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Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by N0b8ez »

mberning wrote: post #67
N0b8ez wrote: post #57

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Do you have a link to the study?

I had to dig around but I think this the one I remember. There are two other reports linked in the comments. https://old.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/11tblpp/found_it_...

Thanks! This is the doc I found the "90 percent of our population is dead" quote from, which is asserted indirectly:

https://irp.fas.org/congress/2008_hr/emp.pdf

It's referring to a fictional story in that quote, but the scientist says that 90% is accurate for the real world if that scenario were to happen. Pretty chilling.

Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by BenjiWiebe »

zikduruqe wrote: post #72
sillysaurusx wrote: post #3

Can you really call yourself a prepper if you don’t have a faraday cage with a spare laptop inside? (The intersection of doomerism and tech is amusingly cyberpunk sometimes.) Actually, what’s the most useful way you’d prepare for a worldwide grid outage? This isn’t that, but sometimes I wonder if a future CME might be as catastrophic as some say.

> Actually, what’s the most useful way you’d prepare for a worldwide grid outage? Read One Second After by William R. Forstchen. It's probably the most accurate description of what may happen. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4922079-one-second-after

I really like that book but it is still highly unrealistic, since the grid going out != every small electronic circuit being fried. I'm not really clear on the issues with EMPs vs CMEs, but CMEs at least aren't going to induce dangerous voltages on a 5 foot long conductor routed inside a piece of metal (car). For sure not inside a cell phone or wristwatch.

It's more about tripping out the grid, or sensitive inadequately-protected grid-connected electronics. Even then, the short will likely happen in the input stage of the power conversion, where repairs with salvage parts are not infeasible.

Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by mgkimsal »

ajross wrote: post #90
sillysaurusx wrote: post #20

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The water seems like the hard part. Are there any tricks for cheap, safe hydration for a family? I guess we could just start building walls of unopened water bottles in our basement… (In my teens I saw a family friend had a bag full of food supplies. I asked someone if that was a prep bag, and they said yes. I thought they were a bit weird. Now I’ve come full circle browsing Amazon for cheap doomsday food.)

> The water seems like the hard part. Are there any tricks for cheap, safe hydration for a family? You already have the equipment for that. Your existing hot water heater stores enough drinking water for a month at least, probably more if you ration carefully.

we got the smaller 42 gallon one, and.. with two people and a pet... it might last a couple weeks tops, I'd think, if we rationed (~2-3 gallons per day?)

Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by downvotetruth »

candiddevmike wrote: post #23
prerok wrote: post #2

The sky is falling! Seriously, though, I am not knowledgeable enough about these CMEs and how they compare to the past ones. Are there any good historical analyses?

This is the first G4 watch since 2005: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/severe-geomagnetic-storm-stil...

intended url? https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/severe-geomagnetic-storming-l...

Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by decremental »

wing-_-nuts wrote: post #79
belter wrote: post #60

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And I hope you realize China had multiple famines with cannibalistic events as recent as 1959: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

I hope you realize that about a million people died during the Irish great famine with almost no events of cannibalism. Suggesting that it's a normal occurrence during famine is very insulting to the character of those that survived those famines while still upholding basic human decency.

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Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by throwway120385 »

belter wrote: post #60
wing-_-nuts wrote: post #42

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You do realize humanity has had countless famines before right? I grant you, a few of them brought out a regrettable side of humanity but by and large people come together during times of hardship, they don't tear each other apart. I feel like only those who've never felt hunger could contemplate such a savage reaction.

And I hope you realize China had multiple famines with cannibalistic events as recent as 1959: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

I hope you realize that these events are notable because they are unusual and not because they are the rule.

Re: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

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Post by ninininino »

Marsymars wrote: post #54
pennomi wrote: post #36

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Backpacking water filters aren’t all that expensive and work fine with most water sources. Wouldn’t produce enough to shower in but certainly enough that you could survive in a disaster.

I've got an assortment of backpacking/camping water filters, but don't live especially near a water source, so my days would revolve around walks to the nearest creek. (2 km away) A cargo bike would help a lot there. If the municipal water is still functional but non-potable, a LifeStraw Max gets you effectively unlimited water on-demand for most sources of contamination.

I would probably want a Gravi-stil as relying on filter mediums has a built-in expiration date (or # of gallons).
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