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NOAA Warns of Monster Solar Storm Region Facing Earth; Fully Capable of Producing X-Class Flares
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| 11-8-2011
| Mac Slavo
Posted on 11/08/2011 11:27:48 AM PST by blam
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To: American in Israel
No, the two events aren't the same.
Coronal mass ejections are often associated with other forms of solar activity, most notably solar flares, but a causal relationship has not been established. -- wikipedia
But both tend to occur in areas of sunspots and underlying magnetic field disturbances (closed loops). The CME can expel much more matter as can be inferred from the name, whereas a flare is essentially a sudden brightening accompanied by plasma ejected into space and sometimes a solar prominence. It was once thought that a CME was driven by an underlying flare but this does not always seem to be the case. Originating in the corona, it is now known that a CME can occur without an associated flare.
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:19:56 PM PST
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
To: buccaneer81
Hams will take care of that little problem for you... give us about an hour and we will have some communications started again.
LLS
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:24:02 PM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
To: LibLieSlayer
You have shielding for your rig like a Faraday Cage? And what about the antenna wiring outside?
To: blam
X1.9, wow, that’s really something, yawn ...
I’d love to see everyone’s cell phones and “texters” go out forever ...
To: spokeshave
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:57:58 PM PST
by
blam
To: steve86
Thank you for the info, I am a total novice at astro-physics. I appreciate you taking the time to enlighten me.
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posted on
11/08/2011 2:05:57 PM PST
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: buccaneer81
Many Hams disconnect all of their equipment when not in use. All feedlines contain surge protectors and static bleed off protection. All systems are grounded... all systems are bonded to a single point ground system that includes all of the utility grounds and towers... everything is at the same potential. We also remove the equipment from the power mains when not in use.
Those of us that concentrate on long distance communication via bouncing radio waves off of the ionosphere, watch the Sun and solar weather during the day. We will have some warning before such an event would impact us.
But I was referring to the 20 year old and older all tube equipment that is not affected by EMP and the like... like modern solid state and surface mount technology. Art Collins tested a KWM1 transceiver in a nuclear test blast... it worked fine afterward.
You would be surprised at the ability of modern Hams. We may use some equipment from last century to do it. We can even build spark gap transmitters if needed.
LLS
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posted on
11/08/2011 3:21:16 PM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
To: txmissy
And we’re supposed to have the big emergency test tomorrow...interesting.Oklahoma is having record setting quakes. Another asteroid just missed us yesterday. Moochelle is entertaining balloon men and Hussein is still trespassing in MY house.
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posted on
11/08/2011 4:27:58 PM PST
by
bgill
(The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
To: LibLieSlayer
>> give us about an hour and we will have some communications started again <<
Yeah, but only as long as your batteries last — or as long as the gas in your generator or car holds out. So after a few hours, only the military is likely to have communications capability.
To: Hawthorn
Let’s just hope that neither of us ever gets the answer.
LLS
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posted on
11/08/2011 4:36:46 PM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
11/08/2011 4:41:53 PM PST
by
bgill
(The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
To: blam
Hmmmmm, the article was excerpted from another site that excerpted the original article which was in the Washington Post......
Washington Post
Funny how stories change over time.......LOL!
To: driftdiver
Is that you?
Yes...it was a candid shot caught just after I'd seen a 'full frontal' shot of Helen Thomas.
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posted on
11/08/2011 5:23:53 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(Obama Voters: Jose Baez wants YOU for his next jury pool.......)
To: jaydubya2
100 years ago the Earth’s population was about 2 billion.
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posted on
11/08/2011 6:10:43 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: bgill
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posted on
11/08/2011 6:36:55 PM PST
by
blam
To: Red Badger
If you’re flying in a plane that’s fly-by-wire and the computers get fried,well you’re pretty much screwed.
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posted on
11/08/2011 6:42:16 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
1/4?More like 3/4 plus.If I can’t get seed,fuel and fertilizer,and keep my John Deeres running-a lot of people will starve.
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posted on
11/08/2011 6:45:43 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: tnlibertarian
the sun produced an X1.9...The sun is manufacturing old Fiats? It could have used a turbo and suspension/brake package...some ground effects.
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posted on
11/08/2011 7:02:45 PM PST
by
ROCKLOBSTER
( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
To: blam
It's always something.Sincerely,
Rosan Rosanna Dana
To: American in Israel
We're refueling the sun right now, don't worry. =D
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posted on
11/08/2011 8:13:07 PM PST
by
Redcitizen
(Tagline on vacation- please leave your name and number at the sound of the beep.)
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