Friday, March 8, 2013

Solar Storms on the Rise for 2013

Is the sun getting hotter or closer or both? For the past several years people including myself have said the sun is getting hotter. Every summer I think it gets hotter and hotter. According to studies they say the sun is getting hotter and it has nothing to do with global warming but from the greenhouse effect. The sun goes through a cycle and this is the year that the cycle has reached its peak and has been said solar flares are coming our way. In this article I read, NASA spokeswomen said, “It has grown to over six Earth diameters across, but its full extent is hard to judge since the spot lies on a sphere, not a flat disk.”  This clearly means that anything can possibly happen within the next couple of years. Should we be worried about it? I believe we should be worried about it because being hit by a solar flare can cause some serious damage. It especially can corrupt our electrical equipment which includes cell phones, computers, electricity, and electrical grids. How would the world survive without all the electrical needs? It would be very difficult considering we basically live off of electrical equipment. What is your opinion on solar flares?

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  1. Well, there is nothing we could do if a solar flared reached us. That would be unpleasant if our electrical equipment wouldn't work. Many hospitals would be in trouble. But I guess in the history of people, we have relied on electronics only less than 1% of that time. So I think we could live with out them, it just not may be as easy nor convenient.

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