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Posted on 08/03/2013 9:19:18 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Lots of people talking about this article in the UK daily Mail:
A near miss for Earth: Solar flare that could have knocked out power, cars and phones came so close two weeks ago
An electromagnetic pulse that could have knocked electrical equipment over continent-scale regions barely missed Earth two weeks ago, it has been revealed.
Source: (h/t Jack Simmons)
But, not so fast…NASA’s Dr. Tony Phillips of Spaceweather.com writes:
Many readers are asking about a report in the Washington Examiner, which states that a Carrington-class solar storm narrowly missed Earth two weeks ago. There was no Carrington-class solar storm two weeks ago. On the contrary, solar activity was low throughout the month of July.
The report is erroneous.
The possibility of such a storm is, however, worth thinking about: A modern Carrington event would cause significant damage to our high-tech society.
There is even a recent SciFi movie revolving around the idea which seems to have gone straight to video:
(Excerpt) Read more at wattsupwiththat.com ...
fyi
This is a great resource if you’re interested in CME/Solar Wind.
The OP is correct - the latest CME have been pretty mediocre. There is one burst that will pass just ahead of us this week.
So they just flat out lied about it ?
Space Weather Fact Check
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3050605/posts
See #7.
This solar eruption video will straight up melt your face it's so awesome
Wonder if that was from the new telescope that was just put up.?
This was from Auguat 2012....so it was NOT from the new instrument recently put into Orbit.
Thanks..see above also.
Hey Ernest! What the heck is “Eronous?” (in the title)
Pretty soon you will be hearing about sitings of cows flying over the moon.
I need a much bigger Monitor,.
Maybe it is my new keyboard
It Doesn't have a home key with a little bump on it which allows me to type without looking at the keys....
It's a nice little Logitech keyboard that is washable....though that would be good and it has a nice clicky feel to it.
Yah ...must be the keyboard...that is suppose to be ....ENORMOUS!!
Lots of people talking about this article in the UK daily Mail...
English "news" papers are every bit as untrustworthy as our own.
English “news” papers are every bit as untrustworthy as our own.
When it comes to news articles about events here in the U.S. the UK papers are far more accurate and unafraid to tell the news.
When it comes to their own business and other news genres I suspect you are correct.
I guess the speed of light isn't really constant after all ...
Doesn’t have to be near as bad as 1859 to cause massive disruption. Hope North/South America is in darkness when it hits earth.
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