Posted on 08/03/2010 5:55:47 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
Earth is bracing for a cosmic tsunami Tuesday night as tons of plasma from a massive solar flare head directly toward the planet.
The Sun's surface erupted early Sunday morning, shooting a wall of ionized atoms directly at Earth, scientists say. It is expected to create a geomagnetic storm and a spectacular light show -- and it could pose a threat to satellites in orbit, as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Nice ...
Very cool, no pun intended
Set to strike earth? It already is disrupting radio communications.
It’s supposed to be cloudy here tomorrow, so I think we’ll be OK.
1. I don't think this is "The Big One" but CME is no joke or hoax.
2. Look up "The Carrington Event" -- 1859. It energized Long telegraph lines (which had never existed before), and started fires in a number of telegraph stations from the energy so channelled.
3. I don't have the physics to explain it better than that, but SOME CME (almost certainly not this one) could do a lot of damage, with a lot more high-potential electrical stuff around. There are a lot of good solid serious double domes spending some legit time worrying about this.
4. Since there hasn't been one of the "Carrington" size in 150 years, it's not a high-probability, but not negligible.
PRETTY!!
What is the chance that this event will only fry what’s left of the brains of all LIBs? That would be great.
LOL
I think you mean REfry.
No sweat...spare laptops in the microwave oven. I will check back in tomorrow.....
Back at ya. Got my tin foil hat, package of ramin and 2 bottles or water ready
Oh Daaaaamn, LMAO~
Your puny tin foil can’t save you from Goregas.
Last time this happened, I couldn’t use my debit/credit card all day and I had no cash.
A spectator wathces the Aurora Goryalis
Excerpt:
NASA scientists warned recently that high-energy electric pulses from the sun could cripple our electrical grid for years, causing billions in damages. In fact, the House is so concerned that the Energy and Commerce committee voted unanimously to approve a bill allocating $100 million to protect the energy grid from this rare but potentially devastating occurrence.
The sun’s activity usually ebbs and flows on a fairly predictable cycle. Typically, a cycle lasts about 11 years, taking roughly 5.5 years to move from a solar minimum, a period of time when there are few sunspots, to peak at the solar maximum, during which sunspot activity is amplified.
The last solar maximum occurred in 2001. The latest minimum was particularly weak and long- lasting.
The most recent solar eruption is one of the first signs that the sun is waking up — and heading toward another maximum.
Yes, it ebbs abd flows.
So what else is new?
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