Terryl
10-10-2013, 06:12 PM
WOW we dodged a big one this time.
If this had been directed at us, we would/could be using stone knives and axes again, smoke signals and drums, and may be horses to get around, or back to steam power.
It would/could have knocked out most satellites facing the sun at that time, disrupted the AC power grid, and knocked out cell phones, might have even taken out the internet, if it was bigger, it could take out ground based electronics.
Watch this video,
http://www.space.com/23109-non-furloughed-nasa-spacecrafts-see-sun-hurl-giant-prominence-video.html
To give you an idea on how big that was, it was over 15,000 times the size of the Earth.
About 1 million Earths can fit into the Sun, so best guess it.
If this had been directed at us, we would/could be using stone knives and axes again, smoke signals and drums, and may be horses to get around, or back to steam power.
It would/could have knocked out most satellites facing the sun at that time, disrupted the AC power grid, and knocked out cell phones, might have even taken out the internet, if it was bigger, it could take out ground based electronics.
Watch this video,
http://www.space.com/23109-non-furloughed-nasa-spacecrafts-see-sun-hurl-giant-prominence-video.html
To give you an idea on how big that was, it was over 15,000 times the size of the Earth.
About 1 million Earths can fit into the Sun, so best guess it.