Posted on 10/23/2003 9:03:27 PM PDT by webber
Space storm coming to Earth CFCN.ca
POSTED AT 5:48 PM Thursday, October 23
Scientists are warning about a strong geo-magnetic storm expected to hit the Earth tomorrow.
Forecasters say the storm has the potential to affect everything from cell phones and power grids to other satellite communications.
The disturbance is rated a G-3 storm. The highest is G-5.
NASA scientists are calling it the perfect space storm.
A largest cluster of sunspots caused an explosion on the sun, sending a massive amount of gas and charged particles into space towards Earth.
Scientist say they expect it to be the worst solar flareup to be felt on Earth since a storm in 1859. That storm caused telegraph wires to short out across North America and Europe.
I'm Prepared!
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I saw it once only in Southern California in November 2001, but I didn't realize what I had seen until I got info from either FR or a link to spaceweather from a FR thread. I was near Los Angeles (34N, south of CO's latitude), and all I saw was an unusual red glow that spread low and very wide above the northern mountains.
Good luck trying to see one this time!
To which sunspot are you referring? Spaceweather provides the sunspot numbers, which are very helpful when one can't point out "THAT sunspot."
Sunspot #484 (in the middle of the picture in post #60) sent out the CMEs on 10/22/03 which are scheduled to arrive Friday, 10/24/03, and possibly cause a geomagnetic storm on earth with aurora visible down to the "middle latitudes."
Sunspot #486 (at the edge of the sun in post #60) sent out CMEs on 10/23/03, but obviously they weren't pointed at us. They might arrive 10/25/03 but won't cause trouble.
I think the news wasn't clear that the aurora/storm would be from 484 but the irrelevant newer flares were from 486.
I don't think they did....read the whole thing...particularly 2nd paragraph below from Space Weather:
SOLAR EXPLOSIONS: Solar activity is high. An intense X5-class solar flare erupted today (Oct. 23rd at 8:35 UT) from sunspot 486 near the sun's southeastern limb. The explosion hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. See the movie. Although the CME was not Earth-directed, it could deliver a glancing blow to our planet's magnetic field as early as Oct 24th (although the 25th is more likely).
Another CME was already en route when this morning's explosion occured. Pictured right, it was launched on Oct 22nd by an explosion near sunspot 484. Forecasters expect it to arrive on Oct. 24th and possibly trigger a strong geomagnetic storm. Sky watchers at middle latitudes should be alert for auroras.
I bet you say that to all the boys.
You stopped reading too soon. Here is the paragraph that comes after their ammended report:
Another CME was already en route when this morning's explosion occured. Pictured right, it was launched on Oct 22nd by an explosion near sunspot 484. Forecasters expect it to arrive on Oct. 24th and possibly trigger a strong geomagnetic storm. Sky watchers at middle latitudes should be alert for auroras.
Something definitely is headed our way. How big, we'll have to wait and see.
Same old stupid news media ruse - our local TV stations were touting this same, untrue aspect ...
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