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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: twighead]
#13989896 - 02/19/11 12:50 PM (13 years, 13 days ago) |
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I don't know what the odds are myself. It depends on a lot of factors if it would knock any grids out but potentially it could which is pretty cool
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twighead
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: nice1]
#13989909 - 02/19/11 12:53 PM (13 years, 13 days ago) |
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No cellphones, no TV... almost outweighs the negatives
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: twighead]
#13990225 - 02/19/11 02:12 PM (13 years, 13 days ago) |
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if, and thats a big if, global communication networks are affected by these events that would definitely cause a full economic collapse. i know that its very pessimistic, but in my opinion i would welcome some drastic change.
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: monkiman]
#13990245 - 02/19/11 02:17 PM (13 years, 13 days ago) |
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can we still has shroomery?
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: realfuzzhead]
#13990278 - 02/19/11 02:26 PM (13 years, 13 days ago) |
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realfuzzhead said: can we still has shroomery?
i will be so sad if its gone.       
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: monkiman] 1
#13990288 - 02/19/11 02:28 PM (13 years, 13 days ago) |
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we need a back up, lik we need to run a bunch of noob phone lines across the country, the ones with the two tin cans on either end and the string connecting them.
the pu would be bumpin lol.
or we need everyne to become a supporter, havin ythan buy a huge plot of land in nebraska or someshit, and if the interwbz ever goes down we all know to meet up there, and bring mad dro0gz
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: realfuzzhead]
#13991712 - 02/19/11 07:15 PM (13 years, 13 days ago) |
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realfuzzhead said: we need a back up, lik we need to run a bunch of noob phone lines across the country, the ones with the two tin cans on either end and the string connecting them.
the pu would be bumpin lol.
or we need everyne to become a supporter, havin ythan buy a huge plot of land in nebraska or someshit, and if the interwbz ever goes down we all know to meet up there, and bring mad dro0gz
yes!yes!yes!
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: monkiman]
#13991962 - 02/19/11 08:10 PM (13 years, 13 days ago) |
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Dunno said: so what is the worst possible scenario that can come from this?
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twighead said: The return of Quetzalcoatl and the exiled mayans in 2012, and subsequent annihilation of the planet.

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Bodhi of Ankou said: one or two work weeks are cancelled, billions and billions in dollars of electronics damages are caused and the critically ill that need life support, etc would die. Worst case.
Thought you quit the shroomery last week 
Called it. From your going away thread:
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deCypher said: I'll give you a week, maybe two tops. They always come back. 
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realfuzzhead said: can we still has shroomery?
i will be so sad if its gone.        
Same.
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: deCypher]
#14006173 - 02/22/11 07:31 AM (13 years, 11 days ago) |
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: nice1]
#14006471 - 02/22/11 09:30 AM (13 years, 11 days ago) |
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this is only happening because you want it to so that it fits your world view
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: Olympus Mons]
#14006507 - 02/22/11 09:42 AM (13 years, 11 days ago) |
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Apparently so.
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: nice1]
#14006923 - 02/22/11 11:41 AM (13 years, 11 days ago) |
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This stuff would like never happen though man, you guys are just like conspiracy theorists and everything you say is like...bullshit.
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: Bodhi of Ankou]
#14007447 - 02/22/11 01:17 PM (13 years, 10 days ago) |
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Bodhi of Ankou said: This stuff would like never happen though man, you guys are just like conspiracy theorists and everything you say is like...bullshit.
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: nice1]
#14008622 - 02/22/11 05:02 PM (13 years, 10 days ago) |
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These guys are so scientific that they became anti-scientific
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: nice1] 2
#14008878 - 02/22/11 05:48 PM (13 years, 10 days ago) |
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My lightbulb just flickered again! That's it. I'm wrapping my whole house in foil and putting my hard drive into a 6" lead box.
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: Mr E Guest] 2
#14009091 - 02/22/11 06:25 PM (13 years, 10 days ago) |
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the world would prolly be a better place without the contents of your hard drive
in related knews ive become privy to information regarding space whales and how our gov has been using them to make the earth move
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: Bodhi of Ankou] 1
#14009146 - 02/22/11 06:39 PM (13 years, 10 days ago) |
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Bodhi of Ankou said: This stuff would like never happen though man, you guys are just like conspiracy theorists and everything you say is like...bullshit.
