LBN worthy but I'll put it here-----Solar Storm Barrels Toward Earth

[underpants]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/solar_storm

DENVER - A geomagnetic storm spawned by a giant eruption of gas on the sun barreled toward Earth on Friday, interfering with high frequency airline communications but causing no major problems, federal officials said.

The storm was expected to be most severe Friday, though experts said they didn't anticipate problems with communication networks.

The storm, called a "coronal mass ejection," is a mass of solar gas that swept toward Earth at 2 million mph. The usual cycle for such a storm is every 11 years; this one was expected to hit three years ago.

Much like predicting a hurricane, forecasting the impact of a geomagnetic storm is difficult.


"It could just strike a glancing blow or hit head on," Combs said.

[GainesT1958]

1. That shot really makes the Sun look like...

A giant "hot orange" baloon!

I understand that flare, as it's pictured, is TEN TIMES the size of Earth...guess it would have a hard time missing us!:eyes:

Oh, well, if we get any "dropped" calls on our cell or mobile phones in the next couple of days, we'll have a good idea why.

B-)

[Fridays Child]

2. Uh oh! Better look at the picture a little more closely. Here...

[underpants]

3. Yikes is that Jimmy Dean the sausage king?

LOL

[Fridays Child]

4. Oh, no! It's the true face of this guy...

[jus_the_facts]

5. here's a pic of the coronal holes......another is on this one's heels.....

[oneighty]

6. That is scary

A hole in the sun!

180

[trof]

7. "solar storm barrels"

At first I thought this was something I should put under the downspouts.