Originally posted by Chris Crossland
We're all gonna die! This is it gents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol you're the only one prepared for it
ChemEnhanced
I'm gonna stock up on some frozen white castle burgers
tubularbills
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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
I'm gonna stock up on some frozen Krystal burgers
:o
ChemEnhanced
Zharen
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Originally posted by meriter
The Earth's magnetic poles have been shifting for a while. Magnetic north is no longer where it was 10 years ago.
Still feels the same to me ;)
Chris Crossland
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Originally posted by Zharen
Still feels the same to me ;)
Indeed!
But I raise you...
Quazar
It's been an odd winter so far here in LA, too. Obviously our seasons are more subtle, but the first real rainy day was today. Usually it rains once every couple of weeks or so starting in November. It's been unusually dry.
ChemEnhanced
its the beginning of the end
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A massive solar storm is hurtling towards the Earth after the biggest eruption on the sun in six years.
The radiation storm is expected to create spectacular displays of the Northern Lights - but there are fears it could also disrupt communications, damage satellites and cause power grid outages at northern latitudes.
Sightings of aurora borealis (the Northern lights) have already been reported across the north of Britain, as far south as Northumberland, after an earlier solar flare on Sunday.
That first, moderate flare triggered the release of billions of tons of charged particles from the sun’s atmosphere, now travelling towards the earth at speeds of up to 1400 miles per second, according to Nasa's Goddard Space Weather Centre.
This was a big solar storm, the biggest one for years and that will affect satellites; it will cause some satellite computers to reboot, it will cause some communications difficulties in northern latitudes, but it's not big enough to cause problems to sat-nav and things like that.
Dr David Whitehouse, astronomer
Astronomer Dr David Whitehouse told Sky News: "A storm took place on the surface of the sun on Sunday and that sends a stream of particles towards the earth.
"When they strike the upper atmosphere at the poles, they create these shimmering lights; these red and green curtains and streamers of light that move.
"There's no other light in the night sky that’s as ghostly, as mysterious and as wonderful as the aurora."
Dr Whitehouse explained how the ethereal light appears to move in the night sky.
"These particles are striking the atmosphere, rather like water from a garden hose, and as the hose moves around it’s striking different parts of the atmosphere.
"It is a common sight in the north of Scotland, Scandinavia and Canada, but when there is a big storm it’s possible to see them further south so it’s always worth going out to have a look."
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Northern Lights
The Northern lights captured on Shetland Isles. Photo: Ross Mackenzie
Dr Whitehouse said the storm could cause some disruption to satellites and radio communications.
"This was a big solar storm, the biggest one for years and that will affect satellites; it will cause some satellite computers to reboot, it will cause some communications difficulties in northern latitudes, but it's not big enough to cause problems to sat-nav and things like that.
"There are problems from solar storms but you need bigger ones than this to worry most people."
The biggest danger from the storm is to astronauts in space by exposing them to excessive radiation. But Nasa says the six astronauts on the International Space Station will not have to take any special protective measures.
Nasa physicist Antti Pulkkinen said a solar eruption is followed by a "one-two-three punch".
He said: "First comes electromagnetic radiation, followed by radiation in the form of protons. Then, finally the coronal mass ejection - the plasma from the Sun itself - hits.
"The plasma causes much of the noticeable problems on Earth, such as electrical grid outages.
"In 1989, a solar storm caused a massive blackout in Quebec. It can also pull the northern lights further south."
The main coronal mass ejection - or solar storm - is expected to reach the earth later.
Silky Johnson
Haven't you ever heard of La Nina? Shiiiiiet.
Omega_Blue
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Originally posted by Miss Pie
Haven't you ever heard of La Nina? Shiiiiiet.
it means, "The Nina"
*the more you know
Silky Johnson
:stongue:
tubularbills
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Originally posted by tubularbills
2 folks died in Alabama from the tornados that ripped thru during the overnight hours. A moderate box from SPC is kinda rare for January.
