The USGS Monitors Earth’s Magnetic Field to Prepare Citizens for Magnetic Storms

USGS ^ | 1/27/12

[Kartographer]

Of interest read about the Solar storm of 1859.

[Kartographer]

Prepper’s PING!

[GeronL]

We all lie in bed awake at night fearing the next magnetic storm, wondering if our kids will have to go to school with their cereal spoon attached to their face...

Thank God for the USGS protecting us from this horrible threat!

[oldbill]

These solar storms will flip the earth’s magnetic fields and cause the north and south magnetic poles to flip.

As a result, illegal aliens will start streaming across the Guatemala-Mexico border in large numbers, and Texas, Arizona, and California will lose all their lawn care and maids.

It will be a disaster. KMart will have to start making the LuzAzul Especial announcements in English.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I thought the USGS minds the rocks, NOAA the atmosphere and oceans, and NASA space and space weather. When did the USGS take over NASA’s responsibility of monitoring space weather?

[Just mythoughts]

A ‘sun’ tax is the only way to control this problem. Ok I guess I need to add s/.

[docbnj]

There is a good Wikipedia article on the September 1859 event: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859

It is recorded that the aurorae were so bright over the Rocky Mountains, that miners awoke and started preparing breakfast, thinking that it was morning.

[glock rocks]

NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center

[Ken522]

USGS took over NASA’s responsiblity about the time when NASA was told to promote muzzies accomplishments in space ...

[FlingWingFlyer]

When did the USGS take over NASA’s responsibility of monitoring space weather?

I think Barry gave them the responsibility when he put NASA in charge of teaching the Muslims how to feel good about themselves.

[tired&retired]

There is a direct correlation between the space weather and the daily wobble of the magnetic north pole traveling across Canada. The magnetic north pole represents the axis of the earth’s magnetic core.

I’ve been following this for twenty years. It does not cause a flip in the earth. It causes a decrease in the polarity strength of the earth’s dipolar field and a reorganization in reverse polarity. The sun goes through the same thing every 11 year solar cycle. It’s what causes all the CMEs that are hitting earth.

[Scooter100]

I’ve put a crank-style radio, batteries, and various odds and sods, old Walkman, in a spare Craftsman metal toolbox. Someone mentioned aluminum foil, but I haven’t gone that far. Think it’ll work?

[Kartographer]

I would think so, but you might want to do some research on Faraday Cages. From what I have read they are fairly easy to build.

[MachIV]

You might want to go ahead and try wrapping that tool box in the aluminum foil. I did the same thing sortof although I wrapped my crank radio in it’s own box it came in in alum foil then put that down in a steel ammo box. Homemade “Faraday Cage” or something like that.

[metmom]

I’m beginning to wonder if there’s some connection between solar storms and the weather, at the risk of sounding like some kooky conspiracy theorist.

All I know is that EVERY SINGLE STINKING TIME there’s a good chance for an aurora, the clouds roll in and rains/snows.

It is SOOOOOOOOO frustrating.

I’ve only seen three auroras and each one of them was by happenstance.

[Scooter100]

Of course the shuddering thought is that my radio might be ok, but all the radio stations could “melt down”. Although most transmitter shacks are typically in metal buildings, and many are reconditioned container boxes, likewise with their metal standby diesel sheds. So, you never know who might come through the other end smelling roses, but we might as well be prepared. (Spoken like a true ex-Boy Scout, huh?)

[mountn man]

You're a victim of happenstance. Nyuk nyuk nyuk

[Erasmus]

I’ve put a crank-style radio [...]

When I first heard that term I didn't know what it meant. But then it dawned on me that I was listening to Art Bell, and it became obvious.

≤}B^)

[bert]

———Think it’ll work?——

Just remember that when the polarity reverses you must crank the radio backwards

[metmom]

I’ve heard that old microwave ovens can work as Faraday cages.

I know of a place where there were some protected rooms built but some moron cut a hole in the mesh to feed some conduit through and cell phones now work there.