Solar storm heads for Earth
U.S. politics had its "Super Tuesday" yesterday, and so did the sun, says Joseph Kunches from NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado.
That's because the sun had two solar flares associated with two coronal mass ejections. Coronal mass ejections involve massive amounts of energy and charged particles shooting out of the sun, and can cause problems if directed at Earth, as was the case over the last couple of days.
This event may stir up a geomagnetic storm, and lead to disruptions to high-frequency radio communications, global positioning systems and power grids, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center said Wednesday. The peak of the storm is expected to hit Thursday morning; it may gradually diminish by Friday morning.
One of these coronal mass ejections is the strongest since December 2006, NOAA said. The equivalent of 10 billion tons of highly charged particles are hurtling at a rate of 3 million to 4 million miles an hour toward Earth. NASA says the leading edge of this coronal mass ejection will hit Earth at 1:25 a.m. E.T. (give or take seven hours).
The sun is currently in a cycle of increased sun spots. This is part of an 11-year cycle that is expected to peak over the next year. The magnetic field in a sunspot stores energy that is released in solar flares. These flares are intense bursts of radiation that get ejected into space.
NOAA measures various aspects of the ejections that occur. Four main components define solar activity: solar flares, coronal mass ejections, high-speed solar wind and solar energetic particles.
As an event occurs, some of the particles reach Earth almost immediately. These highly charged particles are more of a threat to spacecraft and astronauts than to us on the planet's surface. The bulk plasma from the coronal mass ejection can take between 30 and 72 hours to reach the earth. This can cause interruptions to power grids, GPS systems, and some flights that are near the poles.
The one positive outcome is the brilliant auroras (Northern and Southern Lights). These occur as the particles from the ejection interact with the Earth’s magnetic field, creating colorful displays.
NOAA has a chart that classifies these solar storms. This latest coronal mass ejection is forecast to rate as a “strong G3” geomagnetic storm, a measure of the disturbances in the geomagnetic field that helps protect the Earth from dangerous particles, and a “severe S4” solar radiation storm which is a measure of radiation that occurs when the numbers of energetic particles increases.
The Space Prediction Center expects that we are in a favorable pattern for at least the next week to potentially bring more solar storms to the earth. What is not known is the magnitude of future events. What is expected is quite a show from the Northern Lights Wednesday night and Thursday night, which may be visible as far south as Michigan and Illinois.
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Calm yourselves people of the earth. Just put on your tin foil hats, and all shall be well. This to shall pass.
I wish you cold "Like" comments on CNN
tomorrow will be the destruction of the yakallama
Yo momma calls you son but I'm the one hittin' her in and out with all them charged particles.
Huh ?!!!? Lol becareful momma might backfire
nothing ever happens. they have been warning us about solar flares for years and every time nothing happens. once i think canada had a massive blackout they blamed on solar flares but i have my doubts.
Science is like that. Stuff happens, and the common people don't notice, or simply don't understand.
Its O-bummers fault.
I think the Sun God is angry that O-bummer has wasted billions and the price of gas is going up and we are on the brink of war in the middle east.
Steve, I must say you are amazing. I couldn't have said it better myself!
I think you're a several years late with your comment and you're talking about Bush. Maybe that solar flare is affecting your memory and causing a massive case of projection and denial.
You're blaming the price of gas on Obama? What's next? Your undersized manhood?
<<< thinking that Steve and Erica live down South.
Yeah, Mississippi or Louisiana for sure. They're probably man and wife.... and brother and sister.
I believe it is call sarcasm, some individuals are too dense thus taking every word literally. "Sun god" who at this point actually believes in a sun god? very few.
So, is this dangerous?? Seriously- no joke.
In a word, NO.
Not in the least. The sun has put out far worse and we're still here.
Not at all. The earth ocassionally gets hit by these without notice. This one in particular is powerful enough to cause small disruption in powergrids and such. But no, it won't harm you physically in anyway.
"THANK-YOU"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Probably not but they can be. Not to you and I but a large enough flare can cause havoc with the electrical grid. If a large enough one strikes it can take out the serious heavy duty transformers used on the grid and it can take out a bunch of them at once. The problem is that the manufacturing capability to replace them is pretty limited. If more than a few blow large areas will be without power for weeks. So no, this won't hurt you directly but it there is a small chance that large flares like this can have a significant impact on your life.
