Sunday, 19 June 2011

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Crippling Solar Storm - Like a Natural EMP Attack - Threatens America's Power Grid, but No Action Taken by Nation's Leaders


OilPrice.com: "A known and cataclysmic threat to the U.S. electric power grid is being largely ignored by the President and Congress. Warning events in 1859, 1921, 1989, and 2003 showed the danger that solar activity can pose to electrical power and distribution systems. Now as we move into another solar maximum, with increased vulnerabilities built into our electrical grid, the danger again looms large. In the worst case, there is the possibility of no electricity for 130 million Americans for a year or longer. The warnings have been issued, but have gone unheeded."

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