Posted on 01/21/2012 2:52:28 PM PST by annie laurie
Auroras may dazzle more people than usual this weekend as Earth receives a glancing blow from an enormous solar outburst that erupted on Jan. 19.
The outburst, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), was detected by sun-watching satellites.
Researchers at the University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute predict that auroras should be visible from Seattle, Des Moines, Chicago, and Cleveland, to Boston and Halifax, Nova Scotia Saturday and Sunday nights, weather permitting.
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Space Weather Center forecasters say they expect the encounter to generate a weak geomagnetic disturbance beginning around 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Sunday Jan. 22 and lasting through Jan. 23. It could trigger weak fluctuations in electricity flowing through the long-distance transmissions lines and have a minor effect on satellites.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
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Just in time for warmer weather....and rain. crap.
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?
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?
/johnny
Are you serious?
Nope — just hugh.
Darn.
Its going to rain Sunday night here in New England.
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.
WOW...My average electric bill is $200 a month...$40,000 would pay my bill for 16 years...am I missing something here?
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
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?
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
It is brutal cold - maybe we should blame that?
Oh wait, what am I troubleshooting again? ;)
/johnny
We had the same problem a lot last summer. I think its comcast/sat.
lol!
Can’t wait to taste your béarnaise!
Does it “freeze” well? /sarc - too cold to walk the dog here!
Thanks annie laurie.
Another “extra, extra” to the APoD list.
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