[32512] in North American Network Operators' Group
Sun Storm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis Dayman)
Sat Nov 25 23:41:32 2000
From: "Dennis Dayman" <ddayman@mail-abuse.org>
To: "Nanog" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 22:39:41 -0600
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FYI:
The sun could be causing some more immediate problems overnight and into =
next week. A major solar storm is bombarding the earth's atmosphere with =
low-dose radiation that scientists say is no real danger to people on =
the ground. A major flare erupted off the sun's surface when many of us =
were sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner.=20
Forecasters expect the shockwaves, moving at one to three million miles =
an hour, will hit the earth's atmosphere Saturday night and last through =
Sunday.=20
Strong geomagnetic storms can do a number on our growing, global web of =
communications technologies from satellites, to pagers, to =
high-frequency radios. As most of you remember a smaller storm in 1998 =
knocked out one satellite that, in turn, shut down gas pumps and ATMs.
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Thanks
Dennis Dayman=20
Senior Consultant
Consulting Services Group at MAPS
http://www.mail-abuse.org
ddayman@mail-abuse.org
Voice/FAX 972-682-7556
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