Sunspot 1302 is waning. I guess we avoided another Carrington Event: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/06may_carringtonflare/
But, a large EMP event is becomes more likely with nuclear proliferation: http://www.futurescience.com/X5DNA/X5DNA.html I guess that I am just spooked from the book I am reading: http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-After-William-Forstchen/dp/0765356864/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317229664&sr=1-1 T On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2042428/Earth-cross-hairs-huge-solar-storm-caused-sunspot-1302.html > > "A sunspot, 62,000 miles across - so big it would dwarf the Earth - is > releasing gigantic solar flares that could in theory wreak havoc with > electrical communications ranging from handheld electronics such as > iPhones to sections of the power grid. > Nasa has detected two X-class solar eruptions from 1302 – the most > extreme possible – in the past week. One that occurred on September 24 > produced an amazing light show over England last night – but it’s far > from over, as the sunspot isn’t yet directly aligned with Earth. > > <more> > > Ground everything! > > T > >
