-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 99-03-10 10:26:03 EST, you write:
<< CMEs are the largest explosions in the solar system, hurling up to 10
billion
tons of gas into space at speeds of 1 billion to 2 billion miles an hour (1.6
billion to 3.2 billion km an hour), several times a day. Not ever
"These massive blasts are likely to become more frequent in 2000 as the
Sun moves into the most active year of its 11-year cycle."
(Solar cycle #23 peaks (ideally) in May 2000, but it could hit as early
as December 1999. Its level of activity is expected to be TEN TIMES that of
the
