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
1 posted on
10/24/2003 3:50:19 AM PDT by
GRRRRR
To: GRRRRR
Another foto
![](http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/swpod2003/23oct03/trost1.jpg)
2 posted on
10/24/2003 3:52:18 AM PDT by
GRRRRR
(If the GOP could just send in the Marines against the Demokrats now....)
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This is a live monitor of solar status.
Solar X-rays:
Geomagnetic Field: |
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This have anything to do with why FR is so slloowww
today? Or just experiencing the usual URL problems?
9 posted on
10/24/2003 4:41:21 AM PDT by
nuconvert
To: GRRRRR
![](http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/factsheets/html_files/geomag/image4.gif)
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
11 posted on
10/24/2003 4:51:00 AM PDT by
Dane
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AP Headline - Huge Solar Flare; Some Blame GOP Underfunding of Medicare
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'Born under a hot star' bump.
15 posted on
10/24/2003 8:24:16 AM PDT by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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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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16 posted on
10/24/2003 8:27:31 AM PDT by
hispanarepublicana
(successful, educated unauthentic latina--in Patrick Leahy's eyes, at least)
To: GRRRRR
emitting a giant farticular expulsionIs that a scientific term? lol
17 posted on
10/24/2003 8:49:01 AM PDT by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
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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.
To: GRRRRR
We had good aurora this morning. Anybody else have aurora?
21 posted on
10/24/2003 9:12:06 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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I thought it was hot outside.
24 posted on
10/24/2003 10:58:24 AM PDT by
Armed Civilian
("Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.")
To: GRRRRR
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?
To: GRRRRR
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.![](http://space.com/media/h_in_sun_energy_03.gif)
![](http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/hf_aurora_020917_01,0.jpg)
Northern Lights
Seeing Double: Astronomers Amazed at Two Huge Sunspots
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![](http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0201/05soho/soho.jpg)
SOHO view of Friday's Coronal Mass Ejection. Photo: SOHO/LASCO (ESA & NASA)
36 posted on
10/24/2003 12:45:18 PM PDT by
snopercod
(In memory of FReeper LBGA)
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saying that cell phone service An oft repeated saw that is without basis ...
37 posted on
10/24/2003 12:46:08 PM PDT by
_Jim
(<--- Rush speaks on gutless 'Liberalism' (RealAudio files))
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See also these RELATED threads:
47 posted on
10/24/2003 1:28:23 PM PDT by
RonDog
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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 ?
51 posted on
10/24/2003 7:23:39 PM PDT by
Centurion2000
(Virtue untested is innocence)
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