Friday, June 18, 2010

The 2nd Apocalypse

If we were to survive 2012, what comes next?

From: http://news.omy.sg/News/Local%2BNews/Story/OMYStory201006171520-160710/2.html

美国太空署发出警告 2013年 地球将遇太阳风暴

2013年,地球会回归原始?

有报道指出,美国太空署发出警告,指地球在2013年可能遭遇強烈的太阳风暴,到时全球将陷入大停电,网路电子通讯无法使用,等于回到50年、甚至 100年前的生活。

根据台湾《今日新闻网》的报道,美国太空署资深科学家说,太阳活动将由沉睡的静止期苏醒,届时将发生大规模日冕喷发的现象,巨大的闪焰威力,就像 100枚氢弹爆炸,瞬间撞击地球磁层。

据了解,太阳黑子活动每11年为一个周期,而活动剧烈时,会突然释放许多高能粒子,形成太阳风暴,可能对地球的太空站、卫星和发电设施等,造成威 胁。

专家表示,太阳风暴的影响可能让全球陷入黑暗,不但无法供给电力,臭氧层被破坏,电子通讯可能也会全部停止操作,造成医院、银行、机场等无法运作, 人们也无法使用手机、电脑和卫星定位系统,经济损失将高达430万亿新元。

回归原始 如何生活?

如果全球陷入大停电,网路、电子、通讯都无法使用,意味着:

晚上没有街灯,只能靠蜡烛和煤油灯照明,更没有电视和电影可以看。

● 交通系统无法使用:火车、地铁和飞机可能无法控制及启动,或许就得像50年前那样,回到使用马车和人力车的年代。

●卫星掉回地球,失去通讯功能:到时我们将无法使用手机,也无法使用电脑。

●污水处理系统无法操作:使用电脑操作的所有现代化系统可能都会受到影响,包括:食物和水源无法及时处理,大家或许得重新耕种。

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Following the Bukit Timah flood last November, the recent Orchard flood has once again caused people to suspect that the catastrophe of 2012 is really approaching. Is this an act of god, or just a pure drainage problem? Or maybe a combination of both? In any case, it appears that there are quite a few (nature)environmental-related disasters recently, like oil spills, floods, eruptions, etc all over the world.

Let's say we manage a build a Noah's Ark and barely escape the great flood of 2012, we still have to deal with technical disasters in the following year. Double whammy haha.

As our reliance on electromagnetic waves, the fundamental of all electronic and communication technologies, increases, we will find it even harder to survive without them. You could probably imagine a world without handphones and computers. But how about a world without any electrical appliances, including lights? Then we'll return to the historic era like what we watch in movies.

Get ready for the Dark Ages heh heh.

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