The Sun Is Awakening

"The sun is waking up from a deep slumber, and in the next few years we expect to see much higher levels of solar activity. At the same time, our technological society has developed an unprecedented sensitivity to solar storms. " "." It noted how people of the 21st-century rely on high-tech systems for the basics of daily life. Smart power grids, GPS navigation, air travel, financial services and emergency radio communications can all be knocked out by intense solar activity. A century-class solar storm, the Academy warned, could cause twenty times more economic damage than Hurricane Katrina."

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5026, the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act. "Under the bill, the President could declare a threat if there is a substantial likelihood of a cyber attack, electromagnetic weapon attack, geomagnetic storm, or direct physical attack on the bulk power infrastructure."

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I don't know if it a coincidence or not, but why did congress pass a bill now?