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Ross Abbott's prayers answered
« on: 2003-10-24 09:51:31 » |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3210901.stm
Doctor Doctor, I have a problem, where ever I go electrical appliances just break.
I'm afraid you are suffering from Coronal Mass Ejection
Is it serious?
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CMEs can create voltage surges in electric power grids, disrupt radio communications and navigation systems, and prevent normal satellite operations.
In 1997, such a storm shut down an AT&T Telstar 401 satellite that provided television broadcasts. The following year another storm disrupted a Galaxy IV satellite that supported automated cash machines and airline tracking systems.
Such storms are also known to impact mobile phone operations and may disrupt wireless internet services.
And there is more to come. Another sunspot group is rotating into view onto the solar disk, showing even more signs of activity.
That particular region caught the attention of solar physicists while it was still on the far side of the Sun.
Using a technique based on the velocity of sound waves through the Sun's outer layers astronomers have realised that a second sunspot cluster was on the Sun's far side. It could produce more geomagnetic storms in the next two weeks.
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well at least it's only temporary...
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