Storm Warning: Solar Storm

smartaiguy · Post by **smartaiguy** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 1:54 pm

Look out for the solar storm today, supposed to be 100 times bigger than the last! Satellites and cell phones could be going haywire!

Check out

http://www.spaceweather.com

for the latest space weather!

Jack Ruby · Post by **Jack Ruby** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 1:59 pm

Very interesting, I wonder if the US power grid will fail again, it did before during a solar storm.

I am gonna make myself a tin foil hat so my brain doesn't get fried ( well anymore than it already is).

smartaiguy · Post by **smartaiguy** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 2:01 pm

[Spec Ops] Jack Ruby wrote:Very interesting, I wonder if the US power grid will fail again, it did before during a solar storm.

I am gonna make myself a tin foil hat so my brain doesn't get fried ( well anymore than it already is).

Hah, wouldn't doubt there's going to power problems. Several years ago in 95 or so, I think in California there was all kinds of problems with power during a solar storm. I'll be save my work every couple minutes just in case.

Post by **jv_map** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 3:04 pm

I feel like solar sailing

williewisp · Post by **williewisp** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 3:30 pm

i'd say it'd put on some light show at the north pole!!(or is it somerwhere else?

Jack Ruby · Post by **Jack Ruby** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:05 pm

I read earlier that it might even show an aurora as far south as texas and florida, I live in England so maybe will get a show here tonight

smartaiguy · Post by **smartaiguy** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:41 pm

willie the wisp wrote:i'd say it'd put on some light show at the north pole!!(or is it somerwhere else?

There's always the aroura up north, but like jack said above I think it is supposed to bring it southwards.

Heh, we had power problems today, don't know if it was related to the storm or not.

smartaiguy · Post by **smartaiguy** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:44 pm

jv_map wrote:I feel like solar sailing

yes actually that is possible. I think it was the Galeilo space probe that just finished its mission to Juptier, that solar sailed. It had some kind of parachute thing that caught the solar wind and took it to juptier!

Jack Ruby · Post by **Jack Ruby** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 11:01 pm

I just went outside to take a look at the sky, maybe my only chance to see the aurora and its cloudy and raining

smartaiguy · Post by **smartaiguy** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 12:03 am

same here, go figure

HDL_CinC_Dragon · Post by **HDL_CinC_Dragon** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:57 am

[Spec Ops] Jack Ruby wrote:Very interesting, I wonder if the US power grid will fail again, it did before during a solar storm.

I am gonna make myself a tin foil hat so my brain doesn't get fried ( well anymore than it already is).

i thought tin hats were so the aliens couldnt read your minds? Have i been walking around with tin lined hats for no reason?! lol, J/k