SOLAR WARNING 24/01/2012

[Zyraz]

Well if the solar flare was directed directly at us , it could have been a bit of a problem because of radio and electronics disturbances.

Olckers said that if a CME had to hit the Earth squarely, it would result in devastating consequences.
"Full frontal [hit] that's bad news because it was really energetic."
Internet, satellite and telephone communications could have been disrupted, he added.
Scientists recognise three major categories of solar flares. X-class flares are big and are major events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts. M-class flares are medium-sized; they can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth's polar regions. C-class flares are small with few noticeable consequences here on Earth.

Unfortunately people tend to over react on news like this because most people do not bother to read past the title , nevermind the first paragraph ...

 

[daveza]

I went outside and i feel no ill effects.

Wait until it's dark.....

 

[killadoob]

http://www.handpen.com/Bio/sun_freaks.html

Should be an interesting year with plenty solar activity. The planet should warm a bit and this time nobody can place the blame on global warming. Amazingly it will be the sun

 

[I.am.Sam]

Wait until it's dark.....

will i get moon burnt

 

[daveza]

will i get moon burnt

Let's just say you won't need to turn the lights on.

 

[The_Ogre]

Let's just say you won't need to turn the lights on.

 

[waynegohl]

wait....WAIT!!!!!!!!!!

I SMELL WHITE MEAT BURNING AND I KNOW I DON'T HAVE PORK COOKING IN MY HOUSE!!!!!!!!

don't venture outdoors.

 

[I.am.Sam]

Let's just say you won't need to turn the lights on.

but i sleep with the light off

did uncle wayne get roasted

 

[waynegohl]

but i sleep with the light off

did uncle wayne get roasted

sjoe, a close call, I dropped and rolled now I have a glass window in my sandpit.

 

[I.am.Sam]

sjoe, a close call, I dropped and rolled now I have a glass window in my sandpit.

eish ...next time apply sun block and not paint

 

[waynegohl]

I'll never learn.

 

[killadoob]

Isn't it suppose to happen tomorrow though? Why are you guys looking outside?

 

[daveza]

It happened yesterday apparently.

 

[Nokkie]

its way past 4pm and nothing happened, Oh well...

 

[waynegohl]

Now we have an idea of how 21/12/12 later this year with all the confusion.

"Am I still alive?"
"yes, it's only tomorrow"
"no you an angel, it happened yesterday".

 

[killadoob]

It happened yesterday apparently.

BBC's headline reads:

Earth lashed by solar blah blah on wednesday, something along those lines. I will link the article when i get home.

 

[daveza]

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/No-need-to-panic-over-solar-flare-20120124

If you were going to die [from a solar flare] you would have died yesterday [Monday] because the explosion on the sun happened yesterday morning," Kobus Olckers, space weather officer at the Ises Regional Space Weather Warning Centre in Hermanus told News24.

 

[Nokkie]

Cr*p always miss these things when I sleep late...

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/No-need-to-panic-over-solar-flare-20120124