This goes to the danger I wrote about last night.. We should unite as a world and actually have a common sense of future thought.. And plan of action to prevent virtual Armageddon if the big flare actually hits.
I have been paying a lot of attention over all of my years on this site blogging and clogging up the networks about solar flares and the like.. See evidence here (http://coalspeaker.com/tagged/solar-flare) ..
Tonight, there is a chance that northern lights will be as low as my state of Pennsylvania.. that’s a big deal. Far down here. It was a major solar flare and storm that obviously caused such an event.
And such an event could be a catastrophe.. And now timing from the Obama Administration couldn’t be more impeccable. A solar flare awareness is evident.. hopefully cool non-flared heads will prevail and this nation will advance beyond 20th century technology and insulate our grid. It would be a stunning achievement for the President–call it a new Dwight Eisenhower interstate system.. it could create jobs and maintain future economy might and security.
A failure?
That could be awful.
“The efforts undertaken to achieve the objectives of this strategy will establish a national approach to the security and resilience in the face of our improved understanding of the seriousness of the space-weather risk, and the steps we must take to prepare for it,” Suzanne Spaulding, undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate, said Thursday during an event hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) that discussed the new documents.
That risk is indeed serious, many experts say. High-energy solar flares aimed at Earth can affect the operation of orbiting satellites, and the most powerful emissions can even pose a risk to astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Of even larger concern are coronal mass ejections (CMEs), huge eruptions that send clouds of solar plasma streaking through space at millions of miles per hour. CMEs that hit Earth can spawn intense geomagnetic storms, with the potential to disrupt power grids, satellite navigation and radio communications temporarily.
In March 1989, for example, a strong CME caused a blackout that left 6 million people in the Canadian province of Quebec without power for 9 hours, OSTP Director John Holdren said during Thursday’s event, which was webcast live.
The news just so happens to coincide with a major solar storm.
All of earth should take notice.
The sun unleashed two X-class solar flares in the span of one hour and 10 minutes Tuesday morning, and there is a good chance that more may be coming soon.
As always, SPACEWEATHER.COM is a good source of information on whatever happens.. as is SOLARHAM.NET ..
This was the closest of calls, and sort of compliments the story we have been worried about for days regarding the big hole in the sun..
This almost-flare took place two weeks ago. But yet we’re only learning about it today in the mainstream.
And it’s top story worthy.. in my opinion. But most people by the day’s end will still not know that our world may have been forever changed only a few days ago..
Just read a very interesting but unscientific article on a website claiming that the sun was getting whiter brighter an hotter than ever before.. There weren’t any findings within the text of the story that back up the author’s point of view but there were rather vague memories from when he was younger.. He recalls a time when the sun was more yellow and less heated, according to his generic recollection of events..
It’s an interesting thought, plus one that others have spoken about in recent years. There seems to be a fear that the sun is going super nova.. It’s the newest end of time end of the world conspiracy concern—and has little to no hardcore evidence backing up that theory..
But I traveled into my own memories … I recall, as well, a bright orange yellow sun. I remember hot days that were not oppressive.. Whether what the author of of ConspiracyHQ’s story believes is a real fear or not, my memory also had me thinking of a kinder and gentler period of time for weather on this planet..
So I’d be curious of thoughts from readers out there. Do you believe that memories can make a mind believe the past was better than it was or is the sun going wild and ready to burn a hole right through the planet earth?? I would love thoughts from all..
REVISED FORECAST: The CME launched toward Earth by yesterday’s X-flare is moving faster than originally thought. Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab have revised their forecast accordingly, advancing the cloud’s expected arrival time to 09:17 UT (5:17 am EDT) on Saturday, July 14th. Weekend auroras are likely.
The UK DAILY MAIL reports what we already seem to be aware of: Solar flares just seem to be stronger and stronger in recent months..
Last week we have been seen numerous M class flares and one strong X class flare explode from our sun. Some sunspots have been so large that they 15 Earths strung together..
2013 is expected to be the big year for solar events as the sun heads to its peak of its 11 year cycle…
And if just the right elements come together, perhaps the Ed Dames Killshot will happen. But Ed Dames is just crazy… Right?
Space weather reports that protons accelerated by the explosion might soon reach our planet.. .. Turn to the very best solar site online: http://www.solarham.net/
Not ready at all!
A few people have said over the years I’ve don’t this site that there have been too many solar updates.. so many sunspots, so little time. And I have stood by my fascination and fear of the sun since day one.
Mike Hapgood’s conclusion makes me continue to fear the blast that do harm. Hope it never happens.. but people who stare at the sun long enough know it will.
Some people have messaged me on here throughout my time on CoalSpeaker asking why I spend so much time thinking about and reporting on solar flares. This massive belch from the solar center of our little set of life is the reason why..
HERE COMES THE SUN: DOUBLE ERUPTION AS SUNSPOT 1302 AND 1305 FLARE IN SUCCESSION
M CLASS The entangled eruption of both sunspots… Sunspot 1305 hurled a coronal mass ejection towards earth.. it is expected to hit October 4 with a potential geomagnetic storm. Developing..
M1.3 Solar Flare has took place at 17:23 UTC Sunday afternoon and was centered around Sunspot 1302..
Sunspot 1305 caused an M3.9 Solar Flare took place 00:50 UTC Sunday morning..
Solar Ham..
Space Weather
SNAP, CRACKLE, AND POP: THE SUN COMES ALIVE WITH TREMENDOUS SOLAR FLARES
Sunspot 1302 flared with an X class flare Saturday—followed by a less powerful but strong flare a little later.. the flare was not earth-directed but the planet will still get a glancing blow.. the sunspot causing the flares is coming into direct view of the earth, any more flares may have more significant impacts on the little blue dot in space..
Active sunspot 1302 has turned the sun into a shortwave radio transmitter…
Humanity survived for millennia without communications systems. If the sun wants us to stop surfing for porn, there’s not much we can do, and honestly, as much as I’d miss you all, I’d kind of welcome that.
