/sci/ - Science & Math

[fuckng retards No.4871097]

why aren't you retarded mexican nigger fucks talking about this? the sun just fired off a massive cme a day ago. It is expected to make auroras all the way into the southeastern US. If that isn't a severe cme - nothing is. Why isn't the federal givernment warning us and preparing to shutdown the grid to protect it?

BTW fuck the nigger who designed the retarded captcha. he should be raped by a nigger dick dipped in fireants.

[Anonymous No.4871101]

you don't belong here. go along, now

[fuckng retards No.4871106]

too busy discussing the merits of pedophilia and faggotry to worry about something important? seems about right. fucking morons.

[Anonymous No.4871122]

We were talking about it the other day. It's just a CME - nothing to get worked up about. Enjoy the light show.

[Anonymous No.4871124]

>>4871122
Also:
>All eyes are on the solar wind data to note the expected passage on Saturday of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from Thursday's solar event. SWPC expects G1 (minor) with the chance of attaining G2 (moderate) Geomagnetic Storm activity after 9:00 a.m. EDT (1300 UTC) on July 14. Elsewhere the S1 (minor) Solar Radiation Storm lingers, and Region 1520 has been quiet.

[Anonymous No.4871125]

>>4871097
Why are you so angry? Don't bring your deep-seeded anger over your own inadequacies here please.

[Anonymous No.4871127]

>2012: not being able to post a fucking link on a discussion board. go to fucking google news and search for cme. It is being called massive. also reports of conflicting information between noaa and nasa. the point is that a solar flare (known as a cme by retards) is potentially devastating. the other point is that severe solar flares pointed at earth are not benign and hey could bring down the power grid world fucking wide.

[Anonymous No.4871132]

>>4871127
I'm not finding anything about it being "potentially devastating".

[Anonymous No.4871138]

>>4871132
In any case, what the hell would you do about it?

[Anonymous No.4871155]

This is the fucking worst thread in fucking existence. OP is scientifically clueless and illiterate.

[Anonymous No.4871159]

Coronal mass ejections happen all the time.
Sometimes they are massive.
Sometimes they cause blackouts and hinder communications.
Sometimes mass media likes to make mountains out of molehills.

Nothing new or earth-shattering about any of this.

[Anonymous No.4871166]

>>4871138
If you're super paranoid, turn off your expensive electronics and disconnect them from the power supply.

[Anonymous No.4871192]

I love when this shit happens every month or two.
Idiots lose their shit and start screaming that the world is ending, everyone with a IQ above 3 tells them to shut the fuck up and the thread dies.
Then the cycle repeats every1-3 hours until the event fully dies down.

[Anonymous No.4871195]

>>4871192
stick around for two years its gonna get way better

[Anonymous No.4871196]

because CMEs cant do shit to us. unless half the sun decides to fart in our direction to depress the magnetic field to ground level, but in 4.5 billion years, that has never happened.
Stop being a bitch and enjoy the light show this weekend.

[Anonymous No.4871201]

>>4871196
They can and have. If only once in recorded history. Do your research.

[Anonymous No.4871205]

i was referring to doomsday scenarios as OP was ranting about

i do not consider a power outtage a doomsday event

[Anonymous No.4871213]

>>4871195
>Implying the world will exist after this year

[Anonymous No.4871214]

>>4871205
eh, its very unlikely but theoretically it could destroy the entire power grid for the sun facing side of the earth if not more. Which would be pretty damn bad.

[Anonymous No.4871277]

>>4871201
What are you referring to? I've never heard of a CME doing any sort of biological damage.

[Anonymous No.4871357]

>>4871277

I think he is referring to the 1989 geomagnetic storm that knocked out power Quebec for half a day.

[Carl !!dFf2PUolAtC No.4871515]

Coronal Mass Ejections happen all the time (though they are more frequent when we approach solar maximum). Most don't have a noticeable affect at all, some of the worse ones may cause minor blackouts or communications issues.

If you're worried about something like the Carrington Event in 1859 happening though... relax, this isn't remotely on that scale. It'll give us a pretty light show in the northern states, and in the worst case you might have to go without cell phone and gps for a couple hours, but this isn't going to destroy human civilization.


If something that big was coming towards us, trust me - every news network, every radio station, and half the internet would be lit up talking about it.

It takes only takes a few days for the matter from a CME to reach Earth, sometimes as little as 12-24 hours. IF a CME big enough and powerful enough to cause major damage was headed towards us, the governments of the world would need to get the word out fast and coordinate global efforts to shut down and shield critical systems.


So relax, enjoy the light shows, and if you're still really freaked out stock up on aluminum foil.

[Anonymous No.4871535]

>>4871515

This

[Anonymous No.4871592]

>>4871515

10/10 post, informative as fuck.

[Anonymous No.4872764]

So... Saturday has come and nearly gone and I'm not seeing any mayhem.


Seriously bummed... I want my apocalypse dammit!

[Anonymous No.4873187]

>>4872764
Your body is slowly deteriorating from the radiation, you just haven't noticed yet...

[Anonymous No.4873213]

Looking at the X-ray and proton fluxes on the ice top summary page. Doesn't look all that bad to me. May 27 event was probably bigger.

[Nuka-Cola No.4873231]

Kp index is at about 5 right now, used to be 5.2 a few hours ago
it's not all that bad
i was hoping to see something in MA, but i need a 7.2 kp for that :(

[Anonymous No.4873536]

yes