If you really want to learn something about Solar Storms, check this out. http://www.uhaul.com/supergraphics/states/colorado/space/the_graphic.html, then no one has to be a NWO! =P
I wish CNN didn't expect us ALL to be Steven Hawkins, that Meteorologist on that video is WAY too technical.
Funny...
I thought she spoke to us like children.
Um... David, it's this new invention... it's called sarcasm. Guess it went over your head.
Black hole Sun wont you Come!!!!!!
Awesome comment, gotta go listen 2 that song now! Screw this "science stuff" 4a bit. I've been looking @ other heavenly events all week & doing taxes anyway. I'm outa here! Hehe.
LOL
So we don't have to wait for the retardicans to destroy the planet. Maybe Mother nature will beat them to it.
Sounds Familiar... I'm Just Saying
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2Pe 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Luke: look at the size of that thing
see u can quote anything and make it make sense
So god's plan for the end of days is to cause minor disruptions to radio systems for a couple days? God's gotten pretty lame.
I know. He used to have frogs, locusts, killing the firstborn, turning rivers to blood... Now in a thousand years it'll say "God hath temporarily disrupted my GPS." He's lost some of his originality in his old age.
Now don't get me twisted, I'm not shouting the sky is falling (tomorrow) :-), but this definitely speaks to the probability of what was spoken thousands of years ago to be very present in our time. By the way, Noah was a joke until it started raining
Noah is still a joke. BTW – Did he take 2 T-Rexes?
The sad news is so many people will try to logically explain this. Science has actually proven for years that God is the creator and that HIS word is true. The majority of the people that are talking against God, are those who were hurt by those who said they were "Christians". Regardless of where the hurt originated God loves every human and does not want you to be lost – John 3:16. ...Just remember, the world will not be destroyed again with water, as it were in the days of Noah but this time it will be fire...
Sweet! Then I can roast marshmallows with the devil and listen to that evil rock 'n roll!
Science has *not* proven the existence of God. It is impossible for science to do that and it is also impossible for science to disprove God. Look, God is transcendental right? It isn't bound by the laws of physics or math or any of those crazy things. Can we agree on that? Science is non-transcendental and as such can *only* deal with things like the laws of physics and math and those crazy things. Since science cannot speak to transcendental matters it cannot, by definition speak to the existence (one way or the other) of God. It's like using spaghetti to drive a dry wall screw – it's just not the right tool.
Good point Ready or Not..may not be this particular solar flare but could be talking about one in the near future.
Whew..!! I'm sure glad you spewed all that gibberish. I feel so much better now. My hope for you is that before you die, you never realize that you 'believed' in a man made written book from thousands of years ago. It has been translated and revised over and over again (by humans), and is just basic nonsense. I think back to how many humans have died due to religious wars in the name of a god. Which god? Does it really matter...they all look the same to me...invisible and nonexistent.
Please explain, what's nonsense about having a heavenly Father that desires to have a meaningful relationship with his children; a love that would take take on our likeness, and enable us to take on his. John 3:16-17 – That's not man-made, that's supernatural!
God is an invisible friend for adults to make them feel better, and the bible is one of the best fairy tales ever written.
@ The illusive man – One thing you can not reject or ignore is that Death is a cold reality... What is unfortunate is that many will not believe in God, until after they are faced to meet him! If you only believe what you can see, you are living a very limited life Bro. Please don't wait too late...
Put down that old book of ancient mythology and step away from it. Now take your meds. Feel better?
We MUST elect the GOP and than swiftly DESTROY the menacing Sun, only with it's destruction will we know peace.
Jesus will kill the sun in 2012!
place mitt romney between the sun and earth.
his ego will deflect the incoming super-hyper-charged particles.
Or
they become disoriented by his boring rhetoric and bypass the earth by a considerable margin.
Could someone pass the cocoa butter please?
LOL. I like your timing!
What the heck is a "highly charged particle"?
Sounds like cheap sensationalism to me. Get your facts right.
I didn't see nothin about 'Highly Charged Particles' in the Bible.
It's what is known as an Alpha particle, which is a particle that's emitted from the nucleus of an unstable atom such as Actinium, Radium or any other radio active elements. The positive charge causes the alpha particle (+) to strip electrons (-) from nearby atoms, thus ionizing them.
