Watch for massive cell phone and communications problems from noon EST and on today. Should be interesting, this latest CME was shot out of the sun directly in the direction of the little blue marble. Good night for the 'Northern Lights"! Chris CME - Coronal Mass Ejection
These events make for a very fun time for radio experimenters and amateur radio operators. Some bands get a big boost in propagation and others get noisier. These things have taken the power grid down in Canada before. It amazes me that something could do that, but it has.
harry trader and murry turtle ought to get together and put out a newsletter called the Hairy Turtle.
Harry's right...you guys are giving him too hard a time: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3210901.stm
Yes, but it was a non-event. Notice that Harry never stated what he was talking about, doesn't have to absorb the blame really!