A Near Miss for Earth_ Devastating Electromagnetic Pulses That Could Have Knocked Out Power, Cars and Phones Occured Two Weeks Ago _ Mail Online

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A near miss for Earth: Solar flare that could

have knocked out power, cars and phonescame so close two weeks ago

Earth has narrowly missed electromagnetic pulses caused by solar flares

If they had hit, the pulses could have knocked out electrical equipment overcontinent-scale regions

By Ellie Zolfagharifard

PUBLISHED:15:42, 1 August 2013 | UPDATED: 19:15, 1 August 2013

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An electromagnetic pulse that could have knocked electrical equipment over continent-scale regionsbarely missed Earth two weeks ago, it has been revealed.

Electromagnetic pulses, also known as EMPs, are massive surges of energy that can come from asevere solar flare or from a high altitude nuclear explosion.

The world escaped an EMP catastrophe, Henry Cooper, who now heads High Frontier, a group pushingfor missile defence, toldWashington Secrets.
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Electromagnetic pulses, also know n as EMPs, are m assive surges of energy that can

come from a severe s olar flare, such as this one pictured on May 12, or from a high

altitude nuclear explosion

THE CARRINGTON EVENT

On September 1, 1859, astronomer, Richard Carrington observed a sudden flash over a large area ofsunspots on the sun.

Within 60 seconds the flash had already started to disappear, but early the next morning, there werereports that the northern lights were so bright that people could read the newspaper as if it weredaylight.

At the same time strange things began happening worldwide telegraph systems.

Telegraph operators were being shocked unconscious and the flying sparks were setting their machineson fire.

When the telegraph operators disconnected their machines from the batteries, there were still sparksflying. This is because the power of solar flares induced electricity into the lines that carried thetelegraph signals.

'There had been a near miss about two weeks ago, a Carrington-class coronal mass ejection crossedthe orbit of the Earth and basically just missed us, added Peter Vincent Pry, who served on the


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Congressional EMP Threat Commission.

Basically this is a Russian roulette thing, he said. We narrowly escape from a Carrington-classdisaster.

The event isnt rare. In 1989, an EMP effect in Canada knocking out Quebec's electric transmissionsystem.

And on May 12, one of the largest solar flares to be recorded this year took place. The Sun sent billionsof tons of solar particles into space, but they were not traveling in Earth's direction.

An overall increase in solar flare activity has been observed in the past 12 months, as the Sun reachesthe peak of its 11-year cycle.

President Bill Clintons former Director of Central Intelligence, James Woolsey, led a panel earlier thisweek on the threat of a natural or nuclear EMP.

Experts have also recently demanded that Washington prepare the nation's electric grid for an EMP.

A study into solar storm s last year predicted there w as a one in eight chance of a

major one affecting Earth by 2020. The UK, howe ver is re latively we ll prepared for an

extreme solar we ather event, according to experts at the Royal Academ y of

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EMPs can destroy electrical equipment over continent-scale re gions

They want the 2,000-3,000 transformers in the U.S. grid protected with a high-tech metal box and sparesready to rebuild the system.

According to Woolsey, knocking out only 20 of these would shut down electricity to parts of the nation fora long time.

Woolsey told Secrets, however, that some in Congress are interested in the issue, but the administrationis just in the beginnings of paying attention.

A study into solar storms last year predicted there was a one in eight chance of a major one affectingEarth by 2020.

The UK, however is relatively well prepared for an extreme solar weather event, according to expertsbehind the Royal Academys report Extreme space weather: impacts on engineered systems andinfrastructure.

Professor Paul Cannon, chair of the working group that produced the Academys report, said: Its aninevitable natural hazard and it will have a wide impact on technology. Extreme space weather has beenvariously described by some as inconsequential, and by others as potentially cataclysmic.

Simplistically, our view is that solar super storms will be a challenge for the UK to deal with but certainlynot cataclysmic. And our motto in all this is: Dont panic but do prepare

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- Supriya Gunda, boston, United States, 2/8/2013 16:40

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Something that could pos sibly have happened, almost happened 2 weeks ago but didn't? What a story! How do you

come up with such gripping news?

