Sun throws flare

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2003-10-28 08:46pm

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-10-28 08:49pm

Should we be scared? I personally, am. The thought of a cloud of superheated gas heading towards us scares me ALOT.....will we be okay, I wonder??

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-10-28 08:49pm

FaxModem1 wrote:Thoughts?

Remember to wear sunscreen tomorrow?

Seriously, it may knock out some satellites and (possibly) Northern power grids. I don't think it'll have much effect on me down here. The powere grids aren't that inter-connected, and Florida's cut-outs worked during the NYC blackout.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-10-28 08:50pm

Sun god is angry at GWB

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2003-10-28 08:51pm

So, should we worry about this? And what should we do?

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-10-28 10:31pm

Think we should unplug important sensitive electronics? (Power surges) Personally, I'm tak9ing down my comp altogether. I know nothing of the effects of solar flares, and that may be a biut paranoid. But paranoid is better than having a $1500.00 paperweight.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-10-29 12:34am

Chardok wrote:Think we should unplug important sensitive electronics? (Power surges) Personally, I'm tak9ing down my comp altogether.

That shouldn't be an issue, if its not already plugged into a decent surge protector your a foolish fool. Your internet connection also should run though such a device.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-10-29 02:23am

Is this the kind of thing where we should be able to see an aurora? Is the storm likely to last more than a few hours so that we can actually see it when it gets dark?

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-10-29 02:25am

Forget part of that, read the article more closely, but if it does hit, is it likely to be visible in Oregon latitudes to the casual viewer?

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-10-29 02:43am

Sun throws Flare? What is this, some new product announcement that I missed? Huh, I thought they were all tied up with their Java Desktop Environment...

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-10-29 08:06am

Animation of the Flare

Try to guess when in the last 48 hours of images the flare was....Fun! and compared to the other observable flares..the one headed towards us is a big bitch indeed!

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-10-29 08:20am

4 hours till impact...

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-10-29 11:21am

A non event. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994326

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-10-29 11:25am

What's going on here?

It seems like the sun is going nuts

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2003-10-29 11:26am

its nothing unusual... just part of the cycle...

i'm hoping the skys are gonna be clear, its dark by 5.30 here now, i wanna see the lights.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-10-29 11:34am

Zac Naloen wrote:its nothing unusual... just part of the cycle...

The article said the sun's highest period of activity ended in 2000 or 2001

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2003-10-29 11:37am

maybe so, but sometimes it gets fucked up... its still nothing strange.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-10-29 11:43am

Zac Naloen wrote:maybe so, but sometimes it gets fucked up... its still nothing strange.

That's true.

I'm just extremly paranoid, show me an article about a solar flare and two miniutes later i'll be on the street screaming

THE SUN IS EXPLODING RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2003-10-29 11:52am

Darksider wrote:
Zac Naloen wrote:maybe so, but sometimes it gets fucked up... its still nothing strange.
That's true.

I'm just extremly paranoid, show me an article about a solar flare and two miniutes later i'll be on the street screaming

THE SUN IS EXPLODING RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!

i don't really know what to say about that... head shrink?

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-10-29 12:10pm

I'm in with Darksider on this one. The fact that there may be auroras as far south as florida and italy is fucking scary as hell...I almost couldn't sleep last night. I was afraid I would wake up to find the sky was on fire and everything was purple....

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-10-30 05:29pm

am posting this here and in N&P Click this link then minimize the browser, come back to it in a few minutes so you don't have to endure it's horrendously long load time. It is simply the most spectacular view of the flares you will get. It's Space.com's feed from SOHO (solar observation something-or-other.) it is, as I stated, spectacular. (Oh, it's the last 48 hours or so of sun activity.) I wonder what those very bright spots are to the lower left of the frame? Maybe even bigger flares? I know outer beams aren't as telling as sunspots, but if you watch the flares, they seem to be linking two bright ares together when they "Pop" really neat stuff.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-10-30 05:42pm

It's like the film Solar Crisis. Quick, get a HAL 9000 computer clone, a sexy female Brit astronaut and enough antimatter to blow the Moon off orbit and fling them into a rocket aimed at the sun.

Then all we have to worry about is the Earth's core stopping rotation.

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