Space Weather Warning · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Zonk on Sunday May 15, 2005 @06:13PM from the going-to-have-to-cancel-my-space-picnic dept.

SallyMac writes "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a Space Weather Warning. On Friday, May 13th, NOAA detected a 'geomagnetic storm of extreme proportions'. From the article: 'This event registered a 9 on the K-Index, which measures the maximum deviation of the Earth's magnetic field in a given three-hour period...The scale ranges from 0 to 9, with 9 being the highest. This was a significant event.' See the article on the NOAA site for more information." Spaceweather.com has details on the resulting auroras.

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Re:Friday the thirteenth by The+Clockwork+Troll · 2005-05-15 20:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Lewis Vendredi made a deal with the devil, to sell cursed antiques.
But he broke the pact, and it cost him his soul.

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