It's not sensationalism... it's basic high-school chemistry/physics.
Umm no, not in this case. Ionized hydrogen atoms (protons) and electrons moving at high speed.
I was simply making a point, but yes.
4 million miles per hour? Big deal. I'll bet the charged particles' mileage sucks big time.
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More like the Doomsday Preppers started "bugging out"
Wrought with anticipation, Boehner is in his back yard laying on three rolls of aluminum foil and slathering on a bottle of Wesson, crying and laughing as he stares at the sky.
omg...TOO FUNNY!!!! LOL!
I here Boehner is going to open a chain of tanning salon franchises with him as chief spokesperson.
the beginning of the end of the world folks. it looks armeggedon to me
yeah dumb peoples brains are exploding over this article in massive amounts!
its obamas fault
It's your mom fault. Seriously why did she cause this?
do you think it will knock out any more super tuesday debates with the GOP clowns... cause if it does, then its a beautiful blessing from god. obama 2012 🙂
Here's a spoiler for everyone: nothing out of the ordinary will happen tomorrow. Sorry, you're still going to have to go to work and pay your bills.
Unless you're an OWSer
Great! now we have to deal with global warming / climate change on the sun.
doomsday$$@#$ dec. 21 2012
sorry to break it to all the doomsday believers in 2012 out there, but the mayan calender didn't account for leap years... meaning that according to their calender we are over five hundred days ahead of todays calender... so if the mayan calender was correct the world would have ended about seven months ago........ just sayin
Please don't listen to Jake's retarded ass. He got most of his info from a comic he read. The Mayan Calender doesn't use our system for time keeping, it uses the stars positions to keep track of time. Which is far more accurate. So Jake, before you blurt out about something you saw on the internet, do a little research first please. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar
Actually jake, the Mayan calendar used a more accurate correction for leap years than our Gregorian calendar does. But it is still a bunch of hooey.
Hey, maybe we'll get lucky and the flare will knock out Iran's Nuclear research plants 😉
Maybe this is how I get my super powers??? =)
Yeah. That's the ticket. Yeah. Those big holes in the ground where Iran's nuclear sites used to be. Solar storms. Yeah, the sun did it.
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
BUY SOME CARBON CREDITS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE
This is an important thing to be aware of. If the solar event of 1859 happened today, the worlds electrical grids would go down and we might not be able to get them up. It would be a civilization changing event. Sort of like a "reset" button. Search on 1859 geomagnetic storm. Back then, only the telegraph systems went down.
Awwwww I've hocked loogies bigger than that...
Thanks, pretty cooll !
No it wouldn't.
Well....it might help put an end to the recent worries of morbidly obese young people, as they would not be able to set and play their vidio games,talk on their cell phones and they might just have to actually walk to were they need to go. It would not hurt for some of the "instant gratification" that society is so dependant upon to be taken from them for awhile and for people to get back to what really matters .
If this takes down the internet, it'll be all worth it to prevent silly posts like yours. Then again, if it did, you wouldn't be silly.
I am not saying this is what is going to happen tomorrow. We would already know if it were. But, events like the 1859 event happen from time to time. Hopefully we will protect our grid before the next one happens. The other possibility for taking down the electrical grid involves an electromagnetic pulse weapon exploded above us (a nuclear explosion). Either way, we should protect our grid. A bill to do this has been stalled in Congress. Lots of things get stalled in Congress!
Congressman Larry Craig got stalled.
Why wouldn't we be able to restore them? Would the solar flare also make all the engineers forget everything they know?
No. Substations would be fried. It takes a year to make them. They are made in Europe. We need energy and infrastructure to remake them. If we have no energy for a year, we could not produce enough food for everyone. Probably only enough food for 10% of the population. We would be back in an agricultural society of the 1800's. We would kill each other for the remaining food.
Is there an American alive with an intelligent thing to contribute to this discussion? Or is the whole country full of horsesh**?
you need to stop eating those horse apples, they are making you a liberal Demo
Well anything would be more intelligent than what you just posted. If you want to bash idiots, take a look in the mirror pal.
Haha, not many
Grist has made intelligent posts. Read ALL of the words.
The latter.
