Solar Coronal Mass Ejection coming our way! - Movie

[Analog]

A coronal mass ejection blasted into space by an erupting prominence on April 13th could deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on or about April 17th.

movie:

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2...m360.gif?PHPSESSID=oeqs15jhk20puolcoed0frp3p7

 

[DaTT]

nothing

 

[Bateluer]

So . . . should we all panic and proclaim the apocalypse or what?

 

[bobdole369]

Yup, Huge prominence sending us a CME. The aurora may be slightly brightened. Ham Radio HF may have better 6 meter props.

 

[Soccerman06]

great im going to die on my bday...

 

[SunnyD]

Great, the sun is jerking off again and spooging right in my eye.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Great, the sun is jerking off again and spooging right in my eye.

OMG that's so hawt!

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Great, the sun is jerking off again and spooging right in my eye.

Mass EJECTION, not ERECTION

 

[Nik]

CME?! Holy shit. The last time one of these hit earth, it surged so much power through telegraph lines that it set telegraph offices on fire. One of these could potentially shut down modern most modern conveniences if strong enough. Banks and the like should be worried.

 

[SunnyD]

Mass EJECTION, not ERECTION

Dunno about you, but if I fap long enough I end up with a mass EJECTION from my mass ERECTION. Maybe yours is broked.

 

[Jeff7]

CME?! Holy shit. The last time one of these hit earth, it surged so much power through telegraph lines that it set telegraph offices on fire. One of these could potentially shut down modern most modern conveniences if strong enough. Banks and the like should be worried.

And I think they said that it was still possible to send and receive data on occasion even though the batteries had been removed from the line. The induced current was adequate to do the job.

But a good CME wouldn't so much just shut down modern conveniences, it would melt substantial components of substations, and possibly shut down the power grid for a year or more. No power for water pumps, and no power for fuel pumps, so no fuel for farm equipment, no fuel for trucks or trains to deliver food.
The grid is meant for AC. Inducing huge DC currents into it would be ever so slightly more than a minor problem. Pushing AC through a transformer coil results in the energy being picked up by the secondary. To DC, the transformer coil is little more than a short circuit.

 

[ElFenix]

it's coming right for us!

 

[Mr. Lennon]

First it started with the destructive earthquakes we have been having. Now we have the sun sending some hefty solar flares our way. Looks like it is time for me to book some tickets on the Arc.

 

[silverpig]

Let's go burn down the observatory so this never happens again!

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

This is clearly a man made disaster due to over use of solar power. We reap what we sow.

 

[thescreensavers]

So am I going to get a call from an Airplane?