CONGRESS WAKES UP TO CATACLYSMIC THREAT 

Plan in works to counter event that could trigger mass starvation

As the technologically sophisticated U.S. faces the increasing threat of an electromagnetic pulse attack from a man-made, high altitude nuclear explosion or an “inevitable” massive solar flare, Republicans in the U.S. House are trying to prepare a defense.

They are proposing legislation to protect the vulnerable U.S. electrical grid from an attack so cataclysmic 90 percent of Americans could be affected, including many who would face starvation

CORONAL HOLE
A large "coronal hole" has formed in the atmosphere above the sun's northern hemisphere, and it is spewing solar wind into space. Coronal holes are places where the sun's magnetic field opens up and allows the solar wind to escape.