The meteorologist in the video (and the video itself) is almost unwatchable, I turned it off before the video finished because she was so cutesy and annoying. First she dumbs-down the explanation by saying the sun is blowing "hot stinky breath" at the earth, then the CME, coronal mass ejection, is like "the sun hocking a loogie." This is on CNN??? My favorite news source just insulted my intelligence so hideously, I am embarrassed for the network.
Hey, at least she didn't say that the sun just "cut the cheese."
pull my finger...
That sounds rather intense. Could this be what Ed Dames and other 'remote viewers' refer to as 'The Kill Shot'? It's a creepy idea but...
7:20 A.M. ET, November 6th, 2003: NOAA's Space Environment Center (SEC) classified this Solar Flair as an X28, making it in fact the strongest ever recorded. A source told SPACE.com that the SEC is aware other scientists still think the flare was even stronger. The article below remains as it originally appeared. – RRB
A flare released by the Sun on Tuesday could be the most powerful ever witnessed, a monster X-ray eruption twice as strong as anything detected since satellites were capable of spotting them starting in the mid-1970s.
the sun solar flare speed of 4 million mph transalates to 66,666.6667 m/min or 1,111.11111m/sec –
light travels at 186,000 m/sec – thats alot of extra light.
don't tell me it had no effect on weather on earth.
Does this also include ISP? Been having minor issues with my ISP (Time Warner Road Runner) today with the connection going on and off during the afternoon PST. Only lasted for a few minutes but all is well since then.
My friend in LA could not get onto the internet for more than five minutes at a time today.
2012..............A little warning would be nice(A Rush Job with The AlMighty)
I just heard that it could set fires to dryer parts of the world. This is unreal.
Unreal is a very good description. False, fake and baloney also come to mind.
Duh....really. it was just a joke. Dont wet your pants sissy
Now I'm not trying to sound paranoid or anything, but this is exactly how the movie 2012 began. Food for thought.
You're kidding right?
You cannot be that stupid, there is no possible way.
More applicable than the Mayan theory – is what was portrayed in the movie "KNOWING".
A "super-flare" – although evidence a planet-destroying super flare has not (yet) been found.
Then ther is the actual treat of a potential Super Volcano developing from caldera under Yellowstone (The Movie 2012)
Food for thought? Sounds like a low calorie low nutrient offering.
So basically the Sun farts and we all get to smell it.
Much easier to explain then solar flares hitting the atmosphere causing geomagnetic storms. lol
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this how the Borg get to Earth?
Assimilating our culture would be their doom. Just think about it: republican and democrat borgs... the horror.
What if we got a big mirror and deflected it back?
Tne Mysterians.
A nus.
Cixelsid oot!
It is a danger to life on earth, because we are not protected neither by the ozone atoms in the stratosphere. So, radiations can reach and strike directly on the biosphere/troposphere....i want to add this commentary!..
The ozone layer partially blocks UV radiation. It's the Earth's magnetosphere that protects the biosphere from solar flare radiation. No worries.
Seriously, did you read the article at all?
Does any1 know when Minnesota will be able to see the nice lights in the sky??I've never seen anything like that and would love to before I die..please info anyone:( thank you
"The peak of the storm is expected to hit Thursday morning; it may gradually diminish by Friday morning." Its says the front edge will arive at approx 1:25am EST.(+/- 7 hours...)
Thank you..I've never seen this so I'd love to see it..we would be able to right??
Myguess is that the closer you live to a city the harder it will be to see.
For days and times of viewing the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) in Minnesota visit: http://spaceweather.com/
And fry yourself
Dumberto. Bad dog.
Hey Buddy, did you just see a real bright light?
I'm getting a chuckle out of CNN making such a big deal over this. This is the normal time where the sun has increased solar activity. Why is this news??
Its better then the article on snookie being pregnant....
It actually affects people's functioning in some areas, so it is news.
wow, you are just a sad... really sad.
Just a sad?
Just a sad? What does that mean?
Polite for stupid.
I for one welcome our new highly charged particle overlords.
It is a danger to life on earth, because we are not protected neither by the ozone atoms in the stratosphere. So, radiations can reach and strike directly on the biosphere/troposphere....
I swear everyone is going crazy over the littlest thing
Oh please, there no such thing as the sun.
This event should 've correlation with the maya's calendar concerning that this is the last year for the mankind on earth. If the solar flares will be repeated along the year, then, changes on earth will be espected. The radiations can change the planet magnetic field and atomic structure, becoming lethal to life, mutations, and dna and rna mutations. Those radiations will strike a planet with less glaciers and poles ice, and can not be reflected normally back out of the atmosphere.
