Do we know if these areas suffered any marked increase in loss of electronic systems due to the CME or other solar related events? Scriv
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:21 AM, St. Louis Broadband < [email protected]> wrote: > Ø I don't see a direct causal relationship, it would not totally surprise > me to see a co-causal relationship > > Fred, I am not sure of their relationship, but I am confident that there is > one. > > > > Grounding is defiantly an issue all WISPs need to consider. But it has > been mentioned, if there was adequate warning, that we could also power down > services and that would help in saving the equipment. > > I don’t know if this is factual. > > > > The most important time for communications would be during and after these > events. > > It would be improper of us to not look for a potential solution to protect > our networks, so that we can help with the response. > > > > IMHO. > > > > ~V~ > > > > *From:* Fred Goldstein [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:06 AM > *To:* [email protected]; WISPA General List > > *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] OT (sort of) - Earthquakes and Solar Flares > > > > At 3/15/2011 10:29 AM, you wrote: > > ... > > 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. > > > I don't see any causality between solar activity and earthquakes. The > epicenter of the sendai quake was 25 kilometers below the surface. Plates > move. Quakes happen. Most solar ejecta doesn't penetrate that far down, or > if it's neutrinos, it passes right through. > > So we have two problems, earthquakes and solar crud. We still have to deal > with them, even if one doesn't cause the other. Electrical gear does need > to take this into account. I think good grounding is your friend... > > But even though I don't see a direct causal relationship, it would not > totally surprise me to see a co-causal relationship, in that the same thing > that causes the solar cycle may impact Earth too. The sunspot cycles are > caused by the movement of the plants, whose relationships align every 11, > 22, and 500-odd years in ways that impact sunspots, presumably via > gravitational effects. That's how sunspot predictions are done (i learned > this at a ham conference some years ago, a lecture by RCA Globecom's sunspot > predictor, who also drew the sunspot furecasts for a ham magazine). And if > their gravity can impact the sun, it can probably impact the Earth. > > -- > Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com > ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ > +1 617 795 2701 > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >
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