Entropy Posted December 14, 2006 Report Posted December 14, 2006 "X-FLARE: Sunspot 930 erupted again this morning, producing a strong X3-class solar flare. The blast triggered an ongoing radiation storm and probably hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. Auroras are possible when the CME arrives on Dec. 14th or 15th. Note: The radiation storm mentioned above is of moderate intensity and, unless it strengthens greatly, poses no threat to astronauts orbiting Earth onboard the International Space Station or the space shuttle. The astronauts are protected by the walls of their spacecraft as well as by Earth's magnetic field."
Terry Posted December 14, 2006 Report Posted December 14, 2006 well some communications should be affected by that but the HF bands should open up nicely for the ham radio guys
ccmtcanada Posted December 14, 2006 Report Posted December 14, 2006 Heard on the radio this morning (680 news) that they now expect communication interruption and that the astronauts aboard the space station have been ordered into a specially designed area to protect them.
b2kptbo Posted December 14, 2006 Report Posted December 14, 2006 Thats why I like fishin over space travel...
ccmtcanada Posted December 14, 2006 Report Posted December 14, 2006 Thats why I like fishin over space travel... That's hilarious!!! I hear the fish dont put up much of a fight in zero gravity anyways...where's the fun in that? Mind you, you can apparently cast forever....
b2kptbo Posted December 14, 2006 Report Posted December 14, 2006 (edited) Could ya imagine the price of a fishfinder, need GPS 4sure ... Edited December 14, 2006 by b2kptbo
Entropy Posted December 15, 2006 Author Report Posted December 15, 2006 Neighbour guy came walking by at about 10:30 last nigth, said he was a watch'n the show. I think he had a few too many.
ccmtcanada Posted December 15, 2006 Report Posted December 15, 2006 Between 8 and 9pm last night, I saw a very faint aurora borealis!! At first I thought it was my imagination, but there was a cool "wavy" look to the "clouds" that I saw. A few times...for only a few seconds at a time, it was pretty well defined. Then the clouds rolled in.
irishfield Posted December 15, 2006 Report Posted December 15, 2006 That was just the police cruiser lights reflecting off the smog Cliff ! Nothing up here...
ccmtcanada Posted December 15, 2006 Report Posted December 15, 2006 That was just the police cruiser lights reflecting off the smog Cliff ! Nothing up here... Hey...it was mistaken identity...I dont know how you found out, but I wasn't THERE that day and it took me 4 hours to explain that to the cops.....
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