2012? Try 2013

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** June 16th, 2010, 11:07 am

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/spac ... use-devastation.html

There we have it. 2013 we're all screwed. The sun will bring the internet to it's knees. And despite the guys there saying there making preperations i get the feeling it'll be one giant **** up.

Especially for a country that isn't used to big massive natural disasters. We get crippled over a thin layer of ice and snow. We're buggered when this hits.

Adbot · **Posted:** June 16th, 2010, 11:07 am

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

My physics teacher in high school talked about this and made the passing joke that if 2012 didn't get us, this would. If it actually is real and will happen, it will be interesting to see the outcome. It's much more realistic imo than a 2012 scenario, but that is just a scientific approach. Either way, I'm not going to worry about it until we actually get there in time.

trekkie · **Posted:** June 16th, 2010, 6:09 pm

why must the end of the world be our generation...

-_+ totojimbob +_- · **Posted:** June 16th, 2010, 7:16 pm

Ok, so I can live with this 2012 crap.
But if 2013 takes our computers away, I will be one sad, sad individual.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** June 17th, 2010, 5:36 am

Duke Juker wrote:

My physics teacher in high school talked about this and made the passing joke that if 2012 didn't get us, this would. If it actually is real and will happen, it will be interesting to see the outcome. It's much more realistic imo than a 2012 scenario, but that is just a scientific approach. Either way, I'm not going to worry about it until we actually get there in time.

This isn't some trash made up by weirdos that worshipped the sun theres actual proof that this is going to happen we just don't know how extreme it's going to be.

Alex_SE · **Posted:** June 17th, 2010, 9:26 am

There was a article, back in 2002, saying that by 2009 we would all be dead by almost the same reason exposed in this articled. It's a pity I can't find the source...

Adbot · **Posted:** June 17th, 2010, 9:26 am

Pennstate315 · Runite Member 5-25-10

We learned about Solar Flares in Science class a few months back, scary stuff! :cry:

Magicking610 · **Posted:** June 17th, 2010, 1:54 pm

Okay, so if anyone else read this...

Quote:

...He said large swathes of the world could face being without power for several months, although he admitted that was unlikely.

Well, they aren't even sure of the aftermath themselves...

And, on the next line

Quote:

...A more likely scenario was that large areas, including northern Europe and Britain which have “fragile” power grids, would be without power and access to electronic devices for hours, possibly even days.

So, it's mainly affecting Europe only? Half the world could lose power while the other half only has slight problems? Highly doubt it.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** June 17th, 2010, 2:05 pm

MageGuy08 wrote:

Okay, so if anyone else read this...

Quote:

...He said large swathes of the world could face being without power for several months, although he admitted that was unlikely.

Well, they aren't even sure of the aftermath themselves...

And, on the next line

Quote:

...A more likely scenario was that large areas, including northern Europe and Britain which have “fragile” power grids, would be without power and access to electronic devices for hours, possibly even days.

So, it's mainly affecting Europe only? Half the world could lose power while the other half only has slight problems? Highly doubt it.

Clearly says large areas. Dunno why you figure mainly europe. It meantions Europe specificly because it's a UK newspaper. I'd imagine a place like America which uses a lot of tech just like Europe would suffer from the aftermath, whatever it might be. Where as a place like Iraq really isn't going to have much trouble because it's a dump.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

It seems what he's saying is that countries with more advanced and protected infrastructure would be better off than underdeveloped countries. Frankly, I think if something like this is big enough or powerful enough, it will greatly impact every place in the world, whether or not they have advanced technology or not.

ryan1 · **Posted:** June 18th, 2010, 8:52 am

I wouldn't worry too much about it. People have been making predictions of this nature since we started using electronic devices.

Steven · **Posted:** June 18th, 2010, 2:07 pm

I'm surprised nobody's brought up Y2K yet.

It looks like according to the article it'll be mainly people on the eastern hemisphere who will be affected; specifically Europe.

Bloody hell. I hope I'm not affected because I'm in America.

Phresh Phob · **Posted:** June 18th, 2010, 9:51 pm

Duke Juker wrote:

It seems what he's saying is that countries with more advanced and protected infrastructure would be better off than underdeveloped countries. Frankly, I think if something like this is big enough or powerful enough, it will greatly impact every place in the world, whether or not they have advanced technology or not.

Yea seriously, what ever happened to Y2K? And going on with what Trekkie said - why does it seem like all these "end of the world" disasters have to happen in our generation/lifetime?

momsrascal93 · **Posted:** June 18th, 2010, 10:16 pm

I'm not worried about it. We've survived without this stuff. All the things we use now are just luxuries. If it's that bad, take your money out of the bank and hold it somewhere safe, use a road map instead of your gps. I think we can live without twitter. just send a letter.

Farhad · **Posted:** June 19th, 2010, 11:51 pm

There will always be some new armageddon scare.

The human race is paranoid, that or anxious.

Anyways, it seems to be out of our hands. If the sun gets turned to high and cooks our electronics that would be very unfortunate indeed.