I smell Zombie Apocalypse!
Uh, since this is the end, The Universe would really love it if you gave everything you own to me.
Sorry, that's not how this works. It will not cause the end of life on earth or even directly impact life beyond people talking about it. This is a big flare but not enough to cause any sort of life threatening damage.
Whatever. this is a joke. You idiots believe anything the media says. I bet ehre are people out rthere right now fearing the end of wolrd come sun up thursday morning..well reality is this is stupid and elvis is frekin dead!!!!
p.s. i just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance
You're a Coronal Mass Ejection!
You sir win the internet for that comment. Also acceptable would have been "Is that a coronal mass ejection above your photosphere or are you just glad to see me?"
I'd like to thank the academy...
Hmm... more like a Coronal Mass Ejaculation.
Imagine what would happen if EVERY single piece of electronics on earth got fried from this EMP wave headed for earth. No more computers. No more Internet. No more satellites. No more electronic ignitions in cars. No more TV, etc., etc. It would take us back to the 1950s. How long would it take our society to recover and rebuild?
Depends on how many ships we can line up from China to bring us new electronics. Magnetic storms are strictly forbidden by China's ruling government.
That was hilarious.
The flare burst Tuesday night. The radioactive bubbles can have dramatic effects, like the ones you're talking about. But, probably only in the Northern Hemisphere. And, you're right, nothing would work including electicity, television, computers, telephones, automobiles.
Buy some candles and curl up with some good books. It would take over ten years to get back to normal again.
The Northern lights sightings will be tonight, tomorrow and Friday.
Be safe...
I put some hot dogs and burgers out...
If we all die tomorrow from Coronal Mass Ejection, I would like to go on record as having said ...... "Nar-Nee-Nar-Nee-Nar-Nar !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was gonna watch the coronal mass ejections...but then I got high...
Lol... I predictor will hit earth at approximately 4:20 est
Hey that was my line
One of these eruptions occurred on the first day of class of a beginning astronomy class that I co-teach. So I started the lecture by stating that a strong eruption had occurred on the Sun and a coronal mass ejection was headed toward Earth and would likely be here the next day. The students grew very quiet. 2012 is a great year to teach astronomy classes. I had a lot of fun with them when we talked about comets and asteroids too.
Priceless...
Just a little indigestion before the sun tosses it's cookies in December?
T minus 280 days and counting
Come at me bro
Should be some spectacular aurora viewing if you're in the right place!
can you hear me now?..can you hear me now?....$%^ cell phone!! you'd think there was some sorta solar flare attacking earth! geeez
THE AZTECS WARNED! PREPARE! REPENT! SHOP AT MACY'S!
i was drunk....the day my mom...got outta prison
and i went... to pick her up...in the raaaiiin...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5OlSR-a3qo.......check out my song about this! Appreciate your life!
iding on the City of New Orleans,
Slow news day? I read elsewhere it was a X5 flare. That's not all that large of a flare really, the one that preceded hurricane Katrina was X17. It's an exponetial scale, so by comparison, this one is pretty weak.
Big hands, I know you're the one.
God is po'd! Way to go voting for Romney you dummies.
Imagine how horrible it'd be if people had voted for Santorum! We'd all be crispy critters.
Oh for crying out loud. It's just a solar storm. It's happened before. The world is NOT going to end because of this!!
the electrical grid could end....it has happened before in the late 1800s...a large solar flare could out all the satellites and grid throwing us back into the 1800s. the economy would be destroyed
The sky is falling, the sky is falling! Oh noes!
An X-5 flare, like this, is on the larger end of the scale of intensity, but is still not too big. In 2003, we had an X-28. But if we get a solar storm like the Solar Storm of 1859, our power grid would be toast. The technology we have to today is vulnerable to these types of mega-storms. That's just a fact, and the 1859 storm wasn't one of a kind. It's more of a once-every-200-years storm. During this storm, aurorae were seen around the world, most notably over the Caribbean; also noteworthy were those over the Rocky Mountains that were so bright that their glow awoke gold miners, who began preparing breakfast because they thought it was morning. Back then there was no power grid, so there was not much of an impact.
