On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 01:11, Seak, Teng-Fong wrote: > "By tomorrow" means 24 October? Strange that EM wave from the Sun > would take days to reach the Earth instead of 8 minutes :-D
Not really.... the flares visible portion is traveling at the speed of light yes, but the flare itself is traveling at a much slower speed. (Damn fast instead of fscking fast.) james > > John Wilson wrote: > > >On October 23, 2003 07:17 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > > > >>I just heard on Fox news that a pseudo-solar flare has erupted on the > >>sun, and we now have a massive wave of electromagnetic energy and > >>particles headed our way. It's due to hit tommorrow. No kidding. > >> > >>Supposedly the max rating for such a storm is "G5", this storm is > >>supposed to be "G3" or so. Satellite communications might be disrupted > >>and they say cell phone communications are at risk as well. Anything > >>that's wireless may be affected. I will probably definitely be affected > >>since my internet connection is satellite uplink. > >> > >>Anyways, watch out for voltage spikes and stuff like that. > >> > >> > >>LX > >> > >> > > > > > >Dunno what Fox was on about but you can no more get a voltage spike from solar > >flares than you can from making tea. :-) > > > >What you do get is messed up satellite communications and the probability of > >all communications running through the air of messing up at some high point > >and at some frequency levels. As cell phones operate in a vulnerable > >frequency range it's a good bet. > > > >There is every possibility, depending on the severity of the storm that some > >broadcast fequencies will be messed up as well. Things like Short Wave, for > >example. > > > >AC voltage operates at the relatively sluggish rate of 60Hz, far below the > >10000 GHz and higher range that these things generally affect. > > > >What those like Femme may be able to see is a spectacular display of the > >Northern Lights, assuming it's a clear night. Sadly, I won't see much. Too > >much light from the city and far too many large mountains in the way. :) > > > >For those of us in the telecom biz it means we get to cover a monsterous > >number of sins of ommission and commission by blaming it all on the sun. :-) > > > >ttfn > > > >John > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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