[AusNOG] Solar flare

[Darren Ward (darrward)]

In a PON environment unless you have an unsealed junction/splitter water should be irrelevant?

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On 08/03/2012, at 6:23 PM, "Jake Anderson" <yahoo at vapourforge.com> wrote:

> You don't need to be on satellite to suffer from rain fade....
> my home Adsl drops ~3mbit (50% of the epic 6 I usually achieve) when it rains.
> 
> That's my biggest fear for the NBN, currently a slightly dodgy connection somewhere that gets a bit wet is irritating but not the end of the world, methinks a smidge of water against a fiber is going to be game over.
> 
> On 03/08/2012 05:10 PM, Paul Brooks wrote:
>> 
>> And to think I held off posting anything when the alert came through, thinking astronomical discussions would be uninteresting!
>> 
>> If your satellite dishes haven't blown away or floated away in the floods, or been affected by rain-fade within the atmosphere, then the solar wind may well fix your quiet evening.
>> 
>> If you have an interest in being alerted to this sort of thing in the future , www.spaceweather.com has a mailing list you can subscribe to.
>> 
>> This came through at 2:11am this morning, local Sydney time....
>> 
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject:	Another Major Flare
>>> Date:	Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:11:44 -0600
>>> From:	SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
>>> To:	SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
>>> 
>>> Space Weather News for March 7, 2012
>>> http://spaceweather.com
>>> 
>>> SOLAR ACTIVITY: Big sunspot AR1429 has unleashed another major flare--an X5-class eruption on March 7th at 00:28 UT.   As a result of the blast, a radiation storm is underway and a CME will likely hit Earth's magnetic field in a day or so. Geomagnetic storms are already in progress at high latitudes due to earlier eruptions from the active sunspot.  Last night, auroras were spotted over several northern-tier US states including Michigan and Wisconsin.  Check http://spaceweather.com for updates and images.
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>> 
>> 
>> Lots of pretty pictures of CMEs and auroras at www.spaceweather.com.
>> 
>> cheers,
>>     Paul.
>> 
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