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New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detected, in 12350 BC

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Re: New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detected, in 12350 BC

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Post by aaron695 »

ggm wrote: post #3

This would not have been kind to any RF/EMF systems, be they GEO, LEO or terrestrial. We'd have been walking around marvelling at st elmo's fire coming off any point-contact junction between metal or exposed metal structure, with the most fantastic skies at night. On the other hand, would allergy sufferers be marvelling at the removal of all the dust and pollen? This would be like the outdoors becoming a giant anti-s…

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Re: New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detected, in 12350 BC

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Post by roygbiv2 »

cyberax wrote: post #19
roygbiv2 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How would this effect computers and everyday electrical devices? If we detected something like this heading towards us would we have to turn everything off for the day/week? That's just not possible though is it, can't just turn off nuclear power plants for the day.

There won't be any effect. Solar flares do NOT affect the devices on the ground. All the fast-moving charged particles are completely absorbed in the upper atmosphere. And to give you some perspective, the most energetic flares can produce 10^-3 W/m^2 flux at the Earth's orbit. The flares do affect the geomagnetic field. And a changing magnetic field induces current, but it becomes non-negligible only for very long c…

Well there you go then, a little dull but probably for the best.

Re: New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detected, in 12350 BC

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

ggm wrote: post #3

This would not have been kind to any RF/EMF systems, be they GEO, LEO or terrestrial. We'd have been walking around marvelling at st elmo's fire coming off any point-contact junction between metal or exposed metal structure, with the most fantastic skies at night. On the other hand, would allergy sufferers be marvelling at the removal of all the dust and pollen? This would be like the outdoors becoming a giant anti-s…

> would allergy sufferers be marvelling at the removal of all the dust and pollen? This would be like the outdoors becoming a giant anti-static dust remover

How do solar flares render pollen groundborne?

Re: New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detected, in 12350 BC

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Post by bitwize »

fugalfervor wrote: post #11
bitwize wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!

I don't know why you're being downvoted for quoting Spaceballs.

Presumably because it's "not the kind of discussion we want to foster here at HN".
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