Naw bro, you guys are just close-minded or even worse, pawns of the establishment. Anyone who doesn't think the next solar flare will destroy civilization as we know it and throw humanity into a short period of absolute chaos punctuated by disaster, destruction and death and quickly followed by the rise of our new Reptilian Overlords is just blind to the truth.
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: Olympus Mons]
#14009275 - 02/22/11 07:04 PM (13 years, 10 days ago) |
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Olympus Mons said: This shit isnt even news, it was interesting to me that theyre now making it mainstream.
What do you think, they trying to attract people into this field?
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: nice1]
#14009330 - 02/22/11 07:16 PM (13 years, 10 days ago) |
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Shit, I'm horrible with directions. Without my GPS I'll be stuck within 10 miles of my house at all times.
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Re: Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA [Re: Olympus Mons]
#14009406 - 02/22/11 07:30 PM (13 years, 10 days ago) |
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Olympus Mons said: 50 mins ago WASHINGTON (AFP) – A powerful solar eruption that triggered a huge geomagnetic storm has disturbed radio communications and could disrupt electrical power grids, radio and satellite communication in the next days, NASA said.
A strong wave of charged plasma particles emanating from the Jupiter-sized sun spot, the most powerful seen in four years, has already disrupted radio communication in southern China.
The Class X flash -- the largest such category -- erupted at 0156 GMT Tuesday, according to the US space agency. "X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events that can trigger radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms," disturbing telecommunications and electric grids, NASA said Wednesday.
Geomagnetic storms usually last 24 to 48 hours -- but some could last for many days, read a statement from the US National Weather Service. "Ground to air, ship to shore, short-wave broadcast and amateur radio are vulnerable to disruption during geomagnetic storms. Navigation systems like GPS can also be adversely affected."
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory said it saw a large coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the flash blasting toward Earth at about 560 miles per second (900 kilometers per second).
The flare spread from Active Region 1158 in the sun's southern hemisphere, which had so far lagged behind the northern hemisphere in flash activity. It followed several smaller flares in recent days. "The calm before the storm," read a statement on the US National Weather Service Space Weather Prediction Service. "Three CMEs are enroute, all a part of the Radio Blackout events on February 13, 14, and 15 (UTC). The last of the three seems to be the fastest and may catch both of the forerunners about mid to late ... February 17."
The China Meteorological Administration reported that the solar flare caused "sudden ionospheric disturbances" in the atmosphere above China and jammed short-wave radio communications in the southern part of the country. The CMA warned there was a high probability that large solar flares would appear over the next three days, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The British Geological Survey (BGS) said meanwhile that the solar storm would result in spectacular Northern Lights displays starting Thursday.
One coronal mass ejection reached Earth on February 14, "sparking Valentine's Day displays of the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) further south than usual."
"Two CMEs are expected to arrive in the next 24-48 hours and further... displays are possible some time over the next two nights if skies are clear," it said.
The office published geomagnetic records dating back to the Victorian era which it hopes will help in planning for future storms. "Life increasingly depends on technologies that didn't exist when the magnetic recordings began," said Alan Thomson, BGS head of geomagnetism.
"Studying the records will tell us what we have to plan and prepare for to make sure systems can resist solar storms," he said. A 2009 report by a panel of scientists assembled by NASA said that a sustained and powerful solar flare outbreak could overwhelm high-voltage transformers with electrical currents and short-circuit energy grids . The report, titled "Severe Space Weather Events -- Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts" warned that such a catastrophic event could cost the United States alone up to two trillion dollars in repairs in the first year -- and it could take up to 10 years to fully recover.
I don't know how HUGE it was, space.com said in 1859 they had one that was something like 30x as strong. Scientists have said this is a very lackluster solar cycle too, so there is no real reason to think a huge storm is coming, unless you have a new article i should read.
" The sun works on an 11-year activity cycle, and it's currently gaining strength. Forecasters now expect peak activity might occur in 2013 or 2014, Rutledge said, though nobody knows for sure.
So more flares and CMEs should be headed our way over the next several years. So far, the sun has been relatively quiescent during this cycle, so perhaps peak activity won't compare to the maxima of previous cycles, researchers said.
But a big, Earth-shaking blast could come screaming at us all the same, and researchers are monitoring the sun closely.
"This has been a remarkably quiet solar cycle," Gurman told SPACE.com. "But that doesn't mean there won't be a big event."
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