MaxedOutMama
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Sun has hissing, spitting fit. Democratic?
One wonders. Even Democratic Underground was not this excited by the inauguration:
Well, I laughed, anyway.
Since 14 January alone, it has unleashed at least 17 medium and five large solar flares from a single sunspot cluster. Forecasters at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expect medium to high solar activity to continue until 23 January.More seriously, there has been an unusual amount of these solar storms in the last few years. At Slashdot, the a person said in the discussion on this story that he saw the sunspot with his naked eyes. If you are feeling low and crabby this morning there are lots of hilarious nerdy jokes posted at the forum.
"Having so many big flares from one particular region of the Sun is quite something," says Bernhard Fleck, project scientist for the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory satellite.
The X-rays produced by the flares did not rise to the level of the notorious solar storms of October and November 2003, but in terms of high-energy protons, this is the largest radiation storm since October 1989.
Well, I laughed, anyway.
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If there is any damage as the result of this event the wackos will claim President Bush knew about it in advance.
If there is some monetary loss the U.N. will request billions of dollars to help - without ever feeling the need to present an audit of where the money went.
If it is noticed as something out of the norm then radical Muslims will say it's a sign from Allah that they will be victorious against the big evil satan.
To me? Well it's another post for our MaxedOutMama!
http://wheresyourbrain.blogspot.com/
If there is some monetary loss the U.N. will request billions of dollars to help - without ever feeling the need to present an audit of where the money went.
If it is noticed as something out of the norm then radical Muslims will say it's a sign from Allah that they will be victorious against the big evil satan.
To me? Well it's another post for our MaxedOutMama!
http://wheresyourbrain.blogspot.com/
MOM, all I have to say about that is I wouldn't go looking at the sun with my "naked eyes" trying to find sunspots! Might be the last thing you ever see.
Would you send me your e-mail address? Can't find it! (I obviously want to send you a message, but that can be our secret!)
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Would you send me your e-mail address? Can't find it! (I obviously want to send you a message, but that can be our secret!)
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