This morning’s headlines blazed with heat: A near miss! The sun ejected a flare that almost hit earth two weeks ago..
And now today the website Space Weather is responding to that with this:
SPACE WEATHER FACT CHECK: Many readers are asking about a report in the Washington Examiner, which states that a Carrington-class solar storm narrowly missed Earth two weeks ago. There was no Carrington-class solar storm two weeks ago. On the contrary, solar activity was low throughout the month of July. The report is erroneous. The possibility of such a storm is, however, worth thinking about: A modern Carrington event would cause significant damage to our high-tech society. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.
The original report that appeared in the Washington EXAMINER this morning came from Henry Cooper, a former Reagan official who now is pushing for missile defense programs.. And where did he get his information? Peter Vincent Pry–who is pushing for the United States to upgrade its electric grid to help during events of massive EMP attacks of solar events. Which is a noble cause.. But now I am troubled by the SpaceWeather report that all of this was based off of something that never was..
The UK DAILY MAIL picked up this story today, too, running a more dire headline
I will investigate this matter further..
So far I have yet to see a press release or statement on any of this from NASA.
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