Well, it looks like the solar flare chicken littles were proven wrong.

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by Think4Yourself

In the last 24 hours we've had three different "X-Class" solar flares which are the most powerful type of solar flares and yet their impact seems to be extremely minimal. In the face of these facts and realities will the chicken littles who claimed it would destroy modern society admit they were wrong or will we see the usual equivocating? Inquiring minds want to know.

BBC News - Sun unleashes 'X-Class' solar flare

Originally Posted by Think4Yourself

Not all three of them plus we've been directly hit by some. The BBC report says as much.

The chicken littles have just been wrong, admit it.

Originally Posted by Think4Yourself

I'm already well aware that as it has been mentioned dozens of times here so please keep up. The claim made though is that it can cause human civilization to collapse which is just a fantasy. The reality is modern electrical systems are fairly robust and there is only minor effects with any more serious effects being EXTREMELY localized and short term.

Originally Posted by Think4Yourself

This thread just proves that people in denial will do ANYTHING to continue believing their dogma despite all facts or reality. FACT: two of the three of the X class solar flares were earth facing and one was a direct hit. These are the strongest class of solar flares measured.

Yes, irrational thinking and faulty logic is EXTREMELY common in the prepper community. Just listen to the excuses in this thread after claims get proved wrong with actual provable FACTS.

Originally Posted by Think4Yourself

I guess when facts and reality aren't on your side then some people feel the need to deflect from their own short comings rather than actually reevaluate their position based on facts and reality.

Originally Posted by Think4Yourself

A fourth X Class solar flare, and the largest yet, which will also hit the Earth (though at an angle). Do we still have nay sayers claiming it's not facing the Earth or not hitting the Earth?

Can we at least have a fact based discussion or will keep hearing denials from the uninformed?

You are incredibly disingenuous.

You want to discuss facts? Then let's do that. There are three conditions which must be satisfied:

1] the Solar Flare must be an X-Class Flare ---- there are 4 different classes of Solar Flares with X-Class being the most powerful (A, B, C, M and X Classes); and

2] the X-Class Solar Flare must be greater than X15 --- All Solar Flares are ranked/ordered by magnitude; and

3] the X-Class Solar Flare >X15 must be accompanied by a proton storm with the average energies of the protons being greater than 30 MeV (Million Electron Volts).

Those are the three conditions that must be met.....and those conditions have been repetaedly mentioned and discussed, in nauseating detail, supported by peer-reviewed articles published in major scientific journals.

Much of the information I have presented is from:

THE 1859 SOLAR–TERRESTRIAL DISTURBANCE AND THE CURRENT LIMITS OF EXTREME SPACE WEATHER ACTIVITY

E. W. Cliver, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts

L. Svalgaard, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Honohar, Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan

Solar Physics (2004) 224: 407–422

Anyway, there is a fourth condition which I no doubt assumed that people who could think for themselves could figure out, and that is the Solar Flare must strike Earth --- yeah, that would be the Spherical Geometry thing that I often rail about.

To kill your thread, we need only actually read the links you provided, starting with MSNBC....

"X-class solar flares are the most powerful types of solar storms. When aimed directly at Earth, these major solar events can pose a danger to astronauts and satellites in space, as well as interfere with radio and GPS navigation signals.

The X3.2 solar flare is the most powerful yet seen this year and the third-strongest sun storm of the current 11-year solar cycle, called Solar Cycle 24. The second strongest was an X5.4 solar flare in 2012, while the largest event was an X6.9 flare in 2011. So far, there have been 18 X-class solar flares in Solar Cycle 24."


Hyperactive Sun Fires Off 3 Major Solar Flares in 1 Day | Space.com


So......"The X3.2 solar flare is the most powerful yet seen this year..."

....is X3.2 greater than or less than X15?

Um, the answer is "less than."
Before any would-be wanna be Debunkers post any more nonsense, they ought to find out if the X-Class Solar Flare is >X15, and if it is, then determine if it is accompanied by a proton storm, and if it is, then is the average energies greater than 30 MeV and if it is, uh, you know, is it actually heading toward Earth?

Not impressed....

Mircea

Originally Posted by countryboy73

Well, since they were on the side of the sun facing AWAY from earth, I guess we'll have to wait until one comes this way to know for sure...

Originally Posted by arctichomesteader

Someone should study history. The 1859 solar storm caused massive problems with telegraphs. We'd have the same thing hitting our telephones, electric grid, internet, etc., in a comparable event facing us.

Originally Posted by cowdog

You do know these are smaller X-Class right? You also know they have to head towards Earth and hit us to effect us right? Maybe you should think for yourself a little and figure this out. X-Class flares can indeed take us out if the right size and they actually come hit us.

What a joke OP.

Thank you for bringing common sense, logic, reason and balance to an otherwise idiotic thread by someone who has no critical thinking skills and is unable to educate themselves on the subject.

Repping...

Mircea