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The International Space Weather Initiative
NASA ^ | 11/8/10

Posted on 11/08/2010 12:03:40 PM PST by Kartographer

Prompted by a recent increase in solar activity, more than a hundred researchers and government officials are converging on Helwan, Egypt, to discuss a matter of global importance: storms from the sun. The “First Workshop of the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI)” meets Nov. 6th through 10th and is convened by the United Nations, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

"Strong solar storms can knock out power, disable satellites, and scramble GPS," says meeting organizer and ISWI executive director Joe Davila of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "This meeting will help us prepare for the next big event."

(Excerpt) Read more at science.nasa.gov ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: globalwarmingscare; radiation; solaractivity; solarstorms
'Lights Out' 'One Second After'
1 posted on 11/08/2010 12:03:43 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

“This meeting will help us prepare for the next big event.”

Better hurry. THE EVENT is on every Monday night.


2 posted on 11/08/2010 12:05:30 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: Kartographer

What is this joke going to cost us?


3 posted on 11/08/2010 12:05:55 PM PST by edcoil (Today, we start fixing stupid.)
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To: Kartographer
more than a hundred researchers and government officials are converging on Helwan, Egypt, to discuss a matter of global importance: storms from the sun.

But we've been told for 40 years now that it was OUR fault that the climate was getting hotter/colder.

Who left the stove on at the Sun?!!

4 posted on 11/08/2010 12:06:49 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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AAAGGGHHHH....don’t remind me....”One Second After”.....what a nightmare that would/will be!


5 posted on 11/08/2010 12:08:02 PM PST by goodnesswins (f you don't support Obama, and the deconstruction of America: YOU are a RACIST.)
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'One Second After'
At the suggestion of a FReeper a few months ago (perhaps it was you), I read that book. Good story and an easy read too.
6 posted on 11/08/2010 12:09:54 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Check out the old made for TV movie ‘Where have all the People Gone’ on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ocR_7YzpA


7 posted on 11/08/2010 12:23:46 PM PST by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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Not enough activity to cause a panic, but the most activity in a couple of years.

8 posted on 11/08/2010 12:27:56 PM PST by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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To: Kartographer
The Book of Eli.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

10 posted on 11/08/2010 12:30:59 PM PST by The Comedian (I really missed you. Next time, I'll adjust for windage.)
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Guess they’ve given up on the global warming hoax, figuring too many people don’t buy it any more.

On to the next money making scam!


11 posted on 11/08/2010 12:34:19 PM PST by airborne (Why is it we won't allow the Bible in school, but we will in prison? Think about it.)
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