NASA Notices New, Nasty Solar Storm Type

Posted by timothy on Saturday June 11, 2005 @06:02AM from the my-precioussss-ssssolar-ssstorm dept.

saskboy writes "Solar Storms generally aren't this bad, but in January unique conditions led to a "proton superhighway" that bombarded earth with fast moving protons that could have harmed astronauts caught without a radiation shield. "Scant minutes after the January 20th [2005] flare, a swarm of high-speed protons surrounded Earth and the Moon. Thirty minutes later, the most intense proton storm in decades was underway." Listen to the story here. Archives from the January storms are also available from SpaceWeather.com"

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Yeah and it's not global warming by argoff · 2005-06-11 08:20 · Score: 3, Insightful

Everytime something like this happens there are unusual weather patterns later on in the season, and then people scream bloody murder that it is global warming and demand immediate and overwhelming regulations be put in place right now.

I'm writing this for the record because I just know I'm gonna here this a few months down the road.