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Media Reports About a Massive Geomagnetic Storm Hitting Earth on March 18 Are Inaccurate, NOAA Says (newsweek.com)
Several news outlets this week are reporting that Earth is expecting a "massive magnetic storm" on March 18. Yeah, so that's not happening, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told Newsweek and other outlets. From a report: And they would know: Not only does NOAA help people build forecasts for weather here on Earth, they also predict space weather events like geomagnetic storms. "This story is not plausible in any way, shape or form," Bob Rutledge, who leads NOAA's Space Weather Forecast Center, told Newsweek via e-mail. "Things are all quiet for space weather, and the sun is essentially spotless." The magnetic storm's "imminent" arrival was one of Monday morning's top science news stories, according to Google News. But most coverage appeared to be based on a misinterpretation of a chart posted on Russia's Lebedev Institute's website showing a minor uptick in geomagnetic activity on the 18th. That elevated activity is expected to be a minor storm at most.
They're interfering with our electromagnetic interference; better start another investigation. I blame Jared for this.
This is exactly what they would be saying to try to prevent mass panic if the sun had expelled a class X50 flare at us and it would likely be a civilization-ender. I hope you have your go-bag packed and are stocked on ammo and water. This is textbook misdirection and at this point it's highly likely they're going from a script; I for one will be spending next Sunday in the bunker safe and sound. Be sure to keep an eye on Washington starting Saturday, I bet you won't see any public appearences by politicians because they'll all be on their way to Greenbrier.
The National St. Paddy's Forecasting center is predicting a violent disruption of geospatial equilibrium and thought competence the morning of March 18th.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
Or we are completely doomed! And the government is hiding this from us so we don't go running the the streets looting and rioting.
Please not this is a sarcastic statement, do not take it as fact. (and ignore the man with the black suite behind me)
Is the black suite located near the rouge room? /s
In today's post-truth world, people are allowed to believe their own facts in the face of those pushed by so called "experts" and "people who actually know what the fuck they're talking about." So to anyone out there who wishes to believe in the alternative fact that Earth's technology will be set back to the 1700s on Sunday, you should feel free to sell me all of your soon-to-be-useless electronics which I will pay above-scrap prices for. I will use them to build a post-apocalyptic museum to teach the young ones about the before-times. Don't worry about scrubbing valuable personal information from them either, that will all be deleted when the geomagnetic storm hits.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel