Solar Flare Warning (fwd)

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Original poster: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-pupman-dot-com> 



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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:53:23 -0700
From: "Leyh, Greg E." <leyh-at-SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
To: "'chip-at-pupman-dot-com'" <chip-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Solar Flare Warning

Perhaps of interest to the Tesla List...



Space storm coming to Earth



CFCN.ca


POSTED AT 5:48 PM Thursday, October 23


Scientists are warning about a strong geo-magnetic storm expected to hit 
the Earth Friday.

Forecasters say the storm has the potential to affect everything from cell 
phones and power grids to other satellite communications.

The disturbance is rated a G-3 storm. The highest is G-5.

A large cluster of sunspots caused an explosion on the sun, sending a 
massive amount of gas and charged particles into space towards Earth.

Scientists say the storm could be one of the worst solar flareups to be 
felt on Earth since a major storm in 1859. That storm caused telegraph 
wires to short out across North America and Europe.