moldyoldy
Flashlight Enthusiast
fyi: The Wall Street Journal posted an article today, 7 March 2012 about the major solar storm due to arrive this Thursday early morning:
"Associated Press
WASHINGTON—The largest solar storm in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights."
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"But there is potential for widespread problems. Solar storms have three ways they can disrupt technology on Earth: with magnetic, radio and radiation emissions. This is an unusual situation when all three types of solar-storm disruptions are likely to be strong, Mr. Kunches said."
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"The magnetic part of the storm has the potential to trip electrical power grids. Mr. Kunches said utility companies around the world have been alerted. The timing and speed of the storm determines whether it knocks off power grids, he said."
among other effects: GPS inaccuracies and outages, expected high radiation is causing polar flights are being re-routed, etc.
soooo, If any of us CPF'ers are flying at high altitude on polar routes at that time, that would be a perfect time to test their multi-stage high-output LED by holding it near a viewing port for a while....
"Associated Press
WASHINGTON—The largest solar storm in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights."
...
"But there is potential for widespread problems. Solar storms have three ways they can disrupt technology on Earth: with magnetic, radio and radiation emissions. This is an unusual situation when all three types of solar-storm disruptions are likely to be strong, Mr. Kunches said."
...
"The magnetic part of the storm has the potential to trip electrical power grids. Mr. Kunches said utility companies around the world have been alerted. The timing and speed of the storm determines whether it knocks off power grids, he said."
among other effects: GPS inaccuracies and outages, expected high radiation is causing polar flights are being re-routed, etc.
soooo, If any of us CPF'ers are flying at high altitude on polar routes at that time, that would be a perfect time to test their multi-stage high-output LED by holding it near a viewing port for a while....