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The International Space Weather Initiative
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 | 11/8/10
Posted on 11/08/2010 12:03:40 PM PST by Kartographer
Prompted by a recent increase in solar activity, more than a hundred researchers and government officials are converging on Helwan, Egypt, to discuss a matter of global importance: storms from the sun. The First Workshop of the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI) meets Nov. 6th through 10th and is convened by the United Nations, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). 
"Strong solar storms can knock out power, disable satellites, and scramble GPS," says meeting organizer and ISWI executive director Joe Davila of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "This meeting will help us prepare for the next big event."
(Excerpt) Read more at science.nasa.gov ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: globalwarmingscare; radiation; solaractivity; solarstorms
    'Lights Out' 'One Second After'
To: Kartographer
    “This meeting will help us prepare for the next big event.”
Better hurry. THE EVENT is on every Monday night.
 
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posted on 
11/08/2010 12:05:30 PM PST
by 
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
 
To: Kartographer
    What is this joke going to cost us?
 
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posted on 
11/08/2010 12:05:55 PM PST
by 
edcoil
(Today, we start fixing stupid.)
 
To: Kartographer
    more than a hundred researchers and government officials are converging on Helwan, Egypt, to discuss a matter of global importance: storms from the sun.  But we've been told for 40 years now that it was OUR fault that the climate was getting hotter/colder.
 Who left the stove on at the Sun?!!
 
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posted on 
11/08/2010 12:06:49 PM PST
by 
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
 
To: Kartographer
    AAAGGGHHHH....don’t remind me....”One Second After”.....what a nightmare that would/will be!
 
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posted on 
11/08/2010 12:08:02 PM PST
by 
goodnesswins
(f you don't support Obama, and the deconstruction of America:  YOU are a RACIST.)
 
To: Kartographer
    'One Second After'
 At the suggestion of a FReeper a few months ago (perhaps it was you), I read that book. Good story and an easy read too.
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posted on 
11/08/2010 12:09:54 PM PST
by 
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
 
To: oh8eleven
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posted on 
11/08/2010 12:23:46 PM PST
by 
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
 
To: Kartographer
    
 Not enough activity to cause a panic, but the most activity in a couple of years.
 
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posted on 
11/08/2010 12:27:56 PM PST
by 
Islander7
(If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
 
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
To: Kartographer
    The Book of Eli. 
  

Frowning takes 68 muscles. 
 Smiling takes 6. 
 Pulling this trigger takes 2.
 I'm lazy.
 
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posted on 
11/08/2010 12:30:59 PM PST
by 
The Comedian
(I really missed you.  Next time, I'll adjust for windage.)
 
To: Kartographer
    Guess they’ve given up on the global warming hoax, figuring too many people don’t buy it any more.
On to the next money making scam!
 
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posted on 
11/08/2010 12:34:19 PM PST
by 
airborne
(Why is it we won't allow the Bible in school, but we will in prison? Think about it.)
 
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