View Full Version : Massive solar flare to hit Earth!!!
ronaldrwl
02-17-2011, 12:04
We're all doommmed unless we start recycling now.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/massive_solar_flare_to_hit_earth_FxJBL3nMDFCAx04RM vhQuN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=
A powerful solar flare exploded over the sun on Monday -- and we may all feel its effects today.
The particles unleashed from the sun's eruption four days ago has been hitting the Earth's atmosphere, although it's biggest effect is expected to be felt over the next 24 hours, National Geographic reported on its website.
The flares -- the biggest in four years -- are already being blamed for disrupting radio communication in China and could trigger blackouts around the world.
The sun's "explosive reconnections" release huge amounts of energy as heat, measuring roughly 35 million degrees Fahrenheit, according to physicist Dean Pesnell, project scientist for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
"It won't hit us dead-on," said Pesnell.
However, strong activity is expected in the form of auroras -- the southern and northern lights, which occur when atoms above Earth's gain energy from solar charged particles, then release it as light.
The US Space Weather Prediction Center forecasts a 30 percent chance of auroras as far south as Washington, DC and stargazers should look for a reddish glow to light up the night sky, the website reported.
Monday's explosion doesn't compare to the giant blasts of the early 2000s.
That most recent active period spawned the biggest solar flare on ever directly measured in November 2003, a blast more than ten times as powerful as Monday's.
In 1973, a magnetic storm from a solar flare caused 6 million people to lose electricity in Canada.
ghettodub
02-17-2011, 12:31
Silly article, there aren't 6 million people in Canada. There's like 150, and they all know each other [Coffee]
StagLefty
02-17-2011, 12:35
I've got batteries [Coffee]
CrufflerSteve
02-17-2011, 12:36
Silly article, there aren't 6 million people in Canada. There's like 150, and they all know each other [Coffee]
That's just the Newfie's. They're all closely related. There's probably a few 1000 Canucks in the provinces that have discovered fire.
Steve
When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout....
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
I <3 NASA
H.
Figures, I get a line on a job to go to on monday, and we're all going to die.
Knew I should have stayed asleep...
Figures, I get a line on a job to go to on monday, and we're all going to die.
Knew I should have stayed asleep...
Some mornings it's just not worth chewing through the restraints....
I have sunscreen SP 1000000045.
Byte Stryke
02-17-2011, 13:33
and we are supposed to what?
Have extra food, water, Batteries?
done... crisis averted, NEXT!
[ROFL1]
StagLefty
02-17-2011, 13:42
and we are supposed to what?
Have extra food, water, Batteries?
done... crisis averted, NEXT!
[ROFL1]
That's my point-ducking probably won't help either [ROFL1]
So my iphone won't work now? What else is new?
Outside now,,, waiting on the flare.
Will report back when contact and the threat has been neutralized.
Byte Stryke
02-17-2011, 13:52
So my iphone won't work now? What else is new?
Must be operator error.
Mine works fine.
There is a problem with solar flares over loading the power lines. There is a thing called breakers that will trip if to much power is put through them. I don't see how its going to end all life on earth as we know it.
Hell it may teach a few how to fend for themselves for once.
There is a problem with solar flares over loading the power lines. There is a thing called breakers that will trip if to much power is put through them. I don't see how its going to end all life on earth as we know it.
Hell it may teach a few how to fend for themselves for once.
and those that don't survive the few hours without TV can become a source of protein for those of us that do....
Byte Stryke
02-17-2011, 14:21
and those that don't survive the few hours without TV can become a source of protein for those of us that do....
whutchu mean we caint watch no oprahs and surf teh intarwebs!
But How will I Update my farmville!
Ohhh NOEZ!
[ROFL1]
(I do not play farmville, I have never played farmville, I have not working knowledge of the functions or purpose of farmville)
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Troublco
02-17-2011, 14:27
[Bed]
Maybe it will just effect China, the middle east, and liberals.
(I do not play farmville, I have never played farmville, I have not working knowledge of the functions or purpose of farmville)
Yeah...sure...and Slick Willy never inhaled, or had "sexual relations" with that farm anim...er...woman [LOL]
I might go batshit if this site goes down, though....
Bored now, call me when we get a real one.
