In 2013 The Earth would be face a Solar Tsunami

An expert Scientist says, “We should prepare for a space storm does not look like a thousand years,". The world is increasingly dependent on electricity, therefore, more vulnerable.The current cycle of the star storms would peak next year. On April 16, the sun emitted a "bubble" the size of Jupiter, another sign of increased violent activity, whose peak is in 2013, hence the solar tsunami forecasts. Experts say that we are not prepared for the damage they cause. 

This phenomenon, called coronal mass ejection (CME, for its acronym in English), characteristic of the times of maximum solar activity, can be harmless or even go unnoticed, unless you register a satellite as it did this year, but very dangerous if the emitted wave penetrates the Earth's magnetic field. In that case, electrical circuits are damaged and communication. 

The event of April 16 was a rash shaped like a thick median protuberance which then burst like a soap bubble (see video) and threw some of its contents into the atmosphere.  In a CME, the sun casts more than a billion tons of particles at a rate of several thousand kilometers per second. And while the planet's magnetic field protects diverting these particles, "the magnetosphere is not tight," says Pierre Barthelme, a blog specializing in the newspaper Le Monde. When these particles can pass through the shield and reach the Earth, causing aurora borealis and australis. Usually, the energy received by the atmosphere, in a March CME was the equivalent of 5% of all electricity consumed in France in a year-is rejected and sent back into space. 

In March 1989 one of these particle clouds blew all the security systems of the power grid of Quebec (Canada), leaving 6 million people without electricity for 9 hours and space agencies lost contact with hundreds of satellites. The blog points out a strong solar storm in 1859 caused auroras Antilles and Venezuela. There were times when there was no power lines and therefore no further damage. However, sparks flew in the telegraph lines and some employees received discharges. 

In the case at present, the disaster would be enhanced by the widespread use of electricity. "Not only  power grids would fall for several weeks, even months, but also attack pipelines to accelerate oxidation, probably destroy satellites and numerous electronic components of such devices and temporarily cut off radio communication and relocation, "says Barth. 

Note that GPS systems are now taking on a huge range of activities ranging from land, air and sea communications to financial transactions, as banks use satellite signals as a universal clock dating accurately these operations fractions of a second. 

Le Monde quoted a report that, only for the United States, a solar tsunami could cost 1 billion dollars, ie, the equivalent of 20 Hurricane Katrina. And it would take between 4 to 10 years to repair the damage. 

Mike Hapgood, head of research unit in the space environment Rutherford Appleton Laboratory British claims that our reliance on electricity networks makes us more vulnerable than ever. "The Japanese earthquake and tsunami of last year show the damage for which we must prepare to face only events similar to those of recent years. Instead, we should prepare for a one-dimensional space storm that occurs only once every thousand years, "he warns. 

And the development of meteorology allows sending alerts of storms, hurricanes, floods and avalanches; Hapgood suggests investing in space weather to prevent this type of phenomena. Just as there are hurricane seasons, there are also solar storms, associated with cycles of 11 years. 

But this discipline is emerging: the data gathered only have a maximum of 170 years and not even fully digitized.