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[Doogle]

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[musicman]

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[Atlas Sneezed]

Polar flights affected.

[sinanju]

Me confused.

I thought these charged particles traveled at the speed of light. How could we see an ultraviolet flash 24 hours before the thing hits? Wouldn’t there be no warning at all?

[Nervous Tick]

>> There is no risk to people on Earth, Doug Biesecker of the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center told FoxNews.com.

What other kinds of people are there, Doug?

[JDW11235]

This was another thread about the solar storm, I saw just when I saw this one. It’s not a duplicate post or anything, I just wanted to link to two as an FYI:

“Huge Solar Eruption Sparks Strongest Radiation Storm in 7 Years”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2836752/posts

[ICE-FLYER]

Dang that old George W. Bush! We know he did this!!! /sarcasm

[UglyinLA]

“A [coronal mass ejection (CME)] hit Earth’s magnetic field on Jan. 24th at approximately 1500 UT (10 am EST),” Kathy Sullivan, deputy administrator of NOAA.

The next mass ejection will occur this evening at ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN newsrooms right after zero’s State of the Union stump speech.