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New Forecast: Severe Space Storm Headed to Earth
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| December 13, 2006
| Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 12/14/2006 1:37:46 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy
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Bush's fault.
Women and minorities to be hardest hit.
To: Bubba_Leroy
where will the weather channel put their reporters ?
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posted on
12/14/2006 1:42:57 PM PST
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
To: Bubba_Leroy
It hit several hours ago. I didnt notice the world come to an end.
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posted on
12/14/2006 1:43:54 PM PST
by
Dave S
To: Bubba_Leroy
Bush's fault. Women and minorities to be hardest hit. It was an intentional plan.
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posted on
12/14/2006 1:44:38 PM PST
by
unspun
(What do you think? Please think, before you answer.)
To: Bubba_Leroy
Karl Rove's black-clad operatives ready to harness the energy from this solar storm and direct toward some poor unsuspecting country.
We already know they did this sort of thing with the tsunami.
To: Dave S
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posted on
12/14/2006 1:45:31 PM PST
by
SubMareener
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To: Bubba_Leroy
I kept an eye out for the aurora last night but saw the Geminid meteors only.
Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will, with wits and guns. Merry Christmas
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posted on
12/14/2006 1:45:48 PM PST
by
dhuffman@awod.com
(The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
To: Bubba_Leroy
Will there be any fire and brimstone?
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posted on
12/14/2006 1:45:52 PM PST
by
RobRoy
To: Bubba_Leroy
To: Bubba_Leroy
Well when we find out where they send Jim Cantori...leave that town if its yours. LOL!
To: lexington minuteman 1775
Just announced...
Jim Cantore will be sent to Mercury to determine the voracity of the next solar storm. He is expected to get there in about 6-12 months, which will be too late for this storm, but will be just right for the next one.
Mr. Cantore has been fitted with a special anti-radiation suit, and will be taking the last of the north pole icecaps with him to stay cool. I doubt he will wear the suit, though.
To: Dave S
My UPS beeped once today around 8:30 CST. That must've been it!
To: Bubba_Leroy
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posted on
12/14/2006 2:00:33 PM PST
by
oyez
(Why is it that egalitarians act like royalty?)
To: Bubba_Leroy
"When the shock goes by, we don't expect significant radiation issues...but we'll deal with the possibility of a low sperm count pandemic when and if it comes."
To: Bubba_Leroy
Another aspect of a CME involves protons that get pushed along by the shock wave. Sometimes these protons break through Earth's protective magnetic field and flood the outer reaches of the atmospherewhere the space station orbitswith radiation. The science of it all is a gray area, Kunches said. But the best guess now is that there will only be a slight increase in proton activity. That's good news for the astronauts. I can see the protons getting shoved through the Van Allen Belts, and into the upper atmosphere. But I've never regarded anything above 60+ miles altitude...as part of the Earth's atmosphere. For the most part its already vacuum there...getting increasingly rarified the higher you go. The ISS orbits at what, 230+ miles? [ From 370 to 460 kilometres ]
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posted on
12/14/2006 2:06:26 PM PST
by
Paul Ross
(Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
To: Bubba_Leroy
"Space weather forcasters?" LOL I smell a new con coming on!
To: Bubba_Leroy
.lamron smees gnihtyrevE .ereh tceffe oN
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posted on
12/14/2006 2:09:02 PM PST
by
Right_Handed_Writer
(Into each life a little rain must fall. That's fine. It's the nuclear winter snows that concern me.)
To: Bubba_Leroy
New Forecast: Severe Space Storm Headed to Earth
A space storm! Aieeee! We're all gonna DIE!
(Truth be told, I have zero idea what the difference is between a space storm and a no-adjective storm.)
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posted on
12/14/2006 2:10:04 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: Bubba_Leroy
Women and minorities to be hardest hit.Actually shortwave enthusiasts will be hardest hit.
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posted on
12/14/2006 2:11:07 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Bubba_Leroy
The last time I saw a notice like this was in March of 2001. The next few nights saw some of the most spectacular aurora displays in recent memory -- including reports of sightings as far south as Texas and Mexico.
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posted on
12/14/2006 2:11:17 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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