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W1GUH
06-07-2011, 05:00 PM
Damn....now I can't find the article that was listed on Yahoo. Well, just in case it was real, it'll be fun to listen on the bands to see how it affects things. The article said it happened about 1AM today (presumably EDT), wasn't directed towards the Earth, and should get here in a day or two.
NQ6U
06-07-2011, 06:13 PM
I have an app on my iPhone that alerts me to interesting stuff happening on the sun. The video was amazing—it's a really huge flare
W2NAP
06-07-2011, 06:38 PM
vids of it are amazing.
NQ6U
06-07-2011, 06:51 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJN0hWMrugE&feature=player_embedded
suddenseer
06-07-2011, 06:51 PM
Every damn time there is northern lights going on, Ohio is cloudy. It's a curse.
NQ6U
06-07-2011, 06:54 PM
Every damn time there is northern lights going on, Ohio is cloudy. It's a curse.

Hey, you could live in San Diego where you'd never see the aurora borealis. Or, if you did, it would probably mean real trouble.
NQ6U
06-07-2011, 07:03 PM
NOAA's Web site (http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/index.html) is now saying that it's only gonna give us a glancing blow.
KG4CGC
06-07-2011, 10:12 PM
What do they call that stuff? Ejecta?
NQ6U
06-07-2011, 10:46 PM
What do they call that stuff? Ejecta?

So, it's an ejectulation, then?
KG4CGC
06-07-2011, 10:59 PM
So, it's an ejectulation, then?
I believe it is a mass discharge from the region of the coronal ridge.
K7SGJ
06-07-2011, 11:29 PM
Ejecta, mass discharge, I would expect those things after a glancing blow. Probably just about any kind of blow. I can almost remember...........nope. The memory is gone.

Actually, I would expect a mass discharge to originate in the Vatican, maybe the Pope? I know he was the fist to use mass storage.
K7SGJ
06-07-2011, 11:31 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJN0hWMrugE&feature=player_embedded

Wow. Looks like my wifes left eye when I used to come home FU.
W7XF
06-10-2011, 10:07 PM
Carl.... it was 2001 or 2002 (if I recall correctly) that there was visible aurora borealis in Southern Arizona.
NQ6U
06-11-2011, 12:31 AM
Carl.... it was 2001 or 2002 (if I recall correctly) that there was visible aurora borealis in Southern Arizona.

I don't recall that. Not saying that it isn't true, just that I don't remember it.
W1GUH
06-15-2011, 06:53 AM
Ejecta, mass discharge, I would expect those things after a glancing blow. Probably just about any kind of blow. I can almost remember...........nope. The memory is gone.

Actually, I would expect a mass discharge to originate in the Vatican, maybe the Pope? I know he was the fist to use mass storage.

"...the fist to use mass storage." You sayin'??? ;)
W2NAP
06-15-2011, 01:24 PM
Carl.... it was 2001 or 2002 (if I recall correctly) that there was visible aurora borealis in Southern Arizona.

i remember that. it was real strong up here
KG4CGC
06-15-2011, 01:29 PM
I remember that and if there was any chance of seeing it here, that was thrown out the window with our steamy climate and hazy skies. I think I looked outside for a few nights and just saw clouds. I said f*&k it and crawled back in my lair.