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A Giant Breach in Earth's Magnetic Field
NASA ^
| Dec 16th, 2008
Posted on 12/16/2008 2:11:19 PM PST by TaraP
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:11:19 PM PST
by
TaraP
To: TaraP
So this explains why the American people lost their minds and elected Barack Hussein Obama?
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:12:28 PM PST
by
Paige
("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
To: TaraP
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:12:28 PM PST
by
TaraP
(The RAPTURE: Seperation of Church and State)
To: TaraP
Can Obama part the solar sea, too?
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:12:42 PM PST
by
RaceBannon
(We have sown the wind, but we will reap the whirlwind. NObama. Not my president.)
To: TaraP
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:12:48 PM PST
by
Kimmers
To: TaraP
Does this mean we all die?
Please let it be so.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:12:56 PM PST
by
Hans
To: TaraP
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:12:58 PM PST
by
unkus
To: TaraP
Bush's fault!©
To: Paige
maybe those tin foil hats WOULD have worked this time...
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:13:10 PM PST
by
RaceBannon
(We have sown the wind, but we will reap the whirlwind. NObama. Not my president.)
To: TaraP
Isn't it amazing how these academics who think they know all the answers are constantly surprised by how the world
really works?
"Don't put my faith in nobody, not even a scientist"--Bob Dylan
To: TaraP
To: All
Here is why they can’t believe their ears: The solar wind presses against Earth’s magnetosphere almost directly above the equator where our planet’s magnetic field points north. Suppose a bundle of solar magnetism comes along, and it points north, too. The two fields should reinforce one another, strengthening Earth’s magnetic defenses and slamming the door shut on the solar wind. In the language of space physics, a north-pointing solar magnetic field is called a “northern IMF” and it is synonymous with shields up!
“So, you can imagine our surprise when a northern IMF came along and shields went down instead,” says Sibeck. “This completely overturns our understanding of things.”
Northern IMF events don’t actually trigger geomagnetic storms, notes Raeder, but they do set the stage for storms by loading the magnetosphere with plasma. A loaded magnetosphere is primed for auroras, power outages, and other disturbances that can result when, say, a CME (coronal mass ejection) hits.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:13:55 PM PST
by
TaraP
(The RAPTURE: Seperation of Church and State)
To: Paleo Conservative
“Bush’s fault!©”
And Gorebull warming.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:14:36 PM PST
by
MPJackal
("From my cold dead hands.")
To: TaraP
Betting the “breach” is normal, based on the solar cycle. Gives the earth time to charge it’s batteries for the next solar cycle onslaught.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:14:40 PM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: Kimmers
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:14:44 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: TaraP
Give em a day or so and they’ll figure out what calamity this will cause, how much to tax us to prevent it, and which magnets need to be banned.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:15:10 PM PST
by
Domandred
(Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
To: Paige
ROFLMTO...that is just too funny!!
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:15:12 PM PST
by
Kackikat
(.It's NOT over until it's over and it's NOT over yet....The Trumpet will sound....)
To: TaraP
Jeeze! you forget to turn off one HAARP installation and everybody goes nuts. Ok, ok... I'll turn it off.
/johnny
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:15:27 PM PST
by
JRandomFreeper
(God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: RaceBannon
maybe those tin foil hats WOULD have worked this time... Would be a freaky science fiction novel, breach in the magnetic field, the only survivors on the planet are a dozen or so Ron Paul supporters wearing tin foil hats.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:15:40 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: TaraP
Danger Will Robinson Danger bla bla bla......
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:15:41 PM PST
by
PEACE ENFORCER
(One Needs to Have the Capability of Using Deadly Force at Any Moment.....:))
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