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Big Solar Storm Will Hit Earth Friday
CBC News ^
Posted on 10/23/2003 9:03:27 PM PDT by webber
Big solar storm will hit Earth Friday Oct 24th
BOULDER, COLO. - A strong geomagnetic storm is expected to hit Earth on Friday. Scientists say it may knock out electrical grids and satellite communications.
A "sunspot cluster" said to be 10 times the size of Earth could damage satellites and power grids, as well as cable TV, pager and cellular telephone service.
Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colo., say it is one of the largest sunspot clusters in years.
Larry Combs, a forecaster at the federal Space Environment Center in Boulder, says the sunspot cluster released a chunk of the sun's outer atmosphere early Wednesday morning.
NASA's Goddard Space Center says the sunspot clusters produce a "coronal mass ejection" an explosion of gas and charged particles from the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.
In 1997, television networks in the U.S. were affected when satellites used to beam programming to local stations were knocked out of service.
Written by CBC News Online
TOPICS: Announcements; Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: signsandwonders; solarflare; solarflare2003
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To: BurbankKarl
Time to loot the supermarkets Sorry, this only applies to Los Angeles and Newark.
141
posted on
10/24/2003 8:34:00 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
To: BulletBobCo
Dude, that is one wimpy gerbil! Probably couldn't provide enough auxiliary power to run it's own eyeballs. LOL!
142
posted on
10/24/2003 8:37:11 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
To: finnman69
THE SUN IS PISSED! The Republicans have gone too far with their judicial nominations!
143
posted on
10/24/2003 8:40:39 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
To: webber
Is there any reports of viruses? My main machine is hanging up and acting like it did when it had the blaster worm.
144
posted on
10/24/2003 8:51:20 PM PDT
by
oyez
To: CarolAnn
This is even more bizarre...the locals told us that if we whistled at the aurora it would descend closer to you. I whistled, and sure enough, they did appear to cascade lower! I was not on any mind altering substances--at 50 below zero 50 miles from the nearest town you can't afford to screw yourself up like that.
145
posted on
10/24/2003 9:16:21 PM PDT
by
Auntie Dem
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
To: RightWhale
"The sound is likely purely internal."
I don't know if your comments are about the auroras or the meteors. It's not unheard of for a meteor to even create a sonic boom as it burns up in our atmosphere. Some leave smoke trails that linger for several seconds.
As for the auroras, I've heard people say that when they are intense, you can hear them. Something like a quiet crackling sound. I'm pretty sure you can probably look both of these things up to confirm them.
To: Moleman
3pm EST huh? I'll be at the Freedom Rally in DC.
No better place to be than with other FReepers during a solar storm.
147
posted on
10/25/2003 5:18:37 AM PDT
by
appalachian_dweller
(If we accept responsibility for our own actions, we are indeed worthy of our freedom. – Bill Whittle)
To: John H K; snopercod
Bump.
148
posted on
10/25/2003 9:20:27 AM PDT
by
First_Salute
(God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
To: Deep_6
Time line: ALL WEEKEND LONG!
149
posted on
10/25/2003 12:28:33 PM PDT
by
webber
To: webber
I just got an alert!
The strong magnetic pull tonight may interfere with the proper functioning
of time keeping devices on our Eastern Seacoast, holding the hands back
for perhaps an hour.
It's scary. Damned scary!
150
posted on
10/25/2003 3:50:12 PM PDT
by
Deep_6
To: webber
Scientists say it may knock out electrical grids and satellite communications.I gotta little touch of gas on Friday. I figure it was either that strong geomagnetic storm or the two foot-long hot dogs with extra chili I had for lunch. I guess I'll never really know...
151
posted on
10/26/2003 12:04:37 PM PST
by
Libloather
(No amount of Botox can cover up Hillary's baggage...)
To: Libloather
152
posted on
10/26/2003 5:34:19 PM PST
by
Orlando
(Poll being conducted in Central Florida at www.540wfla.com... vote YES!)
To: Orlando
An X-class solar flare erupted near sunspot 486 at 0650 UT on Oct. 26th. Another X-class flare erupted near sunspot 484 less than twelve hours later at 1815 UT. At least one of these eruptions, and possibly both, has hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. Sky watchers should be alert for auroras on Oct. 28th, when these CMEs are likely to sweep past Earth and trigger geomagnetic storms.Will this, in any way, affect what I eat for lunch tomorrow?
153
posted on
10/26/2003 6:31:48 PM PST
by
Libloather
(The feminists say you've got one free grope coming. How many would waste it on Hillary?)
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