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Originally Posted by Rochard
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No worries, Rochard. These kinds of things happen all the time. The sun is constantly expelling charged particles, but we are protected from it by the earth's magnetic field.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth's_magnetic_field
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Originally Posted by notinmybackyard
In other words,
The United States military wants new Electro Magnetic Pulse toys. So they create yet another hysteria about the world coming to an end in order to keep the dummies scared and dumb.
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Not quite. It's news by lazy reporters and or news agencies that blow this kind of thing way out of proportion. Scary news reports get more clicks and views. Keeping people scared (used to?) make people buy more stuff such as junk, rations, gold, etc. Sure the military wants new weapons but putting scary stories in the news isn't the way they would get them.
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Originally Posted by John-ACWM
Interesting story, didn't know about it.
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Happens very often. Go to
http://spaceweather.com to learn more.