[AusNOG] Twin solar storms head towards Earth

[Alan Maher]

When all else fails- deliver cat pics.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/blogs/four-legs-good/10486554/Furry-Friday-We-own-this-joint
On 12/09/2014 11:11 p.m., Joshua D'Alton wrote:
> I think it is still some days away, so unless they are also time 
> travelling lights (hmmmmm, is THAT an interesting relativity question 
> or what? does light from a garden light in the future shift towards 
> red or blue?)?
>
> :P
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Alan Maher <alanmaher at gmail.com 
> <mailto:alanmaher at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Just heading outside to check on my $2 solar  garden lights.
>     I would hate it to see them fried by the "Force".
>
>
>     On 12/09/2014 10:25 p.m., Joshua D'Alton wrote:
>>
>>     It's God's retribution for the iPhone orders he's going to fry
>>     them all with this EM field!!
>>
>>     sent from a potato
>>
>>     On 12/09/2014 6:29 pm, "Paul Brooks"
>>     <pbrooks-ausnog at layer10.com.au
>>     <mailto:pbrooks-ausnog at layer10.com.au>> wrote:
>>
>>         And in the its-all-in-the-timing department.....published 2
>>         hours ago
>>
>>         http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/twin-solar-storms-head-towards-earth-20140912-10g5z6.html
>>
>>         Small risk for a possibly interesting weekend if these cause
>>         EM issues with power
>>         grids etc.
>>         If you experience problems with radio and satellite comms,
>>         please post here and let us
>>         know!
>>
>>         "Two big explosions on the surface of the sun will cause a
>>         moderate to strong
>>         geomagnetic storm on Earth in the coming days, possibly
>>         disrupting radio and satellite
>>         communications, scientists say.
>>
>>         The unusual storm is not likely to wreak havoc with personal
>>         electronics but may cause
>>         colourful nighttime auroras, or displays of the Northern
>>         Lights, late Friday and early
>>         Saturday.
>>
>>         "We don't expect any unmanageable impacts to national
>>         infrastructure from these solar
>>         events at this time but we are watching these events
>>         closely," said Thomas Berger,
>>         director of the Space Weather Prediction Centre at the
>>         National Oceanic and
>>         Atmospheric Administration.
>>         ....
>>
>>         The National Weather Service has alerted power grid operators
>>         and the Federal
>>         Emergency Management Agency, just in case.
>>
>>         The strength of the storm pales in comparison to major
>>         geomagnetic storms of years
>>         past, such as the 1859 Carrington event that wiped out power
>>         across a swath of Canada.
>>
>>         It is also weaker than a near-miss geomagnetic storm in July
>>         2012 that NASA scientists
>>         said could have knocked Earth's technology back at least 150
>>         years.
>>
>>         That storm didn't cause mass damage because the fast-moving
>>         energized particles were
>>         not directed straight at Earth.
>>
>>         "The events that just occurred over the last 24 hours were
>>         Earth-directed, they are
>>         just not that big," said William Murtagh, program c
>>
>>
>>
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