--- Terry wrote: > "According to data from Mount Wilson Observatory, UCLA, more than an entire month has passed without a spot. The last time such an event occurred was June of 1913. Sunspot data has been collected since 1749."
Hmmm... any forebodings there? Weather is normal. Gustav is looking more and more like hot-air-hype - even a convenient planned diversion to avert close scrutiny (and keep Bush/Cheney away as long as possible)? This probably represents the minimum in the eleven-year sunspot cycle and the start of a new cycle. As for triggering a pole reversal, there is no evidence for that so far - but the "magnetic connection" to this anomaly deserves further scrutiny, as sunspots are all about magnetism. I am sure political pundits, and especially Obama supporters, will try to fashion it as the start of a new era of 'spotless politics' or maybe Palin's supporters will switch to the theme of an immaculate conception ;-) Anyway, 1913 was a 'red letter' year in may ways, but it was coincidental to a spotless sun. The First Women's Suffrage protest, War in the Balkans (leading to WWI); The United States Revenue Act of 1913 reimposed the federal income tax; Ford Motor Company introduced the first moving assembly line, reducing assembly time sixfold; the Federal Reserve is created by Woodrow Wilson. We all want to look for 'signs' and omens from the stars. This one looks like it has symbolism written all over it, but don't they all? Jones
