CME Tonight
Laura (guest) 03 Aug 2010 22:01
Could someone please explain this and what the effects will be? Kinda worried me a little bit!
I put the link above….
Thanks guys!!!
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http://www.aolnews.com/discuss/coronal-mass-ejection-or-solar-tsunami-to-make-aurora-borealis-light-show-in-north/19578799
Laura (guest) 03 Aug 2010 22:01
What is it?: A CME is headed for earth. Impact tonight.
What will happen: If you are lucky, pretty lights in the northern sky. If you are not lucky, then you see nothing.
What else will happen?: Nothing. This CME is a lightweight. It is not big enough to cause damage. We get many of these over the course of the 11-year solar cycle.
We are just hearing about this one because we launched a bunch of satellites to look at the sun.
"Do you ever think about things you do think about?" - Henry Drummond to Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind
What is it saying that can happen to the electromagnetic field and what exactly is hurtling toward earth? Is this what they are claiming can flip the poles or whatever?
It's saying that we will have a show to watch tonite.
Nothing to worry about. It's a c class flare, which is too small to cause any damage..
There is a comment on that site saying that there has never been a CME of this magnitude headed directly at the earth. Why is it making such headlines if it's nothing to worry about? I don't really understand all this stuff. Has there ever been something of this maginitude on a collision course with earth?????
I've seen A LOT of comments on stories about it saying it's going to lead to an x- or m- class (??) flare in 2012 and we're all goners. I thought the solar max was not going to happen until sometime in 2013. I thought my fear of the doomsday stuff was gone, but this has brought it back FULL FORCE!! I worried!!!
btw, we're not even guaranteed northern lights. depends on how the magnetic field is oriented.
"Do you ever think about things you do think about?" - Henry Drummond to Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind
Laura,
Have you ever bothered to ask them: "how do you know?" They are just making wild assumptions. Nasa has forecast-ed the solar flare in 2013, and the damage it will inflict. i'm sure you can find a more detailed discussion of it somewhere on this website.
As for the reason why many people are claiming that a killer flare is coming in 2012 is because they believe in 2012 doomsday themselves.
Just a few questions will solve everything.. "How do you know?" "what will you do?" "where is your prove?"
Well, that's bogus.
We get a lot, and I mean a LOT of these hitting us.
This one is exciting only in that A) we have not had much solar activity so far this cycle and B) we got to watch this one launch off of the sun with all of our shiny new satellites.
"Do you ever think about things you do think about?" - Henry Drummond to Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind
We've pretty much got full HD video of it, the SDO is that fantastic.
In other words, nothing to worry about, sleep peacefully tonight and have a great rest of your week, because you'll definetly be here for it??? It's just another day….
That all depends on where you live. If you live up further north, than tonite will be a beautiful night :)
The CME has already impacted. The aurora is apparently not as intense as hoped for.
Sorry, we don't even get any good aurora out of this one.
"Do you ever think about things you do think about?" - Henry Drummond to Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind
It's pretty much over.
It appears that we have survived. Didn't even get a decent aurora.
"Do you ever think about things you do think about?" - Henry Drummond to Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind
I live in Northern Ontario an did not even see nothing and we had clear skies. I dont understand why would ppl would even be concerned about this do you know how many time i have seen the northern light, I have seen alote in my life time and cant wait to see many. I remeber seeing the big red northern lights moving even south of us have it affected us no nothing happen.
If you here on the news it to tell there will be a great display out for the northeners thats is about it!
I have to say I'm right there with Laura. I first saw some articles on Yahoo back in May stating that we are going to be seeing a lot of increased activity from the sun, and the authors were stating that the extent of the 'damages' or 'consequences' could result in some telecommunication outages. Then yesterday, it was all over the internet that there were flares released over the weekend (which included fascinating pictures and videos) and they were expected to hit the Earth between Tuesday and Wednesday night. I also saw some pretty pictures of this as well. This morning when I woke up, something didn't settle quite right with me, so I decided to do more 'research' on the subject. The first site I stumbled upon (I'm convinced) was a scare tactic and along with all this theorized information of what could happen in a worst case scenario, there were links to a survival guide in just about every paragraph.
I clicked off that site and then ventured over to NASA's site and saw some, still relatively disturbing, articles where scientists say that the expected solar max for our current cycle 24 is going to be "a doozy." Are they telling us that a doozy is going to kill us..isn't that what a doozy refers to? Totally convinced (and 100% terrified) we were going to see the end of the world in 2012 because of a blast of solar flares and such, I happened to come across this hoax website and it helped to settle some of my anxiety..but I'm still unsure what to really believe. I have a small child and one on the way and it makes me wonder why should we even bother continuing to live life only to have it ripped away from us in one way or another. I have literally been going back and forth all day-sheer panic and anxiety from reading this or that, then back to a calmer state, then back to panicking. I just don't know what to do/say!
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
- Shakespeare
Listen to Dr. Ian O'Neill and me discussing this on the last episode of "Just Another Day".
Dr. Ian O'Neill is a producer for Discovery Space, and he is a solar physicist. He and I discuss the whole idea that the sun is "suddenly going to kill us".
"Do you ever think about things you do think about?" - Henry Drummond to Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind
If you're referring to this article, it contains outdated information published in 2006. Solar Max 24 was indeed originally expected to be on the higher side of normal, but in May of last year it was revised to "below average" sunspot activity, and the date has been pushed back to 2013.
I have a small child and one on the way and it makes me wonder why should we even bother continuing to live life only to have it ripped away from us in one way or another.
That doesn't strike me as a particularly healthy outlook. You might die at any time, but odds are overwhelmingly against death by solar flare.
Please keep in mind that weathering solar storms has been part of our planet's history for billions of years. These flares and coronal mass ejections are not new; it's just that we can now observe them in greater detail than ever before.
You're right, it's absolutely not a healthy outlook, but it's an outlook for everyone that's scared! I've read plenty of people who are just as scared as I am and they have the same outlook..but what y'all are telling me does put me at ease!! I've been doing way too much reading from way too many websites and it's just so difficult to differentiate the information..I mean, NASA's website published an article where a scientist Hathaway, says the solar max of 2012 is predicted to be 'a doozy,' whereas others say the opposite. I mean, this is NASA for heavens sake, it just worries me!
Thank yall so much for the response!!!
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
- Shakespeare
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