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Tim Kettring - 29 Oct 2003 18:07 GMT

The radio said last night that there was some kind of charged particles that
could damage satelites today at mid-day . Anybody know anything about this ?
I hope the electric doesn't go out . They said somewhere other than the US
had electric grid damage/failure in the late 1990s over a similar event .

Thanks , tim

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MrBill - 29 Oct 2003 18:15 GMT

There was a large solar flare yesterday, expected to reach the earth
today or tomorrow. Information, and great pix pictures, at
www.noaa.gov, and http://spaceweather.com. Third largest flare since
they started recording in 1976, rated an S3 (S5 being the strongest).

Depending on where you live, you might get treated to showing of the
Aurora borealis much further south than it usually can be see. Can
affect GPSs for a couple of days, I'm not sure about wireless networks
MrBill

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Pete - 28 Oct 2003 08:49 GMT

>There was a large solar flare yesterday, expected to reach the earth
>today or tomorrow. Information, and great pix pictures, at
>www.noaa.gov, and http://spaceweather.com. Third largest flare since
>they started recording in 1976, rated an S3 (S5 being the strongest).

Isn't that the one which took out the eastern seaboard of US
power grid?

>Depending on where you live, you might get treated to showing of the
>Aurora borealis much further south than it usually can be see. Can
>affect GPSs for a couple of days, I'm not sure about wireless networks
>MrBill

The US has a satalite midway between earth and the sun to
detect the magnetic polarity of a flare heading our way. It
seems that if the polarity is opposite to the earths
magnetosphere it won't be the Aurora you see.

Pete

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Annette - 30 Oct 2003 15:54 GMT

> There was a large solar flare yesterday, expected to reach the earth
> today or tomorrow. Information, and great pix pictures, at
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> affect GPSs for a couple of days, I'm not sure about wireless networks
> MrBill

Apparently the Aurora borealis was seen from here on Tues night. I
wasn't looking.

Annette

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Vicki Beausoleil - 30 Oct 2003 18:30 GMT

> > There was a large solar flare yesterday, expected to reach the
> earth
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The Aurora borealis can only be seen in the northern hemisphere. What
you saw was the Aurora Australis.

The dish for the TV has been a bit iffy for a few days, but no loss of
signal. I don't use a cell, so I wouldn't know about that.

No sign of Aurora borealis, but it has been cloudy for a couple of days.
We get events every winter, some better than others. When I lived in
northern Ontario, we would have some spectacular events. The best events
I ever saw was when I worked in a mining camp on the eastern shore of
Great Bear Lake. I left in the month of October, and the best shows are
in the winter. The old guys would say that the aurora 'sing', and cause
travelers to lose their way.

Vicki

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Annette - 31 Oct 2003 14:30 GMT

> > > There was a large solar flare yesterday, expected to reach the
> > earth
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> The Aurora borealis can only be seen in the northern hemisphere. What
> you saw was the Aurora Australis.

You are quite right of course! You can see how much interest I take
in such things. I have seen movies of the borealis, and must admit
that one does look spectacular.

Annette.

> The dish for the TV has been a bit iffy for a few days, but no loss of
> signal. I don't use a cell, so I wouldn't know about that.
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>
> Vicki

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