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\u2026 Which Could Have Caused Nuclear Meltdowns from Coast-to-Coast<\/p>\n
Washington\u2019s Blog<\/strong><\/a> Whew \u2026 That Was Close<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve sounded the alarm for years that a large solar flare \u2014 like the one we had in 1859 \u2014 could cause worldwide nuclear meltdowns \u2026 and numerous other problems<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2 weeks ago, we just barely dodged<\/em> the bullet.<\/p>\n Washington Examiner reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n The earth barely missed taking a massive solar punch in the teeth two weeks ago<\/strong>, an \u201celectromagnetic pulse\u201d so big that it could have knocked out power, cars and iPhones throughout the United States.<\/p>\n Two EMP experts told Secrets that the EMP flashed through earth\u2019s typical orbit around the sun about two weeks before the planet got there.<\/p>\n \u201cThe world escaped an EMP catastrophe<\/strong>,\u201d said Henry Cooper, who lead strategic arms negotiations with the Soviet Union under President Reagan, and who now heads High Frontier, a group pushing for missile defense.<\/p>\n \u201cThere had been a near-miss about two weeks ago, a Carrington-class coronal mass ejection crossed the orbit of the Earth and basically just missed us<\/strong>,\u201d said Peter Vincent Pry, who served on the Congressional EMP Threat Commission from 2001-2008. He was referring to the 1859 EMP named after astronomer Richard Carrington that melted telegraph lines in Europe and North America.<\/p>\n \u201cBasically this is a Russian roulette thing<\/strong>,\u201d added Pry. \u201cWe narrowly escape from a Carrington-class disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n Pry, Cooper, and former CIA Director James Woolsey<\/strong> have been recently demanding that Washington prepare the nation\u2019s electric grid for an EMP, either from the sun or an enemy\u2019s nuclear bomb. They want the 2,000-3,000 transformers in the grid protected with a high-tech metal box and spares ready to rebuild the system. Woolsey said knocking out just 20 would shut down electricity to parts of the nation \u201cfor a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n But Washington is giving them the cold shoulder<\/strong>, especially the administration. Woolsey told Secrets that some in Congress are interested in the issue, but the administration is just in the \u201cbeginnings\u201d of paying attention.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n The EMP effect is not rare<\/strong>. One occurred in Canada in 1989, knocking out Quebec\u2019s electric transmission system. And North Korea is reportedly testing a device to attack the U.S. with an EMP attack<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The trio appeared at an event in Washington this week, but Pry said getting the nation\u2019s leaders interested in the issue is difficult<\/strong> and educating the public about EMP hard too. \u201cThe education curve isn\u2019t going up fast enough,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It would cost a pittance<\/a> to protect our nuclear plants from such a flare.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s hard to get politicians\u2019 attention when they\u2019re focused on throwing money at corporate welfare queens<\/a>, insane military<\/a> and security<\/a> boondoggles and pork, harmful quantitative easing<\/a>, unnecessary<\/a>nuclear subsidies<\/a>, the failed war on drugs<\/a>, and other frivolities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2026 Which Could Have Caused Nuclear Meltdowns from Coast-to-Coast Washington\u2019s Blog August 4, 2013 Whew \u2026 That Was Close We\u2019ve sounded the alarm for years that a large solar flare \u2014 like the one we had in 1859 \u2014 could cause worldwide nuclear meltdowns \u2026 and numerous other problems. 2 weeks ago, we just barely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAugust 4, 2013<\/p>\n