The world already ended?

Who knew?

I get it now.. that thing is a SOLAR boat.
To.. ride.. on.. ah nevermind.

I guess this proves we are zombies, even without a gobal nuclear war.

That explains my lackluster sex life since March.

Yeah, that's what it is.

What if the apocalypse came and nobody else showed up?

So far haven't felt the impact of the solar flares bombarding the Earth. Maybe I should take off my tin foil hat.

Seems like Apollo discovered Taco Bell.

I like to think of these as 'solar farts'.

what if the sun blows up? we'll be lookin pretty dumb for not signing that kyoto treaty.

So, does this mean I can go all postal and pretend I'm Mad Max now?

I, for one, welcome our new solar flare overlords.

(I always wanted to do one of those)

I take that back...we'll be lookin like GENIUSES!!!

I guess that means Clark's superpowers are going to be acting up again...

March 8, 2003? World ending?

Has Daylight Savings Time come to this, that we roll back the clocks more than 6 months, just to be destroyed in a fiery solar inferno???

What will I wear?

Told you global warming would be the end of us.

"DON'T GO OUT! DON'T GO OUT! There's gonna be an inch of snow! It's the WORST inch of snow."

we'll be lookin pretty dumb for not signing that kyoto treaty.

Yeah, global warming has GOT to be bad if the sun is overheating too.

Is it just me or does the sun have a pissed off look here?

March 8? That's the day after my birthday. Guess I better have a good party.

oooooh solar flares...oooooooooooooooh what's next? Moon beams??

Artmerlyn
I'd hit it.

With the sun exploding and everything, I think we should all make a pledge to hit it whenever and with whomever the opportunity arises.

March 8 2003....hmmmm.....

Back to the Future ensues...

Hopefully we can get flower power or a turtle shell to take it out in time...

For those of you in the dark about 8 March 2003, go here. It was an website for an upcoming (out now, though) book that pretended that the story was actually happening to draw publicity.

Ranch111

Noooo! You fool! Don't take off the tin foil hat! The reason you haven't felt it is because of the hat!

Jebryo
It looks like the sun is taking a crap.

Whoo HOO! And even though they're rotating away, predictions are that in 2 weeks they'll be back around! I LOVE GIANT SUNSPOTS!

Incase anyone doesn't remember... The March 8th reference was to a stunt that some guy pulled... He made a website ( www.8march2003.com ) and said that the world was going to end or that something catastrophic would happen... Turns out it was all just a publicity stunt for a book...

Does anyone know what any of those graphs mean? Is this one actually stronger than the one they mentioned last week in the 1800's that set fire to telegraph poles?

Solar FLARE!!!

Seriously, what if the earth went and blew itself up!? Man, that's really creeping me out. I suppose we're all going/ready to die.

jebryo....Mr Shadow?

I meant the sun.

MachuPichu-

Yeah. I can read the charts. For starters: X-Rays BAD.

Biggest in some time, but probably not as bad as the 1800's flare since the earth's magfield is pointed north towards the sun around this time of year... had it been june......

jebryo: Farkin' A yes.. I see it.. it's like a Billy Idol scowl turned fierce!

Where does it say largest in history?

Simmer down, son. I mean sun.

Wow! They expect this one to be waaay past an X20 which is HUGE. Thank your lucky stars that the sunspot was not facing Earth when this CME occured or we would be experiencing some pretty severe problems. All this activity in such a relatively short period of time is quite strange though...

Of course, overcast here in NYC for the next few days... go figure.

"Powerful Active Region 486 has produced one of the most intense solar flares ever measured. The event began at 12:29 P.M. MST (1929 UTC) on November 4th and rose quickly to exceed X17 on the GOES-12 X-ray sensor. By 12:44 P.M. MST (1944 UTC), the GOES sensor was saturated and remained that way until 12:56 P.M. (1956 UTC), suggesting this event extended well in to the very highest flare category, the X20 plus range. This massive flare produced a category R5 (extreme) radio blackout. All short-wave communications through the sunlit hemisphere of the Earth experienced complete blackout conditions.
An associated solar radiation storm is underway. The current storm is at category S1 (minor) levels, and rising. The radiation storm is expected to reach category S2 (moderate) levels, and there is a small chance for a category S3 (strong) radiation storm. High latitude aviation interests are advised to closely monitor radiation levels over the next 24 hours. High latitude short-wave communications will likely experience considerable degradation for the next 24 to 48 hours. All agencies with space interests should also carefully monitor radiation levels.

A powerful, and extremely fast (over 5 million miles per hour) mass ejection occurred from this flare site, but is mostly directed away from Earth. As a result, only category G1 (minor) to G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on November 6th.

This solar flare was the largest in a series of very large flares that have occurred in Active Region 486 over the past two weeks. At its peak, this sunspot cluster was approximately 15 times larger than Earth. This active region will rotate to the backside of the sun over the next 24 hours. Another large flare is still possible from this region, but large flare activity will become much less likely after the next 24 to 48 hours. "

Oh...better link here.

Yes, but I can look outside my window anytime I want to see Aurora

got nothing

nytmare: I wont explode. Isss cool maang.