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Originally Posted by freebeard
Punctuation is fun: "[A]n 11% chance every 11-years of what? ( 1% per year vs 99% nothing ), a 'Carrington Event' ?, a CME ?
Flares never leave the Sun, they fall back into it. A CME can detach from a flare, traveling along a Parker Spiral. Is that what you mean to say?
Who didn't miss the last x-class flare? Did B. D. send out a warning? It hit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What did it hit? My Earth is still intact. Did your world end?" _______________
Socialist/Communist countries electrical grids will prevail? Oh noes! |
1) First thing, leave my text alone!
2) If you want to participate, discuss the topic at hand.
3) I parse things out for those who can't focus on more than one visual bite at a time.
4) This is Montessori method.
5) It's not about spelling, punctuation, or grammar.
6) Just content.
7) The 'capitalist' comment is attributed to National Geographic.
8) The context for the comment has to do with corporate decision-makers, not willing to invest in spare transformers, some, so specialized that, should you suddenly need one, you may be waiting a lot longer to get, than rate payers are willing to go without power.
9) A 'Carrington Event' will fry transformers, can damage satellites, and interrupt communications.
10) As long as spare-parts are on hand, power-outages will be at a minimum.
11) Aircraft can fly with inertial gyro-compass.
12) GPS usually comes back on by itself after magnetic storms pass.