solar flares

[John Marwood]

Gilbert just ran over a huffin n puffin

Seems he thinks we are about to be hit by a solar flare and his Atari ST maight go on the blink

Any words of wisdom for the old soak?

 

[joshua]

Tin foil hats are very stylish around town these days.

 

[Withnail]

The ejection of particles burst from the right limb of the sun and sprayed into space, so the blast will miss Earth—though the explosion may brighten auroras near Earth's poles...

Aurora activity possible.

Agitation unnecessary.

 

[Gramaisc]

Only a loon would be worried about flares.

 

[John Marwood]

Only a loon would be worried about flares.

I think you struck a cord

 

[John Marwood]

The ejection of particles burst from the right limb of the sun and sprayed into space, so the blast will miss Earth—though the explosion may brighten auroras near Earth's poles...

Aurora activity possible.

Agitation unnecessary.

Enough to tan a toddler?

He's clearly in LaLaLand and has been since his audience with the Archbishop and the hammer thrower up at Riso

 

[Withnail]

None of that is my concern.

Apart from the hammer.

I'd very much like it back thanks.

 

[Withnail]

to a tin-foil-hatted Gilbert, this is an accident waiting to be rolled out on 24 hour news channels;

it will take some time to calculate the energy and mass of electrons and protons blasted into space. But... the volume occupied a space hundreds of times bigger than a single Earth.

If one of these powerful flares—and its coronal mass ejection—faces Earth, the particles will pound satellite components with charged particles, short some out, and potentially cripple them.

On the planet's surface, extra currents of solar particles drive extra electric current through power lines and heat them up. A solar storm in 1859, for example, caused telegraph lines to burst into flames. Power companies distribute loads to avoid such a disaster, but energetic solar storms could still blow transformers and lead to power outages...

"Despite great countermeasures, the power grid is still vulnerable. We could be in for some serious problems,"

It's not just a pile of pants.

space

 

[John Marwood]

http://cdn.pocket-lint.com/images/yKag/t-mobile-slashes-mobile-data-0.jpg?20110111-091337 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Logo_Ligne_B.png/50px-Logo_Ligne_B.pnghttp://www.westingourmet.co.uk/media/f-word-logo.gif to a tin-foil-hatted Gilbert, this is an accident waiting to be rolled out on 24 hour news channels;

it will take some time to calculate the energy and mass of electrons and protons blasted into space. But... the volume occupied a space hundreds of times bigger than a single Earth.

If one of these powerful flares—and its coronal mass ejection—faces Earth, the particles will pound satellite components with charged particles, short some out, and potentially cripple them.

On the planet's surface, extra currents of solar particles drive extra electric current through power lines and heat them up. A solar storm in 1859, for example, caused telegraph lines to burst into flames. Power companies distribute loads to avoid such a disaster, but energetic solar storms could still blow transformers and lead to power outages...

"Despite great countermeasures, the power grid is still vulnerable. We could be in for some serious problems,"

It's not just a pile of pants.
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space

Wow

No comms

No power

TedHeathageddon

 

[Gramaisc]

Ted Heath - the patron saint of astronomers.

Haven't see the Milky Way here since he was 'in charge'..