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Crafty

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Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« on: January 24, 2012, 09:23:56 am »
Hope you guys have surge protection on all your expensive equipment :-)
http://www.naturalnews.com/034748_NASA_space_weather_solar_flare.html

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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2012, 10:01:51 am »
Thanks for posting this :)
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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2012, 10:13:18 am »
All of mine are always unplugged
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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2012, 10:16:50 am »
If only we could target bad drivers with this...  ;D
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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2012, 10:26:13 am »
I have not replaced the surge protecting large multi adopter from ellies after lightning destroyed my NAD :-(
I hope it still offers some protection.
I have read in another article the bulk of the force will be northern hemisphere. So it should be safe, allthough we will be getting some of the radiation. Perhaps not enough to damage equipment. Just sticking with the positive thoughts :-p
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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2012, 11:16:34 am »
Hmm, I suppose insurance companies would classify this as an 'act of god'?
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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2012, 11:38:43 am »
flair/fle(ə)r/
Noun:   
A special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well.
Stylishness and originality.

I don't mind being clever and stylish for an afternoon...

flare/fle(ə)r/
Noun:   
A sudden brief burst of bright flame or light.
Verb:   
Burn with a sudden intensity: "the blaze across the water flared"

Bursting into flames...not so much! 8) ;D

Homonyms are a bugger. (He-he, I made a homo joke!) ;D
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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2012, 11:47:48 am »
Stunning pic of the flare:

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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2012, 01:59:22 pm »
My New desk top pic
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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2012, 02:03:59 pm »
It seems that this flare is a reflection of a small black hole that bounced from Lutuli House to the
Green-ish,black-ish yellow sun and bounced back again without any impact,another couple of black holes will suck this flare in with ease today, or tommorow,
and they also seem to spew out misspent energy all over.It is a cy'clit'ic event,that means the black holes will not close ever.
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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2012, 03:56:30 pm »
A flare with flair to make all the radio hams excited.  :D

Also take a look at spaceweather.com's Aurora gallery:

http://spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01jan12_page2.htm?PHPSESSID=arakcumrvmgsu3n71t0hs3gdq7

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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2012, 04:06:50 pm »
I would love to go and see those auroras.
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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2012, 05:26:19 pm »
So reports vary widely...should we run for the panic room,unplug tne hifi or just not complain to DSTV if the broadcast have slight speckles around sunset?
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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2012, 05:39:28 pm »
View your GPS devices with suspicion!! 8)
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Re: Class M9 Solar Flair to hit later this afternoon
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2012, 06:51:42 pm »
I'm still waiting. According to the article above it should have hit around 9 AM EST. That would be 4:00PM our time.

Do you think it is over?
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