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DanO
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Nice safety goggles, Neal. I bet you could fit a pair of glasses under those with room to spare.
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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Neal Johns
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Shucks, DanO, the glasses are normal size, the radiation shrunk my head!
My motto:
Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jimgrms
I really need to find out if what bruce is smoking is legal and where can i get some |
I tried that only once but I did not inhale
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Dave
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I have chosen not to read about this so as not to be affected.
Whatever it is.
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Hook
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How much longer before we can start to say
It's all Nancy Pelosi's fault.
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Barry A.
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Right now is appropriate---------
----don't you think??? Isn't she responsible for El Bolero??
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bajadave1
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Bruce,
Going back to the subject of your original post about electrical things not working for a few days, how would we know that it isn't just CFE down
again?
Dave
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FARASHA
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Neal Johns
The radiation has not reached Lytle Creek yet. at least no effects on humans noted yet. |
Neal - make sure non of the WiW's are getting to see this Photo, they might bail out of THE LIST!!!! (#398)
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Bruce R Leech
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up date for today
"We're looking for very strong, severe geomagnetic storming" to begin probably around mid-day Thursday, Joe Kunches, Lead Forecaster at the NOAA Space
Environment Center, told SPACE.com this afternoon.
The storm is expected to generate aurora or Northern Lights, as far south as the northern United States Thursday night. Astronauts aboard the
International Space Station are not expected to be put at additional risk, Kunches said.
Radio communications, satellites and power grids could face potential interruptions or damage, however.
Solar flares send radiation to Earth within minutes. Some are also accompanied by coronal mass ejections (CME), clouds of charged particles that
arrive in a day or two. This flare unleashed a strong CME that's aimed squarely at Earth.
"It's got all the right stuff," Kunches said.
However, one crucial component to the storm is unknown: its magnetic orientation. If it lines up a certain way with Earth's magnetic field, then the
storm essentially pours into our upper atmosphere. If the alignment is otherwise, the storm can pass by the planet with fewer consequences.
Kunches and his team are advising satellite operators and power grid managers to keep an eye on their systems. In the past, CMEs have knocked out
satellites and tripped terrestrial power grids. Engineers have learned to limit switching at electricity transfer stations, and satellite operators
sometimes reduce operations or make back-up plans in case a craft is damaged.
Another aspect of a CME involves protons that get pushed along by the shock wave. Sometimes these protons break through Earth's protective magnetic
field and flood the outer reaches of the atmosphere—where the space station orbits—with radiation. The science of it all is a gray area, Kunches said.
But the best guess now is that there will only be a slight increase in proton activity. That's good news for the astronauts.
Bruce R Leech
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bajalou
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And from the European Space Agency regarding their "real time" satellite images
"14/12/2006
Envisat Anomaly
An anomaly occurred on-board Envisat on 12 December 2006 at 18:02 UTC leading to the interruption of the measurements of all the payload instruments.
The current state of Investigations seems to indicate that the anomaly could have been caused by a magnetic activity recently caused by a high peak of
solar activities. "
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
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MrBillM
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The Sky is Falling, The Sky is Falling !
Well, so far, if this potentially calamity hadn't been brought to our attention, we'd have gone through the day unaffected and unknowing.
We did have a couple of Earthquakes up here in the past few days and some Gale-Force winds one night. Could that be a result ? I had thought that
those might be the fault of GWB, but since there was no damage, he escaped blame.
I'm "Really" Worried, though !
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Elena La Loca
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So far so good as far as HF propagation...
It was my "day in the barrel" as net control for the Baja Maritime Net (daily at 1600 UTC currently on or around 7259mHz) and I had stations as far
north as NT7N in Redmond, OR, as far east as W7DMT in Green Valley, AZ, and as far south as XE2/N7KVJ in San Jose del Cabo, BCS clear as a bell.
Should be interesting how the day unfolds. Thanks for the info...it's fascinating!!!
73 de N6UWW
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Elena La Loca
So far so good as far as HF propagation...
It was my "day in the barrel" as net control for the Baja Maritime Net (daily at 1600 UTC currently on or around 7259mHz) and I had stations as far
north as NT7N in Redmond, OR, as far east as W7DMT in Green Valley, AZ, and as far south as XE2/N7KVJ in San Jose del Cabo, BCS clear as a bell.
Should be interesting how the day unfolds. Thanks for the info...it's fascinating!!!
73 de N6UWW |
HF propagation... has been good in the mornings to just past mid day. at night it has been terrible on the lower bands.
73
Bruce R Leech
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Neal Johns
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FARASHA, not to worry, I have completely recovered:
My motto:
Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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Cypress
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Guess this event will have no impact on off the grid folks. 
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Barry A.
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Neal------Nice picture of your Great Grandson----I certainly see the family resemblence.
Barry
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FARASHA
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Neal Johns
FARASHA, not to worry, I have completely recovered: |
whoa, good to know you're fine - was really concerned Neal;
BTW tell your great grandson he is now on MY list of MiW too - 
NO electromagnetic sideeffects to be seen or heard of over here Bruce.
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Bruce R Leech
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some thing is wrong with the electricity here in Mulege. for 4 days the power has not been off and normally we have 1 or 2 or more outages a day maybe
the soler events can fix things also.
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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