for a power outage, short or long term?
People think disasters won’t happen to them… until they do.
From FNC:
Half of India without power after grids fail for second day
NEW DELHI – India’s energy … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: The “Three Days of Darkness” and You
From a reader:
I see you’ve posted about CMEs again [HERE] (I *think* I remember you addressing CMEs as a TEOTWAWKI situation before…). [If a really big one hits us head on, yes, I think it could be.] This all sounds … Continue reading
CME Season
If there is a massive ejection of material from the Sun, a coronal mass ejection (CME), billions of tons of charged particles hurled out into space, which strikes the Earth, and if the polarity of the mass lines up with … Continue reading
Posted in Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged CME, Coronal Mass Ejection, electromagnetic pulse, EMP, TEOTWAWKI
12 Comments
Twisted Ovaries
We can do many things. We will be able to do even more.
But we must start asking in earnest: Ought we do may of the things we can?
From the Daily Telegraph:
Women could delay the menopause indefinitely with ovary transplant: doctors
Women could remain … Continue reading
Posted in TEOTWAWKI, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged fertility, ovaries, TEOTWAWKI
35 Comments
I use “protection”
I have from time to time made a recommendation about getting Uninterruptible (or Uninterrupted) Power Sources (UPS). My best experience for customer service as been with APC.
I received this note from a priest friend:
I got an APC BACK UPS ES … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, TEOTWAWKI, The Drill
Tagged APC, TEOTWAWKI, uninterruptible power source, UPS
39 Comments
LifeNews: Rich People FedEx Embryos to Women in India for Cheap Surrogacy
MY JESUS, MERCY.
From Life News:
Rich People FedEx Embryos to Women in India for Cheap Surrogacy
by Rebecca Taylor
The Church has always rejected surrogacy and for very good reason. It objectifies both the woman whose womb has been rented and the child … Continue reading
