seriously, can we schedule more of these things? they're so exciting!

/use haarp to pull them in!

Great, I'm flying cross country Tuesday.

unimpressed

Beware the man who brings the jaguar.

I hate winter because my tan would fade if I didn't spend a fortune on tanning beds. And the beds stink because I always end up with a long white spot between my thighs were my junk gets trapped. I'm taking full advantage of the solar storm tomorrow - calling in sick, buying more baby oil, taking my lawn chair recliner up to the roof. It's only supposed to be 35F here tomorrow, but I don't care. I'm spending the entire day up there, completely nude, my junk taped over my belly button for decent spells. These solar storms really speed up the darkening process. If you live in the Indiana area, send me an e-mail and you can come over.

Probable effects include nothing

So if a pole flip occurred during the worst of this flare would it be pretty bad?

Remember when the crazies were saying this would shut down the whole grid? I LOL'd.

Dinki: Isn't this exactly how the movie 2012 started?

Actually, it fits the plot of "The Knowing" a bit better. There will be math.

Not that I'm lazy or anything but has any one of these solar storms caused anything noteworthy to occur besides getting a science story in the news on a slow news day?

FTA: A powerful solar eruption is expected to blast a stream of charged particles toward Earth tomorrow (Jan. 24), as the strongest radiation storm since 2005 rages on the sun.



Very impressed.

LegacyDL: Not that I'm lazy or anything but has any one of these solar storms caused anything noteworthy to occur besides getting a science story in the news on a slow news day?

Unless you are monitoring sensitive scientific equipment - no.

From the awesome spaceweather.com

This is a S3 (new window) Strom

Really not to bad, this is what it can do to satellites (new window)

I remember worse from 1999-2000

LegacyDL: Not that I'm lazy or anything but has any one of these solar storms caused anything noteworthy to occur besides getting a science story in the news on a slow news day?

I think they cause the northern lights to reach further south. Of course it's raining and windy as hell in Michigan right now, so that doesn't help us.

Well, guess it's time for me to store all my pron data in a Faraday cage.

Strom

Awesome, I can spell.

spentmiles: I hate winter because my tan would fade if I didn't spend a fortune on tanning beds. And the beds stink because I always end up with a long white spot between my thighs were my junk gets trapped. I'm taking full advantage of the solar storm tomorrow - calling in sick, buying more baby oil, taking my lawn chair recliner up to the roof. It's only supposed to be 35F here tomorrow, but I don't care. I'm spending the entire day up there, completely nude, my junk taped over my belly button for decent spells. These solar storms really speed up the darkening process. If you live in the Indiana area, send me an e-mail and you can come over.

the solar storms do add 1 or 2 degrees to the forecasted temp. not sure about tanning.. but wont the tape leave yet another distinct line?

Sweet, that's what I'm blaming everything on tomorrow..

"The server is down!"
"Solar storms, try again Wednesday."

"I think I have a virus on my laptop, can you check it out?"
"Solar storms, try again Wednesday."

"This VM is out of space, can you increase the drive allocation?"
"Solar storms, try again Wednesday."

"Hey, my printer doesn't work!"
"Solar storms, try again Wednesday."

My god- THE SUN!!!



"What is it, Ted?"

Get ready for some hot sun love.

Headline: "Biggest solar storm since 2005 underway, expected to peak Tuesday. Possible effects include disruptions of satellite communication, electrical transmission and GPS navigation. The Sun is here"

Cute headline, subby

/hahahaha

I was outside last night looking for auroras (it was supposed to be a decent night to maybe see them in the northern U.S.) but didn't see any. I didn't stay up all night or anything though. I guess I'll try again tomorrow.

I want my northern lights, dammit. Haven't seen any in years.

Does this cause dogs to vomit and foam at the mouth? I'm getting kinda worried about mine.

So, are we going to be seeing some awesome aureolas now?

cryinoutloud: I was outside last night looking for auroras (it was supposed to be a decent night to maybe see them in the northern U.S.) but didn't see any. I didn't stay up all night or anything though. I guess I'll try again tomorrow.

I want my northern lights, dammit. Haven't seen any in years.

At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?

lewismarktwo: So if a pole flip occurred during the worst of this flare would it be pretty bad?delathi: Sweet, that's what I'm blaming everything on tomorrow..

"The server is down!"
"Solar storms, try again Wednesday."

"I think I have a virus on my laptop, can you check it out?"
"Solar storms, try again Wednesday."

"This VM is out of space, can you increase the drive allocation?"
"Solar storms, try again Wednesday."

"Hey, my printer doesn't work!"
"Solar storms, try again Wednesday."


lol, as someone trying to get their job done on vpn that is having many issues right now, i am getting a kick out of this.

I just spend the time sewing decent in management. saying stuff like "people just let tech issues slide too often. this isn't like a bad crop season that we can blame on the rain, one of OUR employees messed this up, and it is costing productivity. someone is responsible."

hope that helps the IT's job go better.

NASA solar storm warning blah blah blah interstellar cloud eat Earth blah blah blah

I thought I read somewhere the sstorm was the biggest in fifty years or is that the next end of the world?

FTFA: Doug Biesecker, a physicist

that last name: Boobs in email seeker

Had some kick ass auroras here last night. Can't wait to see what this little storm brings us tomorrow!

twomutts: Had some kick ass auroras here last night. Can't wait to see what this little storm brings us tomorrow!

LegacyDL: Not that I'm lazy or anything but has any one of these solar storms caused anything noteworthy to occur besides getting a science story in the news on a slow news day?

One knocked out an electrical grid, in a time before we had so many satellites in orbit which our civilization relies on. If the same were to happen now, it would fry those satellites, and you can say goodbye to GPS, the internet, your cellphone, as well as electricity.

And It's pretty much guaranteed to happen again eventually, on an even larger scale. Probably as soon as this next solar maximum.

/they'd built a house of straw

LegacyDL: Not that I'm lazy or anything but has any one of these solar storms caused anything noteworthy to occur besides getting a science story in the news on a slow news day?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm#Historical_occurrences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_weather#Examples_of_space_weather_ e vents

TL:DR; one knocked out power in parts of canada in 1989, there have been several examples of satellites and other craft that have been disabled by solar storms, and they semi-regularly disrupt communication systems to some extent (depending on strength). Oh, and there was one in 1859 (the strongest ever observed) that, if it happened today, would probably destroy electrical systems on a national or even worldwide basis and leave us in the dark for months or even years.