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Magnetic Field Hole Could Cripple Communications
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| Thursday, December 18, 2008
| Andrea Thompson
Posted on 12/18/2008 8:51:01 AM PST by Joiseydude
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It is expected to peak around 2012, bringing lots of sunspots, flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). CMEs can interact with the Earth's magnetosphere, causing problems for satellites, communications, and power grids.
Hmmmm, where else has that 2012 date been mentioned?
To: Joiseydude
BUSH’S FAULT!!!!.............
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posted on
12/18/2008 8:53:42 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Joiseydude
Women and minorities affected most ...
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posted on
12/18/2008 8:54:28 AM PST
by
mgc1122
To: Joiseydude
To: SunkenCiv
To: Joiseydude
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posted on
12/18/2008 8:57:46 AM PST
by
TexGuy
(If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
To: Joiseydude
Maybe we should undiscover it.
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posted on
12/18/2008 8:57:57 AM PST
by
ZX12R
To: Joiseydude
Could it be that the magnetic poles are getting set to reverse? It’s happened many times before. Something like that sure would explain a lot in terms of “global climate change”.
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posted on
12/18/2008 8:58:11 AM PST
by
yooling
(Dude, where's my party?)
To: Joiseydude
Oh No!!! Man-made global warming has affected the solar cycle while simultaneously blowing these massive holes in our magnetic field!!!!
Algore...save us!!!!!
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posted on
12/18/2008 8:59:11 AM PST
by
henkster
(Welcome to the Union of Socialist States of America. You are ordered to enjoy your stay.)
To: Joiseydude
Cool! In 2012 we’ll be able to microwave food by just leaving it on the doorstep for a few minutes.
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posted on
12/18/2008 9:00:33 AM PST
by
agere_contra
(So ... where's the birth certificate?)
To: Joiseydude
We've had a record year of NO sunspots in 2008. You're suggesting a massive increase on solar activity that just isn't evident in the current conditions on the sun. As it stands, it seems more likely that we'll have a protracted period of inactivity on the sun and a potential ice age underway.
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posted on
12/18/2008 9:01:14 AM PST
by
Myrddin
To: Joiseydude
I know, I don’t believe the claptrap about the Aztec Calendar (or was in Inca?) but that date keeps cropping up. Weird.
I DID see an interesting National Geographic show the other day on the Magnetosphere. They said we were going into a period before a pole switch. The repercussions didn’t sound very pleasant, but since it happens fairly regularly (in geological terms) and they can’t tie any mass extinctions to the phenomena, I’m not too worried.
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posted on
12/18/2008 9:01:56 AM PST
by
brytlea
(You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/18/2008 9:02:25 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
To: Joiseydude
QUICK! ACTIVATE THE DEFLECTOR SHIELDS!
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posted on
12/18/2008 9:02:26 AM PST
by
NRA1995
("You improvise, you adapt, you overcome" (Gunny from "Heartbreak Ridge"))
To: Joiseydude
A new cause is born! Global Magnetic Change.
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posted on
12/18/2008 9:03:09 AM PST
by
Edgerunner
(Second Amendment Spoken Here)
To: Myrddin
The Sun operates on an 11-year cycle, alternating between active and quiet periods. We are currently in a quiet period, with few sunspots on the sun’s surface and fewer solar flares, though the next cycle of activity has begun.
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posted on
12/18/2008 9:05:12 AM PST
by
Joiseydude
(Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,)
To: Joiseydude
Somebody plug it up already! Geez!
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posted on
12/18/2008 9:05:48 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(Recent graduate of the Road Rage Tractor Trailer Driving Acedemy.)
To: Edgerunner
To be successful you have to link it to something that man has done. Then build a fake market and industry using magnetic credits to make a fat profit.
It is probably electricities fault. Since it is electro-magnetic in nature, the massive flow of electrons through the world has caused a rift in the magnetic shield of earth. We must lobby the world governments to force taxes and non-electric means of powering our nations. Of course we would own all the companies that provide such services. Although not up front mind you. Don’t forget. You need to hypnotize the media with psuedo scientific sounding jargon and say things like “The world has a magnetic fever”
To: Joiseydude
I'm quite aware of the 11 year cycle. Cycle 24 should be well underway. A few spots of cycle 24 polarity have appeared briefly and faded quickly. We should have an average of around 100 sunspots present. Except for Nov 2008 when we had an average of 6.7 sunspots for the month, the sun has been completely blank in 2008.
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posted on
12/18/2008 9:11:22 AM PST
by
Myrddin
To: Edgerunner
YOU ARE RIGHT!!!
Get rid of all the microwaves, cell phones, am radio (especially talk radio-—where is the fairness doctrine when you need it???)
We got this problem solved, oh I forgot, we must pour 100’s of billions of money toward this, please contribute to the algorater society.
Thank you for your support!!!!
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posted on
12/18/2008 9:13:02 AM PST
by
PORD
(People...Of Right Do)
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