Im sure Obama will find some reason that this will cause good working Americans to pay more taxes and let the worthless slums of the US get more freebies.
It takes NO imagination, NO intelligence, NO insight whatsoever to come up with posts like this. Think before you type.
I'm sure he and his secret cabal ordered the flares. You should really fear those who control the sun.
Americanproud-
what are you proud of, being too stupid to be human? What a redneck.
so i guess you are the one i pay for. just sayin...please enjoy our hard working tax money. You know a democrat really does represent the jack-ass well
fail troll is fail. dont feed the fail troll. thanks.
Rahul... The name says it all.
GOOD GRIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sure you'll find some reason to trash Obama on each and every subject unrelated to the President . . .
Frekin moron
That's odd. You don't sound like a proud American. You disparage the President and a major segment of the population, and then call yourself a patriot. Typical hypocritical GOP drone. Shouldn't you be watching the Rush Limpdick show instead of spewing nonsense on CNN?
What happens if someone puts an emergency flare up, but rescue services thinks its just a solar flare?
I don't think your tin foil hat will help you with this one...
the chewstroke homepage talked to a govt official who is taking this very serious and doesnt want to let the public know how dangerous this could be.
Obviously SOMEONE in politics is to blame for this! I'm a Democrat, so it must be a Republican. Vote Obama – no more solar flares! Wait, I'm a Republican, so it must be a Democrat. Vote Romney/Gingrich/Paul/Santorum – no more solar flares!
Or maybe... Tired of driving to see the aurora borealis at $4 a gallon? Vote Bachman and your gas will never cost more than $2.
"The boy who cried wolf."
I've heard this over and over for the last several years. They never seem to be as bad as predicted. When we finally do get warning of something really significant we many not take heed.
Funny thing is that they could not show the video of the Sun's CME.
Let my grandchildren know I was brave to the end.
Cute
Planning a trip to the sun?
That lady just won $331 Million, and the Earth is about to burn up, oh the irony.
The Earth's not going to burn up. A solar flare just screws with the magnetics of the Earth.
Huh, huh, They said coronal mass ejections, huh, huh.
The Zombie Apocalypse is Nigh!
us deserve eternal damnation! the end times are naye!
or not
this might be the start of apocalypse...
Or not
It's the start of the comment thread takeover by conspiracy theorists.
Remember – JFK's reptilian baby want's you to join the banking syndicate! Or else!
It IS the apocalpyse. It's BECAUSE OF MAN that our world is being destroyed! We've polluted so much our universe is just getting back at us!
Okay I promise to stop polluting the Sun.
jayj - hilarious.
Or the start of you learning new things that are not that dangerous
I wonder if the NOAA will fudge their data in their studies on this as well.
So what else did they fudge?
Their global warming data.
Their pants when they saw that flare
Omg .. The pants comment.. priceless..
I do it for the Lulz...
Just stop it.
The experts said that from 1994 on the earth would warm every year and that by 2000 we'd be parched and starving BUT according to Meteorlogists the earth's temperature hasn't budged since . In fact there was a slight DIP last year???
Al Gore got it wrong! It's a huge moneymaker for governments to charge millions for Carbon Credits. A SCAM !
Sure there's weather anomalies but it's a pattern that's been happening for centuries. I bet all the arrogant Global Warming "Experts" on here are very embarrassed!
You're a moron.
You need deprogramming. You've been Limbaughtomized . . .
that's funny, limbaughtomized. my husband has been limbaughtomized. it's a good thing for him that i love him.
the sun is blowing us a kiss
Your glass is half full. I like an optimist.
Every one on Earth should hold up Marshmellows when it happens.
I knew it!
Rick Santorum does not believe it.
Says all this science stuff is bunk.
But what if this is the end?
This isn't a big event. In fact the article stated one just like it happened 6 years ago. If anything, it's over-dramatized.
Two words...Mayan Apocalypse.
Last I checked the Mayan Apocalypse happened in the late 1500's when the Spanish came and killed/brainwashed them all.
Keep saying stuff like that so everyone will know they can't listen to you anymore because you're a full-of-it fear-mongerer
If the .Mayans could see the future then why did they not see those Spanish Conquistadors crossing the ocean?
As long as the earth doesn't burn up like in that stupid Nicolas Cage movie.
oh, that's one of my fav movies, Knowing. Loved the last half hour. thought it was just another disaster movie but it's really spiritual.
