GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE DIAFERIA RAISES QUESTIONS REGARDING EXPECTED SOLAR ACTIVITY IN 2013

Is a catastrophic solar storm expected in 2013, and if so, what is being done in preparation for it? That is what Green Party Congressional Nominee Joseph Diaferia (NY-16) is asking. Referring to the research of British and American astrophysicists, Diaferia is asking if world governments are withholding information regarding an impending global disaster. Diaferia commented, “Again, I wish to be very clear; I am merely inquiring. Is there a potential situation that we should be preparing for?”

In early August, Diaferia made a public inquiry into strange phenomena surrounding Denver International Airport, including strange artistry in its terminal, and reports of tunnel construction beneath its tarmac.  Regarding the
possibility of solar activity, Diaferia is equally emphatic that he is not
making unfounded assertions, but merely seeking information.

According to Diaferia, solar storms, generated by an outburst from the sun, could
knock out national power grids and global positioning systems. Further,
Diaferia fears such a solar storm could cause blackouts and send millions of
homes and businesses into darkness and affect the flow of water from dams and
reservoirs. Said Diaferia, “Needless to say, all forms of communication,
including the Internet, could be affected, so we need to know if the potential
for such a global disaster exists, and we need to know what, if anything is
being done to prepare for it. In 1859 a solar phenomenon known as the
Carrington Event caused massive failure of telegraph systems in Europe and
North America. Imagine the calamity if this were to happen today, given our
dependence on electricity.” Diaferia continued, “NASA issued a report in 2009
in which they indicated that a modern day Carrington Event would result in a
‘planetary disaster’ that could take a decade to recover from.”

According to Diaferia, experts have predicted that in early 2013, the sun will reach the peak of its 11-year activity cycle, thereby putting the Earth in greater peril of such storms and their effects. Furthermore, as the world relies on the Internet and other forms of technology, the chaos caused by a 2013 solar storm would obviously have a far greater impact than any such storm in the past. “Again, I wish to be very clear, that I am simply asking.  However, I believe  that this is a very serious question.  Governments, especially our own, are seldom forthcoming, and I know I’m stating  the obvious. But I also know that social and economic life is predicated on the thirty-year mortgage—so to speak, and the powers that be have a vested interest in having society believe that the world that we know and love today is going to be here tomorrow. In light of how consensus has eluded all public discourse over whether global warming exists—which it obviously does—why should we conclude that governments are being any more candid with us regarding solar activity?”

Diaferia, in his second run for public office, is calling upon Congress and the public to  make serious inquiries into the possibility of cataclysmic solar activity in
2013.  

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