[137607] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Solar flare to reach earth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leon Kaiser)
Thu Feb 17 11:31:29 2011
From: Leon Kaiser <literalka@gmail.com>
To: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
In-Reply-To: <4D5D4ABB.9040305@brightok.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:31:16 -0500
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Reply-To: literalka@gnaa.eu
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Huh, interesting how the media didn't panic.
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On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 10:20 -0600, Jack Bates wrote:
>
> 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)
>
