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Monster Sunspot Threatens to Unleash Powerful Solar Flares
Space.com via Yahoo ^ | 5/8/12 | Mike Wall

Posted on 05/08/2012 10:44:06 AM PDT by Kartographer

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To: andy58-in-nh

1476 is a big group, but there are not many others, across the face of the sun. Seems like this cycle is still pretty thin for sunspots overall.


21 posted on 05/08/2012 12:38:28 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: lonevoice

Get ready for a lot of Earth songs.


22 posted on 05/08/2012 12:52:17 PM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: GraceG
Someone's been peeking in my garage window again? :-)


23 posted on 05/08/2012 1:16:29 PM PDT by lonevoice (Klepto Baracka Marxo, impeach we much.)
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To: Kartographer

Everyone is urged to look up the Carrington Event of 1859. Just for a laugh.

Back then, all we had were telegraphs. There is no telling what would happen from such a powerful solar storm today, with all our smart phones, onboard vehicle computers, satellites, the Internet and a rickety power grid.

Intellectual curiosity ... no prepper stuff today. Just sayin’ ...


24 posted on 05/08/2012 1:32:14 PM PDT by DNME (A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it. It keeps him upright. — Robert Heinlein)
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To: Kartographer

Every household should have stored 1 gallon water per person per day for a minimum of two weeks.


25 posted on 05/10/2012 7:41:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Dumb question...is this the end of the current “Maunder Minimum”?


26 posted on 05/10/2012 7:43:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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27 posted on 05/10/2012 7:46:09 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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28 posted on 05/10/2012 7:48:02 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: BenLurkin

From what I’ve seen, the present sunspot cycle has been particularly short-lived and weak, and may presage an extended period of solar quiescence (i.e. - a “minimum” period, which may have already begun).


29 posted on 05/10/2012 7:59:12 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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