UPDATE: The particle cloud produced by the Valentines Day event appears to be rather weak and is not expected to produce any strong effects at Earth other than perhaps some beautiful aurora in the high northern and southern latitudes on Feb. 17.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News021411-xclass.html
Damn was really hoping to see some serious burnt shit.
You take all the fun out of anxiety...
StagLefty
02-17-2011, 15:00
Outside now,,, waiting on the flare.
Will report back when contact and the threat has been neutralized.
DON'T walk toward the light !! [ROFL1]
Bored now, call me when we get a real one.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News021411-xclass.html
DAMN, I guess I have to take the dog for a walk now..
2008f450
02-17-2011, 15:48
I didnt even get a tan today. what a let down.[ROFL1]
TEAMRICO
02-17-2011, 16:54
Stuck a cigarette out the window......Nuthin'.
I dont smoke, so all those Anti Smokers out there who will now try to make this a Non Smoking site make like the WI Dems and just leave.
Guess you have to be a rocket surgeon to figure out that the CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) didn't blow up the power grid.
Dang.... I was kind of looking forward to barbequeing one of my neighbors...[LOL]
Maybe we'll at least have auroras in Aurora....
Good thing I got a value pack of tinfoil at costco. Ill be wrapping my house tonight.
I put the top down on the GTC today.. no solar flares.. had to turn on the butt warmers..
Don't worry, there will be another solar flare along shortly.
The next 11-year cycle of solar storms (http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/) will most likely peak in late 2011 or mid-2012 "up to a year later than expected "according to a forecast issued by the NOAA Space Environment Center (http://www.spaceweather.noaa.gov/) in coordination with an international panel of solar experts. The NOAA (http://thesop.org/story/science/2007/04/27/the-next-11-year-cycle-of-solar-storms-will-start-in-march-and-peak-in-late-2011.php#) Space Environment Center led the prediction panel and issued the forecast at its annual Space Weather (http://thesop.org/story/science/2007/04/27/the-next-11-year-cycle-of-solar-storms-will-start-in-march-and-peak-in-late-2011.php#) Workshop in Boulder, Colo. NASA (http://thesop.org/story/science/2007/04/27/the-next-11-year-cycle-of-solar-storms-will-start-in-march-and-peak-in-late-2011.php#) sponsored the panel.
http://thesop.org/story/science/2007/04/27/the-next-11-year-cycle-of-solar-storms-will-start-in-march-and-peak-in-late-2011.php
Plenty of time for obamalamadingdong to issue an executive order rescinding the first amendment (for those of you unwilling to embrace all knowing liberalism), the second amendment (for those of you unwilling to trust the government to protect your life and liberty), and the fourth amendment (for those of you hiding Oreo cookies from his wookiewife.
[Coffee]
StagLefty
02-17-2011, 19:50
I just flinched when the motion sensor porch light came on -I thought I was a goner. [ROFL1]
Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Learn to swim.
Sadly at this point in time i am more concerned with keeping my bacon from burning and smoking up the house. unless the solar flare effects my bacon cooking i am not going to worry about it
Troublco
02-17-2011, 21:43
I'm a lot more worried about somebody having a bad case of Colon-al Mass Ejection than this other stuff....[ROFL1]
Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Learn to swim.
I love this song. It's like the ultimate SHTF anthem.
Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCEeAn6_QJo [NSFW]
H.
haha AT&T users! your service will suck even more now[ROFL1]
Byte Stryke
02-17-2011, 23:34
haha AT&T users! your service will suck even more now[ROFL1]
[Shake]
Ive been back 14 months now and I had 1 dropped call...
in the mountains.
Haters gonna hate
theGinsue
02-17-2011, 23:40
You people crack me up.
That said, I guess this all means that those eggs I dropped on the sidewalk won't be cooked in time for breakfast? Damn. Now on to Plan B.
I love this song. It's like the ultimate SHTF anthem.
Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCEeAn6_QJo [NSFW]
H.
it's awesome live
[Shake]
Ive been back 14 months now and I had 1 dropped call...
in the mountains.
Haters gonna hate
your post means nothing without your patented smiley: [Eek3]
besides, you know you have only made 2 calls in the last 14 months. 50% isn't that good[LOL][Tooth]
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