[GRRRRR]

FOX reported on this today, saying that cell phone service and other electrical problems might occur...watch the video!-looks like Sol emitting a giant farticular expulsion.

GRRRRR

[GRRRRR]

Another foto

[SubMareener]

This is a live monitor of solar status.

Solar X-rays: Geomagnetic Field:

[nuconvert]

This have anything to do with why FR is so slloowww
today? Or just experiencing the usual URL problems?

[Dane]

Illustration by K. Endo, Nikkei Science, Inc., Japan

Solar wind, as depicted in this artist's illustration, travels from the Sun and envelops the Earth's magnetic field. High-energy pulses of solar wind from sunspot activity ("solar bursts" or "plasma bubbles") travel from the Sun to the Earth at speeds exceeding 500 miles per second. The pulses distort the Earth's magnetic field and produce geomagnetic storms that disrupt the Earth's environment.

..In January 1997, a geomagnetic storm severely damaged the U.S. Telstar 401 communication satellite, which was valued at $200 million, and left it inoperable. A geomagnetic storm in 1994 damaged two Canadian communication satellites, which were replaced at a cost of about $400 million. A geomagnetic storm in 1989 "blacked out" the power distribution system for Quebec, Canada, and left 6 million people without electricity for 9 hours at a cost of $300 million. Although these events and their specific impacts were not predicted, current technology promises to provide real-time warnings and measures to contend with solar-induced storms...

Link

[governsleastgovernsbest]

AP Headline - Huge Solar Flare; Some Blame GOP Underfunding of Medicare

[headsonpikes]

'Born under a hot star' bump.

[hispanarepublicana]

I'm going to go right outside now and stare at the sun to see if I can tell if there are any anomalies...........wait a sec.......

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[Puppage]

emitting a giant farticular expulsion

Is that a scientific term? lol

[Flightdeck]

My parents are flying to Texas from Ohio midday today. I hope the airplanes can either handle the radiation or the airlines delay flights appropriately.

[RightWhale]

We had good aurora this morning. Anybody else have aurora?

[Armed Civilian]

I thought it was hot outside.

[Billthedrill]

One of my people just accidentally rebooted a server in the middle of the day...would I be considered a bad person if I told the users it was the solar storm?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The Sun's energy comes from thermonuclear reactions (converting hydrogen to helium) in the core, where temperatures range from 15 to 25 million degrees. The energy radiates through the middle layer, then bubbles and boils to the surface in a process called convection. Charged particles, called the solar wind, stream out at a million miles an hour.

Northern Lights

Seeing Double: Astronomers Amazed at Two Huge Sunspots

[snopercod]

SOHO view of Friday's Coronal Mass Ejection. Photo: SOHO/LASCO (ESA & NASA)

[_Jim]

saying that cell phone service

An oft repeated saw that is without basis ...

[RonDog]

See also these RELATED threads:

Solar ALERT: Large CME at 3 AM EDT: possiblepower, communications disruptions October 24
			Posted by cogitator On 10/24/2003 7:40 AM PDT with 33 comments NOAA News ^ | 10/24/2003 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Huge Solar Flare! 10/24/03
			Posted by GRRRRR On 10/24/2003 3:50 AM PDT with 45 comments sunspotcycle.com ^ | 10/24/03 | FoxNews, www.sunspotcycle.com
Big Solar Storm Will Hit Earth Friday
			Posted by webber On 10/23/2003 9:03 PM PDT with 131 comments CBC News ^
THE SUNSPOT CYCLE
			Posted by Mike Darancette On 10/24/2003 9:54 AM PDT with 7 comments Marshall Space Flight Center ^ | 10/23/03 | Marshall Space Flight Center

[Centurion2000]

Although the CME was not Earth-directed, it could deliver a glancing blow to our planet's magnetic field as early as Oct 24th

So what happens if Earth takes one on the chin from one of these monster explosions ?