Geomagnetic Storms Preparedness

[wb7sgl]

The need for solar activity from the Sun is well documented for various reasons. It contributes to the stability of out environment, we use it's effects on the ionosphere for sky wave propagation, etc. But, does anyone have contingency plans in place for when things go bad? There have been a number of online articles [newscientist.com] regarding the potential for a superstorm in 2012 on a scale never documented. They are saying this could rival and exceed the superstorm of 1859 that was documented by Richard Carrington (see the Carrington event [nasa.gov]).The latest articles are documenting the possibility that a large event from the Sun could fry transformers leaving the civilized world in the dark ages. The concern extends to the fact that traditional wired communications could basically cease operation almost instantly. Powered life support, comfort and sanitation systems would cease operation. Living or working anywhere that requires (for instance,) pumped water such as multi-story buildings would loose all water supply. They are predicting that replacing and repairing all of the effected systems could take weeks to months. So, have you given it any thought? What would you do?  What preparations have you been doing/thinking about? Is it all just another doomsday prediction that won't come to pass?

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[mrroadwarrior]

with the upgrade of solar storms i figured we could bring this one back to life.I have a small solar panel cost 49.00 its 5 watts. And a on demand 12 volt water pump (you can buy these at Northern Tool or any RV repair place) This way I can pump water from a rain barrel or other reservoir the pump cost 99 dollars. I can also hook the 12 volt pump up to any 12 volt battery from a car and make it mobile anywhere if the suns not out.

[AC5WA]

I am sure it will eventually “come to pass.”  There have been a lot of the smaller ones over the years and preparing for EMP by keeping backups of sensitive equipment in shielded containers as well as having off the grid power available would certainly go a long way to being prepared for this sort of problem.Best regards,Gerald

[northernscout]

This is an interesting topic though it has been dorment for quite some time. Some of you have military tech background and I know you are supposed to keep some things secret… but can you share with us ways we could protect our equipment from high energy emp or powerful magnetic storms. For the longest while the Russians would not give up their tube type equipment for this reason. Tube gear is considerably less fragile to those sorts of events. Now I believe they are totally on board with solid state gear so they must have figured out ways to protect it. I assume that continuous layers of steel with insulation between would conduct magnetic fields away from The equipment being protected inside. That would be hard for us amateurs to manage. Any thoughts on this?

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