[137600] in North American Network Operators' Group
Solar flare to reach earth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew.wallace)
Thu Feb 17 10:58:22 2011
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:56:19 -0800 (PST)
From: "andrew.wallace" <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: "andrew.wallace" <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com>
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These "coronal mass ejections" will slam into the Earth's magnetic shield.=
=0A=0AThe biggest flares can disrupt technology, including power grids, com=
munications systems and satellites.=0A=0A"Our current view is that the effe=
ct of the solar flare is likely to =0Areach Earth later today (Thursday GMT=
), possibly tomorrow morning," said Alan Thomson, head of geomagnetism at t=
he British Geological Survey =0A(BGS).=0A=0Ahttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scien=
ce-environment-12493980=0A=0AAndrew=0A=0A=0A=0A
