Severe space storm heading our way. What can happen to our service from Dish Network?

[Jeffdbs]

I do not know if this has been brought up today. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16187534/ So what can happen to our Dish Network programming and our dishes/receivers here on the ground?

 

[Tom Bombadil]

We'll all be dead, so it won't make any difference what happens to our dishes.

 

[HDTVFanAtic]

wish it would put 129W out of its misery......

 

[boy921]

If not dead we may suffer a bad case of plasma gas.

 

[nuts4scuba]

You will need to assemble and install this:
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/

 

[Peter Parker]

Serioulsy no one knows till it gets here. As it says communications may be disrupted. Then again maybe nothing will happen.

 

[boy921]

Nuts4Scuba, You win. This is the best! How can anyone top this one?

You will need to assemble and install this:
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/

 

[vurbano]

If not dead we may suffer a bad case of plasma gas.

I had that last night

 

[foghorn2]

Serioulsy no one knows till it gets here. As it says communications may be disrupted. Then again maybe nothing will happen.

Since 911, God has been blessing us so nothing really should happen. We will still be able to use Dish Network.

Maybe the Turd Birds will be under His wrath.

 

[Peter Parker]

Since 911, God has been blessing us so nothing really should happen. We will still be able to use Dish Network.

Maybe the Turd Birds will be under His wrath.

I was unaware that God had blessed us in that manner. Once again i am in awe of his generosity and of what I can learn in these forums.

 

[Peter Parker]

So we are not blessed. Damn I am confused.

 

[Jeffdbs]

Since this site is loaded with good people with alot of satellite knowledge how about the risk to our investments in receivers and monthly programming. Does Dish Network have any spare satellites in orbit if a main satellite is unable to survive a solar storm?

 

[bhawley]

I'm going to hide in the bank where I work. I'm gonna lock myself in the main safe with a whole bunch of books because I hate people and do not have enough time to read. I wear glasses too.

Rod would be proud.

 

[navychop]

"...I wear glasses too...."

Just be real careful with them when you come out for air. :haha

 

[cosmo_kramer]

If not dead we may suffer a bad case of plasma gas.

damn Taco Bell......

 

[bacchus101]

I was getting the message this morning, "unusable signal" on my screen ON TOP of CNN or whatever I was watching.

The signal was obviously usable if I could see it on top of the programming.

Maybe this was an early effect from the storm?

 

[jldhawk]

I was getting the message this morning, "unusable signal" on my screen ON TOP of CNN or whatever I was watching.

The signal was obviously usable if I could see it on top of the programming.

Maybe this was an early effect from the storm?

No, that was GOD telling you NOT to watch CNN!

 

[bacchus101]

No, that was GOD telling you NOT to watch CNN!

Well my cat prefers Fox News.
He was denied a nipple to suckle by his mother as a kitten :river

 

[sweetbronxyankee]

This thread went from Space Storms to politics say it's not so...

 

[Tom Bombadil]

What I fear most is not that we are all dead, but that we are all turned into the undead. Or even if only a few million are turned into undead zombies, running around munching on brains.

Things could get very ugly on the next Charlie Chat. Jim's head hits the table and then he rises back up with a twisted face and bites Charlie. Blood spurts all over the set. I doubt the camera crew will be packing the requisite anti-zombie gear, like shotguns and machetes.

I've seen a couple of movies where comets caused this to happen.

If it does then we'll never see our USB storage or Cinemax HD.