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cphilip
10-24-2003, 02:00 PM
Just got this email

Subject: ADVISORY: Geomagnetic Disturbance

A POSSIBLE STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM IS
HEADED TOWARDS THE EARTH AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH EARTH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON OCTOBER 24, 2003. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF OUTAGES
AND INTERRUPTIONS OF CELL PHONE AND PAGER SERVICE BECAUSE OF
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE. SATELLITES ARE ALSO VERY VULNERABLE
TO SOLAR ACTIVITY. SOLAR ACTIVITY IS RATED ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 5
WITH 5 BEING THE MOST INTENSE. THE STORM APPROACHING IS
EXPECTED TO BE A 3, OR MODERATE.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS INCIDENT visit...

http://www.emergencyemail.org/solar2003oct.html

THE EMERGENCY EMAIL & WIRELESS NETWORK
http://www.emergencyemail.org/
Brak
10-24-2003, 02:12 PM
does it make my brain explode?
cphilip
10-24-2003, 02:16 PM
Yours? Probably.... take cover immediately. I suggest you walk around the rest of the day with a Large Aluminum Colander on your head. That should diffuse it. And send us a picture of that would ya? :cool:
-=Squid=-
10-24-2003, 02:30 PM
My cell phone is working just fine...Or is this one of those deals like y2k, where its no big deal, but they make it seem as though it is?
FactsOfLife
10-24-2003, 03:23 PM
No, there is a major sunspot group on the sun that had a very sizeable coronal mass ejection a couple of days ago.

One thing it can do is knock out power grids. It can also cause electrical problems with satellites, cell phone towers, and tv signals.

For the most part though it'll just cause some minor interference in radio devices.

On the plus side, usually when you get activity of this magnitude, you get an unusually high lever of coronal activity.

this means go out when it's dark and if it's clear, look north, you may get to see a very good Aurora Borealis(northern lights) display.
gimp
10-24-2003, 03:46 PM
Well. Better stock up on the beer.
OfficerGoat
10-24-2003, 04:25 PM
better wrap your hard disks in magnets in order to prevent the sun spots from deleting your data.... he he he he ... sorry.. time for me to go to bed now..lol ;)
FactsOfLife
10-24-2003, 05:05 PM
Originally posted by gimp
Well. Better stock up on the beer.

Dos Equis es mui bueno!
PyRo
10-24-2003, 05:52 PM
Reason #431 that I don't have a cell phone and pagor
XzIpK21
10-24-2003, 07:10 PM
Hmm, this may have been why my Radio made some weird *** sounds today, scared teh crap outta me.
PyRo
10-24-2003, 07:25 PM
Damn solar storms always comming down here and messing with us, why cannot they just stay in space? :)
Maybie it will change the orbit of the earth and send us directly into the sun?
FalconGuy016
10-24-2003, 09:24 PM
Man, I was wondering why my cell phone exploded
PyRo
10-25-2003, 11:38 AM
Hmm, exploding cell phones, I think some countries use those to get rid of people they don't like.
alkafluence
10-25-2003, 02:06 PM
It may also make wireless internet connectivity a bit more spotty as it may cause possible interference.
logamus
10-25-2003, 02:11 PM
Originally posted by PyRo
Damn solar storms always comming down here and messing with us, why cannot they just stay in space? :)
Maybie it will change the orbit of the earth and send us directly into the sun?

wouldnt that just be great. the earth is way overrated anyway.
PyRo
10-25-2003, 02:55 PM
True, we only have what a few billion years before the sun goes through its dying star thing, gets really big and we all die anyway.
WicKeD_WaYz
10-25-2003, 03:14 PM
well damn it was hot today. I dont like solar storms
FalconGuy016
10-25-2003, 03:27 PM
Originally posted by WicKeD_WaYz
well damn it was hot today. I dont like solar storms

No, they arent much fun at all arent they? At first its like "Whoa thats awesome! Lets go outside"

5 minutes later

"This sucks, I hate solar storms, screw you sun"
WicKeD_WaYz
10-25-2003, 03:28 PM
ya i went as far as flipping off the sun.
FalconGuy016
10-25-2003, 04:11 PM
Originally posted by WicKeD_WaYz
ya i went as far as flipping off the sun.

Whoa now... lets get a little softer, you dont want your agression getting to you that much. Does the sun have a choice? Maybe... but can you do anything about it? No, so just calmly let the sun know that you dislike its actions and you want to work things out. If it responds with a particularily intense solar flare, flip it off
PaInTbAlLeR476
10-25-2003, 08:23 PM
The power went out in my school friday maybe it was solar flares blowing up:)
PyRo
10-25-2003, 09:30 PM
I threw a rock at the sun once...
sharpshooter1286
10-25-2003, 10:02 PM
THATS WHAT HIT ME WHEN I FELL OFF MY BIKE
PyRo
10-25-2003, 10:07 PM
No, it hit the sun.
yeahthatsme
10-25-2003, 10:07 PM
so basically the sun just popped a major pimple?
BobTheCow
10-26-2003, 06:29 AM
Dude, flipping off the sun is just stupid... you NEED the sun, okay?? As much as you might try and deny it, you are NOTHING without big mr. sunshine coming up every morning. Now... the sun has no incentive whatsoever to feel the same way about you. You're just another worthless sunlight-guzzling, intollerant, ungrateful sack of vitamin K that occasionally wears a pair of sunglasses, pissing off that sun guy just that much more.

Hmph.
WicKeD_WaYz
10-26-2003, 12:58 PM
im more of a snow person myself