[137604] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Solar flare to reach earth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Bates)
Thu Feb 17 11:20:16 2011
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:20:11 -0600
From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <624439.94303.qm@web59602.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 2/17/2011 9:56 AM, andrew.wallace wrote:
> These "coronal mass ejections" will slam into the Earth's magnetic shield.
>
> The biggest flares can disrupt technology, including power grids, communications systems and satellites.
>
> "Our current view is that the effect of the solar flare is likely to
> reach Earth later today (Thursday GMT), possibly tomorrow morning," said Alan Thomson, head of geomagnetism at the British Geological Survey
> (BGS).
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12493980
>
The sky is falling! The Sky is falling!
We have been saved from dealing with IPv6 by solar flares! Everyone
power off their computers and routers now. :)
Jack (my bridge troll is very fat)