- Oli, Englishland, 2/8/2013 12:24


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Simplis tically, our view is that solar super storms will be a challenge for the UK to deal with but certainly notcataclysm ic.' . . . or put another way; we haven't a clue sunshine, but we're looking at ways of introducing a new tax on the

entire population of people living in the UK!

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We get the same old story every few years. Yawn.

- elysteve, Cambridgeshire, 2/8/2013 8:12


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Not true...It wasn't even close to us.

- dyno dave, atlanta, United States, 2/8/2013 6:17


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Look at all the cynical comments from the Empire. Don't they teach you anything about electricity in publ ic school? Of

course i t will knock out the wind turbines and everything else for that matter. Inductors will burn out. And hope i t doesn'thappen in winter, chaps. Think your oil burner runs only on oil? I have a wood stove and a stream out back but when

Sandy knocked out the power around here las t October you couldn't walk to the gas station and fill up a can to run your

generator. Had to be prepared. It was JJ Thompson who got us into this when he discovered the electron in 1897, by the

way. Now everything runs on 'em.

- Sufferincats, West Ches ter, United States, 2/8/2013 6:17


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> Omg loos ing the use of cars, mobiles and all electric is NOT a big catastophe AT ALL! From call ing the absence of

these appl iances a 'catastrophe' just goes to show how pathetically vulnerable this world has become. Really? There'senough food being grown in your immediate neighborhood (walking dis tance) to feed everyone there? No one you know

has diabetes and needs insulin refrigerated? You're OK with not being able to call the police if someone comes by and

tries to take the food you do have? It would be a catastrophe for ME, since I live in a suburb of a large city on a small lot.

I'm not growing my own food, and my lot would not grow enough to support our family of four.

- Jim B, Memphis, 2/8/2013 6:17

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Omg loos ing the use of cars, mobiles and all electric is NOT a big catastophe AT ALL! From call ing the absence of theseappliances a 'catastrophe' just goes to show how pathetically vulnerable this world has become. Maybe if we did loos e

these appl iance I believe it would do this world some good. Because not everyone will be judge upon whether or not they

have the latest gadgets or cars. At the end of the day this world as a hole has become for too dependant on electronics

that we have forgotten life skil ls . So by labelling the absence of electric as a catastophe s hows how pathetic this world

has become because i believe some day this 'catastrophe' will happen and when it does people will not have a clue

what to do and over a very short period we as a s pecies will be wiped out because we will not know common survival

skil ls to live independently without the extras doing al l the work for us (electronics). I actually honestly believe the WALL.E

film holds truth about the future for us!!!

- Mandy, Cambridges hire, United Kingdom, 2/8/2013 0:05


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They do love a scare story in this paper especially as this one is mis s reporting.

- Ted, Middle Earth, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 23:59
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It never happened! The s un is monitored continuously and solar activity in July was low. SpaceWeather.com have said

the original report from a Washington newspaper was erroneous.

- Kat, Cte-Nord, Canada, 1/8/2013 23:30


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This is your latest Flare Scare of many to keep you worried about something we can do nothing about. How about a solar

flare tax to "save the planet"? Anyway, give it a few weeks for the next scare.... Buy a tinfoil brolly.

- The Punisher, Darlington ENGLAND, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 23:01


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Sensationalist journalism at its worst

-AdeC, Bburn, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 22:16


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Not this old chesnut again! Solar flares or CME(coronal mass ejections) happen all the time. Sometimes they hit earth,

som etimes they don't. Rarely do they cause any real problem s. It is just nature doing what it does every day. This is just

DM trying to scare the ignorant. Find a real story guys.

- tzeddie, blackburn, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 22:05


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This article is a bunch of tosh!!!! Read this from s paceweather.com which is ess entially part of NASA.. SPACE WEATHER

FACT CHECK: Many readers are as king about a report in the Washington Examiner, which s tates that a Carrington-class

solar storm narrowly missed Earth two weeks ago. There was no Carrington-class solar storm two weeks ago. On the

contrary, solar activity was low throughout the month of July. The report is erroneous.

