The power of Solar storms are real!
In 1921 a powerful solar storm occured, if the same would happen today, it could leave 130 million people without power. Other affects would be water suply and other infrastructures dammeged.
An even stronger/larger solar storm/flare took place in 1859, when thousends of telegraf station was destroyed by overcharge and overheating that resulted in dead operators.
If such a storm would happen today, the total recovery could take 4-10 years to restore, with an enormous cost estimated to 2-3 trillion USD.
The earth has a powerful shield to protect us from the sun, but if a large outbreake of a solar flairs would happen, the shield will not be able to protect the part of earth facing the sun at that moment.
Every 11 years or so, the sun experiences periods of low and high solar activity, which is associated with the amount of sunspots on its surface. These dark regions (sunspots), some of which can reach the size of Earth or larger, are driven by the sun’s strong and constantly shifting magnetic fields.
This means that the sun’s magnetic field also affects the earth’s own magnetic poles. Which creates a disturbance of ocean currents
as well as weather conditions, therefore extreme changes in the climate occur.
According to calculations, the sun’s maximum activity of solar storms will occur at the end of 2024. However, the sun’s active life has also changed in the last 20 years and we know little about what happens after.
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