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Sun fires off major solar flare from Earth-facing sunspot
space.com ^ | 10/28/2021 | Tarik Maliq

Posted on 10/28/2021 1:44:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: Textide

My privilege, but “guest7” beat me to it earlier...

Trust the Ham operators to be on top of everything that affects radio... :)


41 posted on 10/28/2021 2:52:56 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: BenLurkin

I say bring on a Carrington Event. The developed world needs a little humility.


42 posted on 10/28/2021 3:00:49 PM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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To: BenLurkin

43 posted on 10/28/2021 3:05:40 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa

"Doomed."..."Doomed!"..."Dooooomed."
44 posted on 10/28/2021 3:08:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: SJSAMPLE

If you liked that movie, you’d like “Childhood’s End” by Arthur C. Clarke. I’m sure that to some degree “Knowing” was inspired by it.


45 posted on 10/28/2021 3:09:13 PM PDT by Analogisbetter
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To: BenLurkin

This guy I know wonders if he needs to build a Faraday cage around his house? Would chicken wire work? What size mesh would he need?

Or would home insurance cover replacement of a fried multi-media system? He would like to upgrade his stuff.

Oh yeah, he says he’s an atheist so that ‘act of God’ clause shouldn’t count.


46 posted on 10/28/2021 3:20:59 PM PDT by tsomer
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To: Openurmind

Openurmind wrote:


Probably mess up some AM radio TX/DX...

https://www.solarham.net/

I clicked and got a “404 Not Found” just now .


47 posted on 10/28/2021 3:26:13 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: Openurmind

Nevermind, it’s up now.


48 posted on 10/28/2021 3:27:01 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: BenLurkin

49 posted on 10/28/2021 3:32:43 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: BenLurkin

my climate models show this is because of coal and gas!
/s


50 posted on 10/28/2021 3:44:02 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: carriage_hill

Should I bring in my tomato plants?


51 posted on 10/28/2021 3:44:55 PM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: WildHighlander57

Sorry about that...

Must be be flare... :)

I had trouble finding the right link again myself. For some reason even Duck Duck Go is hiding their site. I wonder if a 3rd party is trying to hide that information for some reason...


52 posted on 10/28/2021 3:45:04 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

It’s working now.


53 posted on 10/28/2021 3:46:54 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: Pollard

“I say bring on a Carrington Event. The developed world needs a little humility.”

lol, I’m in... Been in that “intervention” mood myself lately. Maybe I can get some important projects done...


54 posted on 10/28/2021 3:48:03 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Kartographer

Get the cats and dogs inside; you can always plant more tomatoes in the GHs later.


55 posted on 10/28/2021 3:49:35 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: WildHighlander57

Great! :)


56 posted on 10/28/2021 3:55:57 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: z3n

“sometime” on Friday Oct.30 (this makes a huge difference. Is it going to hit Asia, Africa/Europe, or North America??? The time on Oct.30th and the earths rotation are fairly important factors here)

*****

I know, if they’d just give us an approximate time, I could arrange my lunch hour around it.


57 posted on 10/28/2021 5:04:50 PM PDT by BusterDog
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To: BenLurkin

Pretty cool book about a catastrophic Solar Flare event...

Survival tricks too.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007ODDGUC/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0


58 posted on 10/28/2021 5:49:19 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: BenLurkin

... aaaaand the astronauts/cosmonauts are diving for the shelter in the International Space Station. Other than that... it’s only happened tens of million times in the history of the solar system.


59 posted on 10/28/2021 6:34:45 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Tallguy

Prime Aurora Borealis weather.


60 posted on 10/28/2021 6:38:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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