Hi Guys,
Ok, Tin foil hat time WISPA . (not really!) As many of you folks know, I live and work in Southeast Missouri. My Grannies, Granny experienced the New Madrid EQ almost two hundred years ago. >From the stories passed down, I can defiantly say, it was a devastating event. All eyes of the world are now on the poor island of Japan. They have hit the trifecta! Earthquake, Tsunami and multiple nuclear meltdowns in progress. The potential of the nuclear fallout traveling to the United States is real and should not be ignored. Last night I was watching a Geiger counter in Tokyo, it was @ 22.11 when I feel asleep and this morning is 28.66 - (when CPM gets to 60> it starts getting bad). http://www.ustream.tv/channel/%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB% E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF We are hoping there is not a 'China Syndrome' in progress . (I just dated myself . lol). There has been a large group of folks, included myself, trying to search for a clue of how can we tell if these devastating earthquake events are about to unfold. We believe we have stumbled onto something and so far, it is proving to be somewhat accurate. We have actually been looking at this possibility for the past four years, but up until recently with the Churchchrist New Zealand quake the Japan quake, we did not have enough data. Ok, if you are still reading this . follow me ;-) We are now in a Solar maximum <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_maximum> , versus the Solar minimum. This means that the Sun is at its maximum activity, bringing with it potential for solar flares. This is due to the 'Precession of the Equinox <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_precession_(astronomy)> ' . this is something even my Granny was familiar with, as the Farmer's Almanac makes its 'predictions' on crop planting by the cycles of the planets. As we all learn in 6th grade about the orbits of the plants in our Solar System, the Solar System has its own rotation in our Universe. Every once in a while, 3,600 years or so, the planets align. This causes even greater agitation within the Sun. Planets are protected by a Magnetosphere, just like magnets . they attract and push away. When this alignment occurs, it causes disturbances not only with the Sun, but with our planet as well. When the Sun experiences a Solar Flare of M> it is time to be watching the data. Here are a few great links: Solar Flare <http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_1m.html> monitor for X-Ray events. X-Ray Absorption <http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/drap/index.html> - this is very important. Magnetosphere <http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/> for pressure of the Solar Wind <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind> . When a Solar Flare occurs, there is an immediate cast off of X-Rays from the Sun. Once we receive notification of a earth directed M Class> flare we go to the X-Ray Absorption monitor and see where the X-Ray is hitting earth. This occurs usually about 8 to 10 minutes after the flare. The depending on magnitude of the flare, a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) will arrive 24-48 hours later. This is proving to be the catalyst to the quake. With the last two X Class flares of this year, the X-Ray Absorption hit New Zealand and the second hit Japan! One-time we say coincidence, twice . well, that is good enough for me to say that there is a correlation and to keep a watchful eye. The region my family and I live in, is within the New Madrid Fault Zone, I have reason to be concerned. What this theory gives us is, time. If this becomes factual (need a few more X class flares) than what we have discovered is a window of time to prepare. Ok, what in the world does this have to do with fixed wireless? Everything! In 1859 there was this guy named Carrington <http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/06may_carringtonf lare/> , he actually witnessed a Solar flare. The events that later took place, today, would have every WISP concerned: "Even more disconcerting, telegraph systems worldwide went haywire. Spark discharges shocked telegraph operators and set the telegraph paper on fire. Even when telegraphers disconnected the batteries powering the lines, aurora-induced electric currents in the wires still allowed messages to be transmitted." http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/06may_carringtonfl are/ Understand that there are two issues here. One is the heating of the earth with a dense particle X-Ray, which could trigger earthquakes, even volcano's. We can locate this area by looking at the X-Ray Absorption and where it occurred. The second is the earth bound CME. Some may think that when the earth rotates and they are not on the Sun facing side, that they are shielded from this event . So far that looks to be accurate (remember we only have limited data). So my question is this . If you knew your network was going to get hit by a CME and you had 24 - 48 hours to protect it, could you? How would you accomplish this? BTW- I turned off the SyFi channel years ago ;-) Thanks for your indulgence! 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