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Not so crazy now are they?


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/07/23 /how-a-solar-storm-nearly-destroyed-life-as-we-know-it-two-years-ago/

Here is the good news,

There is a 12 percent chance of a Carrington-type event on Earth in the next 10 years




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Based on what I read in the article it says nothing about preppers being an exception to the rule of people suffering from this solar flare.

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Well, if they have prepared for it, and know what they are doing, then they wouldn't suffer AS MUCH as those who have not prepared for it, would they?

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yes if they prepare for that one VERY specific disaster. Promblem is you dont know which disaster will hit

So the best you can do is regular sane prepper..some water, food, flashlight, generator and not go build a castle with death traps all around.

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'regular sane prepper' is spot on.

You are crazy if you spend your life preparing for a specific disaster that is highly unlikely, which is exactly what a 'Doomsday' prepper is doing.

In my local area we have encountered power cuts, rising food prices, ever colder winters, ever hotter summers, rising fuel costs and rioting. There is also a high risk of flooding, although I haven't been directly affected by this yet. Not exactly a Solar Flare, but people have died, children are going hungry and livelihoods have been destroyed.

I consider myself a prepper, because I don't want my family and I to go without food, water, shelter or security, ever. This is a perfectly rational response to events which have affected me in the past, events which are affecting me now, and events which will certainly affect me in the future.



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Yes, they are STILL crazy!

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by nakedsteve ยป Thu Jul 24 2014 23:37:23
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Post Edited: Fri Jul 25 2014 02:27:17
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/07/23 /how-a-solar-storm-nearly-destroyed-life-as-we-know-it-two-years-ago/

Here is the good news,
There is a 12 percent chance of a Carrington-type event on Earth in the next 10 years


Supposing it does happen, and our telecommunications get wiped out. The world isn't going to descent into panic. We had civilization BEFORE ELECTRICITY.

It seems like "doomsday preppers" are a moronic breed of their own.

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