Six days in total darkness post a hoax
Social media is abuzz with the news that there will be a six-day, world-wide blackout. Is there any truth to this claim?
YET another cyber hoax making the rounds has been debunked. This time around the hoax claims that NASA confirmed that in December 2014 there will be a world-wide, six day blackout.
The post read: “NASA has confirmed that the Earth will experience six days of almost complete darkness and will happen from the dates Tuesday the 16 – Monday the 22 in December. The world will remain, during these three days, without sunlight due to a solar storm, which will cause dust and space debris to become plentiful and thus, block 90% sunlight.
“This is the head of NASA Charles Bolden who made the announcement and asked everyone to remain calm. This will be the product of a solar storm, the largest in the last 250 years for a period of 216 hours total. Reporters interviewed a few people to hear what they had to say about the situation’.
“Despite the six days of darkness soon to come, officials say that the earth will not experience any major problems, since six days of darkness is nowhere near enough to cause major damage to anything. ‘We will solely rely on artificial light for the six days, which is not a problem at all’, says NASA scientist Earl Godoy. Visit our website daily for more shocking news!”
Another hoax claimed that the universe is about to realign in December 2014, which will cause a multi-day blackout at that time during which the earth will shift into a new dimension.
But neither NASA nor any other credible scientific entity has made such a pronouncement said snopes.com