- Ga69, Ramsey, 1/8/2013 22:04


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Just something else for all the "doomsday preparers" (pronounced "idiots") to worry about and s tock up for.....

- Jungle_Jim, Wellington, New Zealand, 1/8/2013 22:00


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This article is a bunch of tosh!!!! Read this from s paceweather.com which is ess entially part of NASA.. SPACE WEATHER

FACT CHECK: Many readers are as king about a report in the Washington Examiner, which s tates that a Carrington-class

solar storm narrowly missed Earth two weeks ago. There was no Carrington-class solar storm two weeks ago. On the

contrary, solar activity was low throughout the month of July. The report is erroneous.

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Will it knock out wind turbines as well?

- Martin_in_Yorkshire , Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 21:13


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Knocking out cellphones may actually be a blessing. The rest not so m uch. - Hari Seldon, Trantor, 1/8/2013 18:48 ------- I

wouldn't say knocking out of cellphones is a blessing! We need them most during dis asters to contact family, what

would be a bles sing is if it toke out the Facebook Servers and erased our personal information :D

- Hosein, London, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 20:53


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why wasnt it in the news? would have been nice to know if our internet was due to go off

- Fullup, London, 1/8/2013 20:51


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Phew.........we're SAFE !....until the next time.

- Charles , London, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 20:27


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''The UK, however is relatively well prepared for an extreme solar weather event, according to experts'' Now I am worried..

- Rob70, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 20:18


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bog off , bog off;........... "Could have, might have, poss ibly slightly maybe have....but then it didn't, did i t? And oddly, neitherhas any other flare done much s ince that slight problem with Canadian power a few years ago during a big flare. That

wasn't exactly chaos, was it? All s caremongering. Ignore it. Perhaps the Government wants to tax solar flares,

next?"........... The scientists say there is a 1 in 8 chance of being hit by the year 2020, with possible cataclysm ic effects,

and this guy is s uggesting we jus t ignore it, and do no preparation whatsoever. Perhaps there's a middle ground. Maybe

we can go with a low tech awareness program, and strap all these non scientific scoffers to weather balloons and

monitor their screams when the solar flares come.

- Resident, somewhere in America, 1/8/2013 20:08


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we are too reliant on technology...it runs every aspect of our lives...this will happen again...what would you do when the

lights go off..and dont come back.?..best start planning now.

- Dark Stanley, san diego, United States, 1/8/2013 20:06
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Don't panic! It reminds me of Corporal Jones running about shouting don't panic Mr Mannering, don't panic Mr

Mannering. I'm sure the same as our dear leaders will be saying when it all hits the fan!

- Stewart2003, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 19:53


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Could have, might have, possibly slightly maybe have....but then it didn't, did it? And oddly, neither has any other flare

done much since that slight problem with Canadian power a few years ago during a big flare. That wasn't exactly chaos,

was it? All s caremongering. Ignore it. Perhaps the Government wants to tax solar flares, next?

- bog off, bog off, 1/8/2013 19:34


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The Big One IS comming.

- DAT, Ipswich, 1/8/2013 19:23


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A near miss.Is l ike me saying how close I came to winning the lottery***************My next door neighbour won it.

- norman miles, gloucester, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 18:59


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GO TO SPACE WEATHER WEBSITE AND IT WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS STORY IS NOT TRUE

- plato, Brighton, 1/8/2013 18:52


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Knocking out cellphones may actually be a blessing. The rest not so much.

- Hari Seldon, Trantor, 1/8/2013 18:48


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This is the kind of stuff that needs to be in the "news" ins tead of fals ifying information and altering evidence like in the

Martin/Zimmerman case. Instead of trying to start a war the media s hould be pul ling people together to help us survive

things like this if they hit us! The government shouldn't be used for welfare/benefits, it should be insuring the safety of its

people and protecting them from things like this not engaging in political wars!

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THIS STORY IS FAKE LOOK IT UP.

- plato, Brighton, 1/8/2013 18:41


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"The UK, however is relatively well prepared for an extreme solar weather event " ......Does that mean we are s tocked up

on tin foil hats ?

