-Caveat Lector-
At 11:09 AM 6-30-1999 -0500, Jamie wrote:
>
> Okay, I've seen the pictures of these things, but what's
> suppose to occur here? Magnets falling off the fridge or what?
> Nothing's happening...
Time to relax -- a CME takes 3 or 4 days to reach Earth,
if it's actually headed directly this way. Light photons
take only 8 minutes to reach Earth, but a CME is a plasma
cloud of highly charged ions which travels much slower.
No telling how strong it will be. If it affects the SOHO
or Cassini spacecraft on the way, we'll have a warning
which way the blast is pointed.
Refer to the original post for reports of past CMEs, and
the range of possible effects here on Earth. As Stan said
last night (on with Art Bell), if a really big CME were to
be pointed straight at Earth, it would cook the fish in the
ocean -- and burn up all the crops in the fields -- on the
near side of the planet. Another report claimed its
total energy 'could' boil the Medeterranean Sea entirely
dry in 60 seconds (if focused only in that one location).
Earth would be 'fogged in' for years, if something similar
were to happen.
In March 1989, almost the entire electrical grid supplying
the province of Quebec collapsed - in less than 2 minutes -
due to powerful electrical currents that were induced into
Hydro Quebecs electrical power lines during one of the
strongest geomagnetic storms on record.
Not to worry -- but I'd stay out of airplanes for the next
few days. If I had a metal safe, I'd think about putting
my computer (electronics, etc.) inside, out of harm's way.
Now might be a good time to have a back-up electrical
generator, so your refrigerator stays cold, etc. But then,
nothing at all may happen (this time), who knows ?
emergency power generators:
http://theepicenter.com/tipoweek.html
http://theepicenter.com/tow02077.html
http://popularmechanics.com/popmech/homei/9803HIHIAM.html
The current solar cycle ('Cycle 23') is an 11-year cycle,
'estimated' to peak around March 2000. Solar activity
such as sunspots and solar flares will very likely increase,
and accelerate global warming, hurricanes, volcanos, etc.
The peak of Cycle 23 may last well into 2001. Y2K could be
a real scream. Watch Al Gore try to milk this baby!
2000 Means Trouble For Technology
http://www.fas.org/2000/23sec.htm
Solar Storm Of The Century
http://cbs.aol.com/flat_story_134642.html
Fire in the sky
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990227/fireinthes.html
ROGUE SOLAR STORMS EXPECTED :
http://www.reptoids.com/solar.htm
Effects of Solar Shock Waves On Biological Systems :
http://mypage.direct.ca/g/gcramer/solar.html
BK
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