klw Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Duck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I'm preparing to continue normal activities Bad idea - you need to stock up on crackers as quickly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 I'm preparing to continue normal activities I hope a random photon hits your transformer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Duck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Kart Mozart Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I'm preparing to continue normal activities Me too...but I do have my aluminum foil hat on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Someday we will have another X class and if so the world would have some major issue to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I hope a random photon hits your transformer. There are countless photons hitting everything lol, your computer is spitting photons into your face right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 There are countless photons hitting everything lol, your computer is spitting photons into your face right now. Was kinda the joke. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Someday we will have another X class and if so the world would have some major issue to deal with. X class solar flares DO NOT cause major problems every time, not even close. It takes an upper-range X Class flare pointed at Earth to do something, it's a very rare event, that's why there's few recorded in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 X class solar flares DO NOT cause major problems every time, not even close. It takes an upper-range X Class flare pointed at Earth to do something, it's a very rare event, that's why there's few recorded in history. Well ya a X 1.0 won't be major. But, X 10.0 + then we are talking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Was kinda the joke. Haha. The joke doesn't work since there are photons everywhere, not just from solar flares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 The joke doesn't work since there are photons everywhere, not just from solar flares. I said I hope a random photon hits his transformer. Well since tons are probably already hitting it, that was the joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I said I hope a random photon hits his transformer. Well since tons are probably already hitting it, that was the joke. I hope you realize your joke makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 I hope you realize your joke makes no sense. Joke fail. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 X class solar flares DO NOT cause major problems every time, not even close. It takes an upper-range X Class flare pointed at Earth to do something, it's a very rare event, that's why there's few recorded in history. Indeed. We got too many X flares to count at the peak of the last solar max. They're not exactly rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Someday we will have another X class and if so the world would have some major issue to deal with. i have too many things to be fearful already.. colored lights in the sky are not currently one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Solar wind is over 520 right now. It's off the grid on the ACE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Solar wind is over 520 right now. It's off the grid on the ACE. The scale is dynamic... it can't go off the grid. I was expecting something like 750 km/h or higher with this... 520 is pretty meh. There were C7 flares in 2003 that hit us harder. The slow ramp up in speed looks more like a coronal hole windstream than a CME impact... odd. Edit: last few numbers jumped up quite a bit to almost 600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I'm preparing to continue normal activities I am hearing no crackling or other effects on my radio over the internet... Shocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 I am hearing no crackling or other effects on my radio over the internet... Shocker. It's just about to reach earth here soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Indeed. We got too many X flares to count at the peak of the last solar max. They're not exactly rare. Plus in the grand scheme of things, humans haven't been recording these things for very long and certainly not very long with the technology which would be affected by them. While my last post was in jest, I acknowledge a more serious event may hardly be a laughing matter to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Keeps going up. Wonder what it will max at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Keeps going up. Wonder what it will max at. Dude, you are serious troll bait right now...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Dude, you are serious troll bait right now...... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 SWPC has us in G1 currently. May rise to G3. Solar wind nearing 700. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 SWPC has us in G1 currently. May rise to G3. Solar wind nearing 700. Humor me, do you have a link to a reliable source or are you guessing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 SWPC has us in G1 currently. May rise to G3. Solar wind nearing 700. What are your grounds to believe that? Do you have an inside tip, disussion or other release from SWPC to say such? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Humor me, do you have a link to a reliable source or are you guessing? 1500Z, August 4, 2011 - Great anticipation for the first of what may be three convergent shocks to slam the geomagnetic field in the next twelve hours, +/-. The CME with the Radio Blackout earlier today is by far the fastest, and may catch its forerunners in the early hours of August 5 (UTC) -- at earth. Two impacts are expected; G2 (Moderate) to G3 (Strong) Geomagnetic Storming on August 5, and potentially elevated protons to the S2 (Moderate) Solar Radiation Storm condition, those piling up ahead of the shock. The source of it all, Region 1261, is still hot, so more eruptions are possible. http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html'>http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/WhatsNew.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 What are your grounds to believe that? Do you have an inside tip, disussion or other release from SWPC to say such? Yes posted above. SWPC issued it yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 OMG it just got really dark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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