Re: [Vo]:It's the Big One

2011-09-28 Thread Terry Blanton
Sunspot 1302 is waning. I guess we avoided another Carrington Event: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/06may_carringtonflare/ But, a large EMP event is becomes more likely with nuclear proliferation: http://www.futurescience.com/X5DNA/X5DNA.html I guess that I am just

[Vo]:It's the Big One

2011-09-27 Thread Terry Blanton
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2042428/Earth-cross-hairs-huge-solar-storm-caused-sunspot-1302.html A sunspot, 62,000 miles across - so big it would dwarf the Earth - is releasing gigantic solar flares that could in theory wreak havoc with electrical communications ranging from