How a solar flare could send us back to the Stone Age - CSMonitor.com
This happened a couple of days ago
**Jump_im** oh my!
This happened a couple of days ago
**Jump_im** oh my!
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Another solar flare...again?
- Thread starter Se7en
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Alex Young, a solar physicist at NASA Goddard, said that it isn’t inevitable that the solar storm tonight will interrupt satellite communication. Young says that the solar storm may just put on a great light show, saying that auroras will be visible as far south as Illinois.
Read more at Solar Flare 2012: Massive Solar Storm Headed For Earth
Read more at Solar Flare 2012: Massive Solar Storm Headed For Earth
Space Weather Message Code: ALTK04
Serial Number: 1577
Issue Time: 2012 May 11 0000 UTC
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 4
Threshold Reached: 2012 May 10 2359 UTC
Synoptic Period: 2100-2400 UTC
Active Warning: Yes
Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 65 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude.
Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur.
Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes such as Canada and Alaska.
Sorry guys weak storm....The link to the storm posted was the storm in March not May....
Just make the lower freq's dead a few hours...Glancing blow...
Maybe the next one will be worth noting...
See SolarCycle24.com for lastest updates
All the Best
BJ
Serial Number: 1577
Issue Time: 2012 May 11 0000 UTC
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 4
Threshold Reached: 2012 May 10 2359 UTC
Synoptic Period: 2100-2400 UTC
Active Warning: Yes
Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 65 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude.
Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur.
Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes such as Canada and Alaska.
Sorry guys weak storm....The link to the storm posted was the storm in March not May....
Just make the lower freq's dead a few hours...Glancing blow...
Maybe the next one will be worth noting...
See SolarCycle24.com for lastest updates
All the Best
BJ
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I've been basking in the stoned age for decades, when the end of my spliff flares it truly is cosmic.