- Stickybob, Croydon. UK, 1/8/2013 18:26


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DM science is fantastic

- SleepyT, UK, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 18:25


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Just one thing why are we being told of this 2 weeks after the incident ?Apparently we watch the Sun 24 -7 and have a

warning s ystem in place that can give us advanced warning , what are the public to do wait for planes to drop out of the

sky or live in dark ages until they repair the transformers , I know Coronal Mass Ejections happen all the time but is there

a warning system in place ? just a thought !

- desi2805, Dundee, 1/8/2013 18:24


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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz slow day today DM?

- grumpymusician, South of the wall, United Kingdom , 1/8/2013 18:19


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Don't worry, I'm sure the Inland Revenue computers are fully protected and tax demands would have arrived on time by

horse. I am s ure that traffic wardens are also fully protected and would continue to put tickets on disabled cars at the

roadside...

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Don't worry, I'm sure the Inland Revenue computers are fully protected and tax demands would have arrived on time by

horse. I am s ure that traffic wardens are also fully protected and would continue to put tickets on disabled cars at the

roadside...

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it would have been nice if it had real ly... people might then realise there is more to life they technology and actually go out

and enjoy themselves - DanWard94, Cardiff, 8/1/13, 4:57 PM Maybe if it knocked out the Internet and cable...knocking out

electricity would surely be more devastating than you think.

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it would have been nice if it had real ly... people might then realise there is more to life they technology and actually go out

and enjoy themselves

- DanWard94, Cardiff, 1/8/2013 17:57


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I crossed the road yesterday and just missed being killed by a bus that had passed by 2 minutes before. Lucky me.

- Dwhincup, Colne, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 17:54


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But it didn't!

- Greg, Norn Iron, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 17:51


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I never felt a thing!

- Heightsgreen, Barnsley, 1/8/2013 17:48


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wouldn't have been a problem before we became so "advanced".....

- mick, exeter, 1/8/2013 17:48


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It's not the "near miss es" we have to worry about. It's the "Direct Hits"!

- Patrick, Belfast, 1/8/2013 17:41


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Damn. Maybe next time.

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They are now jus t telling us about this ?? Why can't they give us s ome kind of warning as to this kind of problem so we

could at leas t try and protect our items that would be affected??????- imskipinout, Overland Park, United States ------------

------------------------------------------------------------------- They are watching but there isn't much protection from a m ajor solar

storm. The UK government "thinks" it may be protected if it shuts down the power grid. The US government has no

contingency plans on how to deal with it. The US power s upply system is extremely vulnerable with its overhead power

lines and transformers on poles . An event like the one in 1859 could des troy the grid and leave many people without

power for up to two years.

- Grasshopper Farmer, Sandburrville, 1/8/2013 17:30


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Amazing...my wif works for a dentist who has been prepping for this event for 2 years . We thought he was a little crazy?

- Bob, Langhorne, United States, 1/8/2013 17:20


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when the original Carrington event took place, aurorea were seen as far south as the Caribean. And the telagraph

system was rendered useless for quite a time and the operators suffered electric shocks from the keying devices. If we

were to have another event right now, our National Grid would be knocked off line for a long time, all plugged in electical

and electronic equipment would be burnt out and even those with solar panels would be s tuck as weirdly, they require an

outside AC source before they can work.

- paulc, gloster, 1/8/2013 17:19


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So now we're getting retrospective panic warnings fro the DM. No asteroids around this week?

-Agent Smith, S.Yorks, United Kingdom, 1/8/2013 17:19


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Great, another thing to screw us over.

-A Man, Somewhere in the Sky, United States, 1/8/2013 17:16


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They are now jus t telling us about this ?? Why can't they give us s ome kind of warning as to this kind of problem so we

could at leas t try and protect our items that would be affected??????

- imskipinout, Overland Park, United States, 1/8/2013 16:58


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NOT TRUE.

- plato, Brighton, 1/8/2013 16:58
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DM...That's "occurred".

- pauleh, Newmarket, 1/8/2013 16:57


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God is still in control.....

- Rick, Pace, USA, 1/8/2013 16:54


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