Posted on 04/02/2016 8:16:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Three coronal holes spread across the sun are pointing at Earth. As a result, the US Space Weather Prediction Centre in Boulder, Colorado, and the Space Weather Operations Centre of the UK Met Office in Exeter have issued an alert for tomorrow of a minor geomagnetic storm.
Early on Day 3 (April 2), a high-speed stream from coronal hole 67 is expected to reach Earth, said the Met Office. Forecasters in the US and UK predict this could confuse migrating birds and other animals, cause minor problems with satellites and make an aurora visible as far south as Maine and Michigan.
The storms could rise to G2 level on a five-step scale, which would mean the Northern Lights might be seen in New York, and some electrical transformers could be damaged.
Magnetic lines Viewed through X-ray telescopes, coronal holes can appear to be vast, dark, blank spaces in the swirling atmosphere of the sun. They are the places where the suns magnetic lines dont return to the surface.
(Excerpt) Read more at themalaymailonline.com ...
Naturally, the leads to Larry Niven's "Ringworld".
Yeah...the Suns magnetic field is in decline....expect no sunspots around 2025 /2030
and an Ice Age
more here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-5dIHmtQzHIdNCs7-bEdCA
hey now we know how lyin cheatin ted cruz ended up in the wrong bed.
CMEs always seem to wind up being all bark, no bite -- but perhaps the fault lies in our stars, not in ourselves, after all. Thanks BenLurkin.
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Y-you mean, someone might have to stop and ask directions at a gas station?! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIII!
“and cause women near the North Pole {Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Greenland and numerous Eskimo female populations in northern Canada} to go into heat.”
Bear that in mind while planning your vacation. One moment, you’ll be minding your own business. Next moment, your wife will be on you like white on rice, ripping your clothes off and trying to do Lord knows what. Beware. Beeeeewaaaare.
had a chicken fly into my oven all by itself, a couple bees flew up my nose too.. coronal holes blow..
If I don't survive, feed my cat two parts hard food of Hills Diet W/D feline and 1 part Fancy feast twice a day. First feeding at 4:30 a.m. and dinner at 4:30 p.m. with some balogna at lunch time..........thanks
It's not just a game anymore.
Where in Michigan do you live?
Frederic.
Raised there or relocated?
Just moved here from the commie west coast 1.5 years ago.
But I grew up downstate and my husband in Montana.
Ask me how madly we love it here...best place we have ever lived.
Will Dear Liza please pick up the yellow courtesy phone?
Love, Henry
Again???
Fact #55,674 My bird feeders are devoid of any type of bird for the last few days. This is not bird feeding as usual at the Bender estate for this time of year...
On another note, the radio skip last night was amazing. I was picking up operators in Europe and Alaska and as far away as Australia in one instance. Though, I couldn’t make contact with the operator Down Under, he came in pretty good.
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