I was on the 40 meter band this morning and was told that the radiation from the latest solar flare will arrive here sometime tomorrow. My antenna will be uncoupled from the radio tonight!
Mine too, but its not expected to be anything grand, the spacecraft sensor sent down a short 8 second film of it as it hit them, it looks like a big flash followed by a snow shower
I think we will be a bit too far south to see that,.. but I will look out for it
So we are in summertime now, are we near to the DATE you mentioned, or has it passed, it does no harm to have knowledge of these potential events even if nothing occurs, cheers
apparently its supposed to happen in just over a fortnight?
well I hope he's wrong as i'm away touring Europe with some pals and leaving the wife and kids at home. at least they'll be ok, i'll be shafted!
Forecasting solar flares is a lot harder than forecasting weather, and look how often they get that right...
For the past 2 years, the sun has been TOO quiet. As soon as a sunspot gets a look at Earth, it decays and dies... We are not even getting the C and M class flares that we NEED, which could cause a problem greater than that of a mega flare.
Growing food without electricity is easy, not so much during an ice age...
More info :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yy3YJBOw_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuYTcnN7T...QmLZvMz2WU
(It's also worth looking at the links in the video description)