This is coming our way today & tomorrow. Hope it does waste any satellites.
After the initial blast of radiation accompanying the coronal mass ejection
(CME) — the first of its magnitude to occur in the new solar cycle of
activity — a huge cloud of charged particles is headed toward Earth and is
expected likely to arrive on Feb. 17-18.
Among the many potential disasters that can come from a massive CME:
disturbances in the planet’s geomagnetic field that may lead to
malfunctioning telecom and GPS satellite equipment.
While forecasters predict no major impact on our telecommunications
infrastructure, scientists have pointed out the sun is now ramping up ahead
of an expected solar maximum around 2013.
After the initial blast of radiation accompanying the coronal mass ejection
(CME) — the first of its magnitude to occur in the new solar cycle of
activity — a huge cloud of charged particles is headed toward Earth and is
expected likely to arrive on Feb. 17-18.
Among the many potential disasters that can come from a massive CME:
disturbances in the planet’s geomagnetic field that may lead to
malfunctioning telecom and GPS satellite equipment.
While forecasters predict no major impact on our telecommunications
infrastructure, scientists have pointed out the sun is now ramping up ahead
of an expected solar maximum around 2013.
