Okay y'all. Interesting news.
The basic question here is what are your plans for home defense in the event of a major power outage? When I say major, I'm talking a grid outage that spreads across several states. No phones, no lights, cell-towers go offline after 8-24 hours.
Here's the story that sparked the question: Solar Tsunami to Strike Earth
The sun is waking from a dormant period and this may be a first, "small" flare. Larger flares have been known to knock out power grids in the northern latitudes down into the northern tier states.
I'd think that you'd want to select a firearm & ammo combination with a low muzzle flash for defense. What would you suggest?
I don't have visions of folks sitting up in their upstairs windows cradling an M1 with a battery spotlight handy. I'm thinking common sense things like how to identify people near your home (or neighbor's) without exposing yourself. Probably just as important, detecting people where they're not supposed to be -- side/back yards, fence-lines, etc.
From the story:
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The basic question here is what are your plans for home defense in the event of a major power outage? When I say major, I'm talking a grid outage that spreads across several states. No phones, no lights, cell-towers go offline after 8-24 hours.
Here's the story that sparked the question: Solar Tsunami to Strike Earth
The sun is waking from a dormant period and this may be a first, "small" flare. Larger flares have been known to knock out power grids in the northern latitudes down into the northern tier states.
I'd think that you'd want to select a firearm & ammo combination with a low muzzle flash for defense. What would you suggest?
I don't have visions of folks sitting up in their upstairs windows cradling an M1 with a battery spotlight handy. I'm thinking common sense things like how to identify people near your home (or neighbor's) without exposing yourself. Probably just as important, detecting people where they're not supposed to be -- side/back yards, fence-lines, etc.
From the story:
Earth is bracing for a cosmic tsunami Tuesday night as tons of plasma from a massive solar flare head directly toward the planet.
The Sun's surface erupted early Sunday morning, shooting a wall of ionized atoms directly at Earth, scientists say. It is expected to create a geomagnetic storm and a spectacular light show -- and it could pose a threat to satellites in orbit, as well.
"This eruption is directed right at us and is expected to get here early in the day on Aug. 4," said Leon Golub of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "It's the first major Earth-directed eruption in quite some time."
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