Massive Coronal Mass Ejection to hit the earth today

[Leo J Mauler]

Since nothing else will.  :)

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:55:43 -0600 Paul Thompson
<captbunzo at squirrelmail.org> writes:
> Here's hoping that the magnetic field will fix all of the windows 
> bugs 
> in our lives.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Brian Densmore wrote:
> > THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING! AIEEEE!!!!!!!!!
> > 
> > sorry, couldn't resist. ;)
> > 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: DCT Jared [mailto:jsmith at datacaptech.com]
> >>Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 9:05 AM
> >>To: kclug at kclug.org
> >>Subject: OT: Massive Coronal Mass Ejection to hit the earth today
> >>
> >>
> >>Yesterday morning, a massive CME aimed directly
> >>at planet Earth burst from the sun. It will hit earth
> >>beginning about noon today.
> >>
> >>It will directly affect satellites and many other radiation
> >>sensitive contraptions.
> >>
> >>Quick Link: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
> >>
> >>More Detail: 
> >>http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/10.28Flare.html
> >>
> >>It's the third largest ever recorded, and unusally rare in
> >>that it is aimed right at us. If it is magnetically oriented
> >>north, the magnetosphere will protect us. If it is oriented
> >>south, we'll all notice. Sounds exciting.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Paul Joseph Thompson
> captbunzo at squirrelmail.org
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