[californiadisasters] FW: Another CME Heads for Earth

The one we're going through now was an X5.4 flare (BIG) and it grazed us. A
second flare is giving us a G3 magnetic storm. This (below) will slap us.

If you're in the north state, keep your eyes to the north the next few
nights (before moonrise) if your area is cloud free. Increased aurora has
been occurring nightly (and daily, but it's harder to see). Oooh, pretty.

While the increased sunspots make for great conditions for ham radio
operators, these flares make nothing work on radio for us on the lower
bands. However currently some Europeans hams are chatting with South
Africans hams on the 144 MHz band (normally a 100 or so mile short range
band). So if you hear distant FM stations on your radio, now you know why.

In the days of analog TV, watching far away stations was possible too, not
so likely with HDTV (much higher frequency band).

Rick

> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Another CME Heads for Earth
> Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:42:45 -0600
> From: SpaceWeather.com <swlist@spaceweather.com>
> To: SpaceWeather.com <swlist@spaceweather.com>
>
>
>
> Space Weather News for March 9, 2012
> http://spaceweather.com
>
> INCOMING CME: As Earth's magnetic field reverberates from the impact of
> one CME on March 8th, a second CME is on the way. Big sunspot AR1429
> unleashed an M6-class solar flare today, and the eruption hurled a cloud
> of plasma almost directly toward Earth. Forecasters say the CME could
> reach our planet during the late hours of March 10th or early hours of
> March 11th. Strong geomagnetic storms are possible when the cloud
> arrives. Check http://spaceweather.com for more information and updates.
>
> SPACE WEATHER ALERTS: Would you like a call when geomagnetic storms are
> in progress? Aurora alerts are available from
> http://spaceweathertext.com (text) and http://spaceweatherphone.com
> (voice).

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