Posted on May 15, 2024
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The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places.
“Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in an update.
It’s the biggest flare of this 11-year solar cycle, which is approaching its peak, according to NOAA. The good news is that Earth should be out of the line of fire this time because the flare erupted on a part of the sun rotating away from Earth.
“Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in an update.
It’s the biggest flare of this 11-year solar cycle, which is approaching its peak, according to NOAA. The good news is that Earth should be out of the line of fire this time because the flare erupted on a part of the sun rotating away from Earth.
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At FoodLion I was surprised when the young worker (Chris) told me about the Carrington Event back in the 1800's. I asked him how he knew about that...as most folks don't without an Astronomy or Signal background. He said: "I don't have a landline, so I pay attention to the sun." What a wizard!
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Huh ~~ Too Cheap To Buy A Watch & Has A Sun-Dial On His Front Lawn At Home?
Yup ~~ My kinda Guy.
Yup ~~ My kinda Guy.
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Nothing new. I can remember getting briefings about sun flares when on alert back in the 70s. Since the flares affected some of our communications we always got briefed when there was unusual activity.
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Amn Roger Omberg
Yes, Sir. I had forgotten about those. thanks for the reminder. However my info about that came towards the mid 60's
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Amn Roger Omberg
I also remember SAC came out with an explanation in regard to the Alaska Radar system that was in place to track higher altitudes unknowns A/C, they learned later that the system which was known as BMEWS, which stands for Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, was in fact receiving returns from the MOON, & that was the reason We had been put on Alert, & of course, that affected a swarm of AF bases in the US. That occurred around late 1962, or so. WE had our missile silos all over north America during that time.
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