Solar prominence that shot away from Earth, via NASA/GSFC/SDO
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Oddly, the upswing in solar energy started two years later than projected. Lloyd’s warn, “Between 2006 and 2010 there has been the lowest level of space weather activity for nearly 100 years. There is also much historical evidence suggesting that severe space weather events have been unusually rare over the past 50 years, and there are concerns that we will see more frequent events in the coming decades.”The subtext? Hold on to your butts. "In terms of cycles, we are in late autumn and heading into winter," Tom Bolt, Lloyd's performance management director, said.As they’ve syndicated the insurance policies for Keith Richard’s fingers, Tina Turner’s legs and Troy Polamalu’s hair, you can’t accuse Lloyd’s of complacency. Once again, the famous specialist insurance market is leading the way, warning that “[r]eliance on more advanced technologies has made businesses more vulnerable to the effects of space weather.”Globalized businesses and markets are held together by wire, magnets and electricity--just the things that can be felled by radiation and magnetism by a solar sturm und drang."We are in late autumn and heading into winter"
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