Its the illuminati's fault.
Why bring politics into this.
Morons.
most moron
Because they don't know how to open a story in any other way.
"You might've heard of X, but wait 'til you hear about the outer space version of X: Y!"
dad u suck
so I guess the solar storms will be labelled 'man-made' and a factor in global warming (its actually the sun storms are causing climate change). Gore should broker some carbon credits to the 'sun'. Maybe we need a global 'sun' committee that will buy them. Obama can send a $T to the 'sun'.
who let this retard post?
See, you're confusing actual scientific phenomenon with conspiracy theories thought up by those who are completely ignorant of science. It happens all the time when stupid people start watching too much TV so don't feel bad.
Glenn, Rush, and Fox have turned your brain into goo.
you always know when the paid Obama comment responders come out of the woodwork, it happens when you get close to the truth about Obama the charlatan
solar flares, schmolar flares, if its not in the bible its not true! 🙂
I hope to bloody hell this is sarcasm.
I've noticed most bible-humpers are even more into end of the world nonsense takes on stuff like this
try reading the book of revelation.. and don't interprete it literally. I't might be a sign the our time is coming to an end.
@Heroicslug, the smiley at the end was a clue.
How dangerous is this to astronauts currently in orbit?
they are going to be crispy
December 2012 is real and we are starting to see the cosmic signs.
-buzzer-
Nope, sorry. I'm afraid that's incorrect.
Nice one.
I checked the calendar and you're right. There will be a December in 2012.
You're gonna feel really stupid come christmas. The rest of us don't have to wait.
Maybe we will luck out and it will turn Iran into glass, leaving the rest of US untouched?
I like your thinking
Looks like you're suffering from a cerebral mass ejection.
Its Bushes fault
How dumb are you? It's really Nixon's fault. Oh, wait, maybe Truman's. Well, it must be SOMEBODY'S fault!
Im sure Obama will fix it!!! Just like our government...oh wait..wait a second...um yeah nevermind he didnt fix anything did..my bad
he saved us from a depression
at least he is neutral than Jwb , all of the world is going 2 be corrupt , his doing is good
It's later than we think. Nothing's going to be OK.
i wonder if this caused the tornados and the earthquakes ... Rut Roh ...
well, seeing as it's not going to arrive until thursday morning... i'd say no...
thanks for spelling "it's" correctly. i always see it misspelled and that irks me.
Wow! maybe it's God's way of telling the Repugs to shut.the.hell.up. Or else He's pi55ed at Lush for bashing that innocent female.
Oh please just get a life. Dont you ever get tired of parroting everyone around you?
I's with you these librals all think that cuz theys wenta colage that theys smarter than theresta us an that all us cinservataves is dummerin snot. oBAMA think everone shuld go to them fancy shmancy colages an drink lates an driven gemin cars. Phukimall
Once Around The Sun, Cruising, Climbing.
Jupiter Cyclops Winks At Me, Yeah, He Knows Who's Driving.
Hit Neutral In The Tail Of A Comet.
Let The Vortex Pull My Weight.
Push The Seat Back A Little Lower.
Watch Light Bend In The Blower.
Planets Align.
A King Is Born.
Dodge Swinger.
Jesus On The Dashboard.
Spacegrass..........lol
Whenever It Feels Right
Hold it, hold it. Okay now exhale.
Interesting how CNN downplays this event... when, it's a particularly large event. NWO.
the real 2012...Michio Kaku style
I hope it doesnt shrink my happy stick.
It's not even an X-class flare. We've had those before, the most powerful variety, and suffered little in the way of EM interference. Read something besides conspiracy theories.
Hero, it IS an X-class flare. Check out NASA's page. Still not the end of the world.
My bad. I thought they called it a G3, but that must refer to the CME and not the flare proper.
G3s is the scale of the expected Geomagnetic storm.
It was an x5.5,immediately followed by an x1...
A particularly large event? NWO? You've been reading too much Icke, David. Hopefully everyone you tell remembers what you said so that when the weekend passes they'll remember too that they can't listen to a word you say.
I finally figured out, based on your post, what NWO stands for. Nit Wit Online!
I hope this kills the power grid so you morons realize this is a threat to nuclear reactors. I want them all to meltdown and you all to die of radiation sickness.
lolumad?