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Strong Geomagnetic Storm Expected to Hit, Friday
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| 10/23/03
Posted on 10/23/2003 7:05:02 PM PDT by m1-lightning
Science - AP
Strong Geomagnetic Storm Expected to Hit Thu Oct 23, 4:24 AM ET Add Science - AP to My Yahoo!
BOULDER, Colo. - A strong geomagnetic storm was expected to hit Earth on Friday with the potential to affect electrical grids and satellite communications.
One of the largest sunspot clusters in years developed over the past three days and produced a coronal mass ejection, similar to a solar flare, at 3 a.m. EDT Wednesday, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
The disturbance was expected to produce a geomagnetic storm rated G3. A G5 storm is the strongest.
The storm could make the aurora visible as far south as Oregon and Illinois.
A coronal mass ejection is an explosion of gas and charged particles into space from the corona, the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.
A second sunspot cluster not yet visible from Earth could produce more geomagnetic storms in the next two weeks, NOAA said.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: noaa
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To: Admin Moderator
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posted on
10/23/2003 7:08:11 PM PDT
by
m1-lightning
(Pay your taxes with stamps. Maybe they'll get the hint.)
To: m1-lightning
Somebody call Art Bell, he'll know what to do!!!
3
posted on
10/23/2003 7:08:14 PM PDT
by
blastdad51
(Proud father of an Enduring Freedom vet, and friend of a soldier lost in Afghanistan)
To: All
4
posted on
10/23/2003 7:08:31 PM PDT
by
Bob J
To: m1-lightning
If I go anywhere near iron when these things happen my pacemaker goes nuts.
I have to go pee outside.
I can't get near a toilet or I go into arrhythmia.
5
posted on
10/23/2003 7:11:44 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
That sucks
6
posted on
10/23/2003 7:12:56 PM PDT
by
m1-lightning
(Pay your taxes with stamps. Maybe they'll get the hint.)
To: m1-lightning
Wonder how it affects the weather, if at all, it that is known, that is.
7
posted on
10/23/2003 7:13:00 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
To: Sam Cree
Don't know about the weather, but 20 meters will be shot all to heck...... just before the CQWW SSB contest.
8
posted on
10/23/2003 7:18:42 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(The honest truth is, the guy at the pointy end of the stick sets the Nations policy - nobody else)
To: m1-lightning
Clearly this was brought about because of industrialization.
/sarcasm
9
posted on
10/23/2003 7:23:12 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(No! Don't throw me in the briar patch!!!!!)
To: m1-lightning
Great news! I'll finally get to tap in to my aluminum foil cache left over from Y2K!
Hmmmm...does the shiny side face in or out?
10
posted on
10/23/2003 7:24:25 PM PDT
by
AngryJawa
("The bang is great, but the shockwave is where it’s at.")
To: m1-lightning
Interesting.
11
posted on
10/23/2003 7:26:27 PM PDT
by
FourPeas
To: billorites
Too bad that Billy Carter never offered that excuse.
12
posted on
10/23/2003 7:26:27 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: billorites
I can't get near a toilet or I go into arrhythmia. What do you do during lightning storms?
13
posted on
10/23/2003 7:29:39 PM PDT
by
_Jim
( <--- Rush speaks on gutless 'Liberalism' (RealAudio files))
To: AngryJawa
Yup. This happens every 11 years; or so I understand. Got any extra tin foil?
14
posted on
10/23/2003 7:31:25 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: AngryJawa
Might want TAKE OFF the foil hat...
Too many of those high range radio waves and it could get a little warm in there.
Unless it's going to be cold where you are. ;^)
15
posted on
10/23/2003 7:32:57 PM PDT
by
cavtrooper21
(Shoot them if they stand. Cut them if they run.)
To: m1-lightning
Wow!
16
posted on
10/23/2003 7:34:19 PM PDT
by
eabinga
To: Bogey78O
"Clearly this was brought about because of industrialization".
...Bush is behind this and it mostly affects women, minorities and children.
To: m1-lightning
Here are the two threads about this:
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posted on
10/23/2003 7:39:04 PM PDT
by
RonDog
To: m1-lightning
Bump....
19
posted on
10/23/2003 7:39:48 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: m1-lightning
Reminds me of my Navy days when I used to explain away satellite communications problems to my superiors as being due to sun spots and solar flares.
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posted on
10/23/2003 7:41:11 PM PDT
by
squidly
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