:confused: Should we cover our heads with aluminum foil or something? :laughs:

Strong Geomagnetic Storm Expected to Hit Earth Friday

Thursday, October 23, 2003

BOULDER, Colo. — A strong geomagnetic (search) storm was expected to hit Earth on Friday with the potential to affect electrical grids and satellite communications.

One of the largest sunspot (search) clusters in years developed over the past three days and produced a coronal mass ejection, similar to a solar flare, at 3 a.m. EDT Wednesday, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (search) said.

The disturbance was expected to produce a geomagnetic storm rated G3. A G5 storm is the strongest.

The storm could make the aurora visible as far south as Oregon and Illinois.

A coronal mass ejection is an explosion of gas and charged particles into space from the corona, the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.

A second sunspot cluster not yet visible from Earth could produce more geomagnetic storms in the next two weeks, NOAA said.

Hmmm... maybe time for fishermen to attempt star-wars tactics?:smash:

QUOTE]A coronal mass ejection is an explosion of gas and charged particles into space from the corona, [/QUOTE]



hmmmmmm....sounds like someone's consuming too much kilbasa, beans and beer :p

Not sure about the fishing, but it is having an effect on the interent already. Just got an e-mail with the following message
"Slingah has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - Fish Pictures....Lets See Um' - in the StriperTalk! forum of StriperTalk.


But I go there and there is no post from him. Maybe he has been banned...............

scary

Now I know why my email is not working :smash:

Originally posted by Strider
QUOTE]A coronal mass ejection is an explosion of gas and charged particles into space from the corona,



hmmmmmm....sounds like someone's consuming too much kilbasa, beans and beer :p [/QUOTE]

I thought it was a sphincter and a corona was a beer . I must be mistaken .

beans beans are good for the heart the more you eat the more you .............................. mass eject .