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Big Ass Solar Flare

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Football_Bat, Jul 13, 2012.

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  1. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    X-class flare erupted Thursday and is headed straight for Earth. It might trigger auroras way south tonight.

    http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/12/major-solar-flare-erupts-from-giant-sunspot/
     
    Football_Bat, Jul 13, 2012
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  2. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Is this about a solar flare or Serena Williams? Or both?
     
    da man, Jul 13, 2012
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  3. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    From a legitimate news source where people actually know something about science, as opposed to the Hysterical Apocalyptic Panic Network, where they do not:


    http://www.space.com/16572-northern-lights-solar-flare-fallout.html
     
    Starman, Jul 13, 2012
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  4. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Coronal Mass Ejection - great name for a band or a cocktail.
     
    DanOregon, Jul 13, 2012
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  5. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    So it says we can expect some gps, radio and power grid destruction, but how bad is my question? will it wipe out a power grid like it did in Quebec in 1989?
     
    Beef03, Jul 13, 2012
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  6. jambalaya

    jambalaya Member

    I'm TOTALLY buying that Star Trek Enterprise-shaped pizza cutter advertised in that space.com pop-up ad!

    Sweeeeeeet!
     
    jambalaya, Jul 13, 2012
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  7. Greenhorn

    Greenhorn Active Member

    I always wondered what BASF stood for.
     
    Greenhorn, Jul 13, 2012
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  8. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    A BASF in 2006 caused Northern Lights as far south as Texas. I saw them and didn't know what I was looking at, at first.
     
    Football_Bat, Jul 13, 2012
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  9. lone star scribe

    lone star scribe Guest

    In a related story, Fox News blamed President Obama for doing nothing to halt the spread of solar flares.
     
    lone star scribe, Jul 13, 2012
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  10. mb

    mb Active Member

    They didn't make the solar flare. They made the solar flare better.
     
    mb, Jul 13, 2012
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  11. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    MSNBC's Al Sharpton wants to know why George Bush didn't let the the sun shine as brightly in African American neighborhoods
     
    heyabbott, Jul 13, 2012
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  12. crimsonace

    crimsonace Well-Known Member

    FYI, the story linked above from FNC was written by space.com.
     
    crimsonace, Jul 13, 2012
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