[Az-Geocaching] Solar Flare

[Brian Casteel]

Interesting.  Is this one any more powerful than the one that wiped out the
Canadian power-grid?  I can tell you for certain that it will affect radio
systems.  We had significant problems due to the EMI caused by last week's
storm, and it made communication with officers extremely difficult.

Brian
Team A.I.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trisha" <trisha@brasher.com>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:34 PM
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Solar Flare


> In case anybody is interested, we do have a very large solar flare
> heading straight for us. It's the third largest solar flare on record,
> and erupted on Tuesday, and is expected to "arrive" at Earth mid-day
> Wednesday (tomorrow).
>
> These severe flares have the ability to disrupt satellite radio
> communications and Earth based electrical systems. (Sounds like the
> GPS may be off that day if you try to geocache....)
>
> And I quote: "It's headed straight for us like a freight train." says
> John Kohl, a Harvard-Smithsonian Center of Astrophysics scientist.
>
> Now I am just your average joe-blow citizen when it comes to really
> technical scientific things, but to have that guy, who should really
> know LOTS about it, say it THAT WAY....I don't know....makes me
> nervous! Anybody else catch that?
>
> check out www.spaceweather.com and put on the OPAQUE sunscreen!!
>
> Trisha "Lightning"
> Prescott
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