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The Sun Just Spat Out an X-Class Flare, The Most Powerful Since 2017
www.sciencealert.com ^
| 6 JULY 2021
| MICHELLE STARR
Posted on 07/06/2021 7:13:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: MtnClimber; SunkenCiv
We’re all gonna dies Ping!.....................
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:14:16 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Climate Change.
See what we did?
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:15:40 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(The democrats have just replaced KKK with CRT. /Kevin McCarty 7/6/21)
To: freedumb2003
Somehow, SUVs are responsible. Oh, and hamburgers.
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:16:41 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Red Badger
The Carrington Event of 1859
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event
Quote:
The Carrington Event was a powerful geomagnetic storm on September 1–2, 1859, during solar cycle 10 (1855–1867). A solar coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth’s magnetosphere and induced the largest geomagnetic storm on record. The associated “white light flare” in the solar photosphere was observed and recorded by British astronomers Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson. The storm caused strong auroral displays and caused serious damage to telegraph systems. The now-standard unique IAU identifier for this flare is SOL1859-09-01.
A solar storm of this magnitude occurring today would cause widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts, and damage due to extended outages of the electrical grid. The solar storm of 2012 was of similar magnitude, but it passed Earth’s orbit without striking the planet, missing by nine days.
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In June 2013, a joint venture from researchers at Lloyd’s of London and Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) in the United States used data from the Carrington Event to estimate the cost of a similar event in the present to the U.S. alone at $0.6–2.6 trillion, which at the time equated to roughly 3.6% to 15.5% of annual GDP.
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:19:01 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:19:54 AM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
To: Red Badger
To: Army Air Corps
And Mexican food........................
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:21:05 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:23:33 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(Bring a Commie to room temperature for Mommy)
To: Army Air Corps
>>Somehow, SUVs are responsible. Oh, and hamburgers.<<
And air conditioning.
No more cooling off the sun with our Carriers.
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:27:13 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(The democrats have just replaced KKK with CRT. /Kevin McCarty 7/6/21)
To: Chode
Nice! I hadn’t seen the one with manbearpig!
Saved.
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:27:42 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Alas Babylon!
Always asked but never-the-less forgotten.
How long from when they ‘see’ it, does it take to ‘get here’ ?
72 hours ??
To: FreedomPoster
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:38:31 AM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
To: Red Badger
In related news, the CDC announced that the best way to prepare for this ejection, is to wear a layers of masks.
The CDC and NASA are working on joint guidance covering mask and apparel requirements as the Sun starts this next cycle.
/sarc maybe
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:40:44 AM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: DoodleBob
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:54:37 AM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
To: Red Badger
Would it cause an aurora?
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posted on
07/06/2021 7:57:36 AM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith……)
To: metmom
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posted on
07/06/2021 8:02:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: LIConFem
Well, that will definitely cause a flare.
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posted on
07/06/2021 8:10:42 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Red Badger
It’s Trump’s fault and Climate Change ...
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posted on
07/06/2021 8:16:38 AM PDT
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(I'll be good, I will, I will!)
To: Army Air Corps
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