PREPARE : falling satellite can cause a cascading GRID FAILURE EVENT ?

This article explains what can happen to our grid when a rogue satellite falls to Earth bumping into other communication devices.

I am buying a pin on this one for preparedness by G.L.P. members.

Never worry, just have flashlights and emergency supplies ready. You might want to bring the tomatoe plants in.

Please bump this thread until after the fallout from the rouge satellite has has happened.


The event described in the article below happened in 2009 when two satellites collided, it is detailed in my second reply.

[link to www.unexplainable.net]


In 2010 we saw one of the first potential threats of a satellite suddenly going rogue and almost disrupting another one in the form of the Galaxy 15 which suddenly became a satellite "zombie" and started moving to disrupt the communications of another that could have resulted in the latter transmitting corrupted data back to Earth and ended up with the attached networks going down. Luckily the satellite passed harmlessly by, and a study later concluded that the cause was a burst of solar activity.

But the Pentagon reports that two satellites colliding in space could spread out and send thousands of tiny pieces of shrapnel throughout orbit drifting gradually to hit other satellites and cause problems that could be felt for years afterward. And in this case, not only cable television stations would be affected. GPS systems, phone lines, certain internet providers, weather prediction models, and perhaps even military satellites would be disrupted by the catastrophe. If this were the case, then the process wouldn't be the end of the world, but it might be the end of communication as we know it. At least for a time.

Last Edited by YaKnow on 09/20/2011 07:08 PM