Posted on 05/08/2009 10:08:28 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON The sun is moving into a busier period for sunspots. Forecasters expect a relatively mild outbreak by historical standards, but one major solar storm can cause havoc with satellites and electrical systems.
Researcher Doug Biesecker (BEE-sec-ker) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's space weather prediction center compared solar storms to hurricanes: A weak cycle may mean fewer storms, but even one powerful one can be devastating.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Meanwhile...
Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 7 days
2009 total: 109 days (86%)
Since 2004: 620 days
Typical Solar Min: 485 days
explanation | more info
Updated 07 May 2009
...and only more taxation and creation of another gubermint agency will help.
Ham operators the world over are rejoicing. No sun spots means very poor skip conditions. I think we are going to be in a minimum for quite some time. The leftards are pinning their hopes on this, so they can once again tout global warming, and scream “See, the sun spots are back, we are all going to die!”.
Biesecker is a PR man; check out http://wattsupwiththat.com/ for today’s problems with the official site...
...Wake me when it catches fire...
Evil companies spurred on by freedom and greed need to be stifled and government needs to take charge for the betterment of humankind.
It's best for us as a whole..
I got some short propagation from Alberta to Wa. on 10m last weekend.
Trust me, as EGPWS, I place my namesake on the guarantee that your statement is 100% correct. ; )
“Out, out damned spot!”
~Lady Macbeth
“The Macbeths have a new dog”
~Hagar the Horrible”
>> What I’m reading from this newsblurb is the AP’s fervent hope that sunspots reappear so that “global warming” will pick up. Because if the sunspots don’t reappear, then we may have a repeat of the Maunder Minimum and another “Little Ice Age” will be on the horizon. <<
Bingo! That’s the very first thought that came to me upon reading the excerpt of this article.
Obama is going to send a scientific team to the sun to investigate these sunspots. The plan is to go at night when it is cooler.
My toilet keeps backing up ...is that related?
>> The leftards are pinning their hopes on this, so they can once again tout global warming, and scream See, the sun spots are back, we are all going to die!. <<
The only problem with that, is that they’ll have to keep it hush hush amongst themselves. Can’t go letting the natives know that CO2 has nothing to do with global warming.
Are we lacking that much?
Can't we just nuke it or something and stop this inhuman event from happening?
I know that if we had thought of it earlier with prudence, solar panels would be prominent to defend ourselves from this and our issues would all be taken care of.
Alas, we are evil humans, are nuclear promoting, and Utopia can not be achieved via solar panels because of our evil ways.
Now we must die because of our indiscretion's.....
~snort
Gasp!
Get OUT while you still can!!!!
(Especially if you tote a "1.7 liter"....)
Oh..oh.
There should be some, now there is an imbalance that could be devastating to us all...
That would make the polar bears very happy!.............
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