Solar Flares Disrupt Communications on Earth, Could Send Shockwave on Friday the 13th
The sun has had three major solar flares on its surface in the past two days that have affected communications on Earth and could send a shockwave through Earth this Friday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. One of the flares created a “coronal mass ejection” that actually could come into contact with Earth on Friday, according to NOAA. The ejection is essentially a huge cloud of plasma that could hit the Earth and cause a shock wave, affecting communications systems. ABC News June 11, 2014
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A force equal to billions of atomic bombs
travels millions of kilometers per hour,
reaches Earth in three days.
A solar storm will disturb the atmosphere
induce currents in power lines
trigger voltage collapse
and bring the twenty-first century down.
Now, at the peak of the solar cycle,
the Sun, like a busy fetus turning and kicking,
is flipping its magnetic field one hundred eighty.
A cyclical increase in sunspots
will produce violent flares
and propel charged particles
into space.
The solar wind.
Magnetized plasma will slam
into Earth, sending out electrical
currents like cockroaches seeking dark.
Auroras will appear at the outer banks
of Earth’s atmosphere, visible
as far south as the equator.
Streets will be dark,
water pumps silent.
Ice will melt in the freezer.
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