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Enormous solar outburst could dazzle your weekend [Alaska, Seattle, Des Moines, Chicago, Boston]
Christian Science Monitor ^
| January 21, 2012
| Pete Spotts
Posted on 01/21/2012 2:52:28 PM PST by annie laurie
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Excerpt-only, sorry.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/21/2012 2:53:19 PM PST
by
annie laurie
(All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
To: annie laurie
Just in time for warmer weather....and rain. crap.
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posted on
01/21/2012 2:55:28 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: annie laurie
It doesn’t matter. We (30 miles from Seattle) have not had power since Thursday’s ice storm ... which came after the snow and before the next snow and the little windstorm we had last night, and this will come in the middle of the big wind storm they are predicting for tomorrow. So far the flooding has been minor, but we are still on flood watch. What’s a little CME compared to all that?
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posted on
01/21/2012 3:00:38 PM PST
by
lkco
To: annie laurie
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posted on
01/21/2012 3:03:31 PM PST
by
Netizen
(Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
To: cripplecreek
Hey I got $40k of solar panels on my roof this year. Am I in more danger of damage from the sun occurring to them?
To: annie laurie
WooHoo! I'm monitoring 52.525MHz. Can we finally get some sunspot action for the middle wave bands? Pretty please?
/johnny
To: George from New England
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posted on
01/21/2012 3:26:03 PM PST
by
Big Giant Head
(Two years no AV, no viruses, computer runs great!)
To: Big Giant Head
To: annie laurie
Darn.
Its going to rain Sunday night here in New England.
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posted on
01/21/2012 3:40:13 PM PST
by
kidd
To: JRandomFreeper
Am in central WI(Friendship) picked up Mike Savage on 510 am out of Schenectady NY last night clear as a bell for his entire show. Expect to do some DXing tonight What I hope maybe to pickup smething frm the west (left) coast the furhest I get is Colorado.
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posted on
01/21/2012 3:46:41 PM PST
by
mosesdapoet
(Moses ..A nick name I received as a kid for warning another -It's a sin to tell a lie")
To: George from New England
WOW...My average electric bill is $200 a month...$40,000 would pay my bill for 16 years...am I missing something here?
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posted on
01/21/2012 3:50:05 PM PST
by
Hotdog
To: mosesdapoet
I'm making a cq call about every 10 minutes on 52.525 MHz right now. We're in the terminator penumbra right now, so I figure this should be the right time of day. Not so much as enough static to break squelch, so far.
I really enjoyed 6 meter FM during the last solar max, and would like to have that chance again, please Lord, before I die. I probably only have 2 solar maxes left in my lifetime.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper; All
We are in Twin Cities / Minnesota. Does this explain why Comcast has been freezing episodically for the past few days?
Doesn’t seem to happen with the local channels, but with the cable news - everything freezes for a few minutes, then comes back. But, will then freeze again a while later.
Maybe I should start timing the freezes?
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posted on
01/21/2012 4:21:27 PM PST
by
jacquej
To: jacquej
LOL! Chasing problems like that is very complicated. Does it happen at the same time of day? Or randomly? It could be the sats, it could be ground equipment, it could be a bunch of stuff. Is it raining? Is it snowing? What is the status of the LNA on the sat head end?
Is the cleaning staff unplugging equipment at the same time every night to vacuum the floor? (That actually happened)
I'm just a cook now. Ask me to troubleshoot your broken bernaise sauce. ;)
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
It is brutal cold - maybe we should blame that?
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posted on
01/21/2012 4:34:22 PM PST
by
jacquej
To: jacquej
Well, bearnaise sauce is very temperature sensitive if you don't want to make scrambled eggs but still want to cook it.
Oh wait, what am I troubleshooting again? ;)
/johnny
To: jacquej
We had the same problem a lot last summer. I think its comcast/sat.
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posted on
01/21/2012 4:45:51 PM PST
by
Netizen
(Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
To: JRandomFreeper
lol!
Can’t wait to taste your béarnaise!
Does it “freeze” well? /sarc - too cold to walk the dog here!
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posted on
01/21/2012 4:52:56 PM PST
by
jacquej
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
Thanks annie laurie.
Another “extra, extra” to the APoD list.
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posted on
01/21/2012 4:57:06 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(FReep this FReepathon!)
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