The Pending Space Weather Catastrophe
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 14:30
in Astronomy & Space
Fact #1: There will be a solar event in the next five years that wipes out the electrical grid for the US.Fact #2: Solar and space weather prediction is about as accurate as hurricane predictions-- lots of maybes and false warnings, but great after-disaster analysis.Fact #3: It's hard to educate and convince at the same time, and the public doesn't know what space weather is, yet.Query: Are we doomed?In Solar Cosmic Katrina and Chicken Little, we find out that:read more