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**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 42015 05-06-2012 07:45 PM

" A stream of highly charged particles from the sun is headed straight toward Earth, threatening to plunge cities around the world into darkness and bring the global economy screeching to a halt."
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-s...4500.story

Why are some people allowed to scare the public like this?

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 14571 05-06-2012 09:11 PM

goldenfleeced Wrote:

They were once known as 'love apples,' which seems somewhat ironic, don't you think...?

Fruit... it blossoms... it falls.

And you can get drunk off old fruit!

**LOP Chick** · (This post was last modified: 05-06-2012 09:17 PM by LOP Chick.)

LoP Guest Wrote:

" A stream of highly charged particles from the sun is headed straight toward Earth, threatening to plunge cities around the world into darkness and bring the global economy screeching to a halt."
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-s...4500.story

Why are some people allowed to scare the public like this?

OP writes for the LA Times on his off days from LOP :)

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 14571 05-06-2012 09:20 PM

LoP Guest Wrote:

" A stream of highly charged particles from the sun is headed straight toward Earth, threatening to plunge cities around the world into darkness and bring the global economy screeching to a halt."
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-s...4500.story

Why are some people allowed to scare the public like this?

From article:

We had a recent flare-up of publicity in March thanks to a solar storm that didn't really amount to much. Is this sort of coverage a good thing or a bad thing?

It makes such a good scare story, and it's entertaining. It was a mildly interesting event, certainly, but not at all big-league stuff. It makes people think, "Oh it's nothing really," so experts like myself are in danger of being in the crying-wolf situation. That's something that is a concern to me, personally.

You do remember that the wolf comes in the end and eats everyone's sheep because of their apathy.....only everyone is the sheep.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 94941 05-06-2012 09:24 PM

LoP Guest Wrote:

May 6th, 2012. Cape Canaveral Florida, Mission Control: Scientists at NASA are growing more concerned over a rogue solar flare this morning after observing the flare participating in a high speed asteroid robbery while en route past venus. NASA Physicists say the flare is most likely under the influence of some new yet undiscovered hardcore interstellar crack cocaine, as well as heavy drinking for over 36 hours straight since beginning its tyrant.

Officials went on to further speculate that the solar flare has little thought of what it destroys in its path and quoting head scientists: "If that f__ker comes this way, you can kiss your asses goodbye."

The solar flare was also noted to be carrying a case of Jim Beam Bourbon, three Rocket Launchers, and a bobble head of the late korean president kim jong un as a hood ornament.

source: http://www.nasa.gov/breakingnews/10134.html

Doom on!!!!! Hiding3

**czygyny** · (This post was last modified: 05-06-2012 09:31 PM by czygyny.)

To-mater or not to-mater, that is the question.

Sorry the maters are in the ground to stay, no matter what the doomsters say.

**NutzMcTaffy**

Ok I am going to make a new word....

This guy is trying to make his own

DOOMGASM

LoL

**HeidiLore**

My tomato plants are fine where they are, I'm not going to bother them. I have quite a few planted already, going to do more later. Jhikpghf

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 14571 05-06-2012 10:14 PM

LoP Guest Wrote:

LoP Guest Wrote:
May 6th, 2012. Cape Canaveral Florida, Mission Control: Scientists at NASA are growing more concerned over a rogue solar flare this morning after observing the flare participating in a high speed asteroid robbery while en route past venus. NASA Physicists say the flare is most likely under the influence of some new yet undiscovered hardcore interstellar crack cocaine, as well as heavy drinking for over 36 hours straight since beginning its tyrant.

Officials went on to further speculate that the solar flare has little thought of what it destroys in its path and quoting head scientists: "If that f__ker comes this way, you can kiss your asses goodbye."

The solar flare was also noted to be carrying a case of Jim Beam Bourbon, three Rocket Launchers, and a bobble head of the late korean president kim jong un as a hood ornament.

source: http://www.nasa.gov/breakingnews/10134.html

Doom on!!!!!

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...........then = S301

**~ BloodRed NLI ~** lop guest User ID: 18489 05-06-2012 10:33 PM

czygyny Wrote:

To-mater or not to-mater, that is the question.

Sorry the maters are in the ground to stay, no matter what the doomsters say.

~ SERIOUSLY!! I've spent the last week (making up for the previous 'lost' 3 weeks) doing my garden, and putting in all of my Heirlooms, half from seeds I started in Feb... I am WRECKED lololol... I am sooooooooo not pulling 'em all out now, someone will have to tell the sun that it will simply have to blast Venus instead of us and that's that. :P

~ Okay. Finishing my sammiches and sit-down now, annnnnnnnnnnnnd going back out to get more lobster-Lopster red... my freckles look green owwie oww ow ow ow ow owwie and my trowel-blistered hands are cramping but I'm happy as can be!!

~ This is usually where the world ends, though, right...? When you're all content... =(

~ LOL jk... ohhhh my poor sun-addled pate!! =P

Sun

**Rager** lop guest User ID: 93818 05-06-2012 10:37 PM

LoP Guest Wrote:

" A stream of highly charged particles from the sun is headed straight toward Earth, threatening to plunge cities around the world into darkness and bring the global economy screeching to a halt."
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-s...4500.story

Why are some people allowed to scare the public like this?

Fear sells.