Backward Sunspot Heralds Next Solar Cycle

GoramFrackinWacko writes "A backward sunspot chronicled on July 31st heralds the next solar cycle, and it looks to be a big one! From the article: 'Satellite operators and NASA mission planners are bracing for this next solar cycle because it is expected to be exceptionally stormy, perhaps the stormiest in decades. Sunspots and solar flares will return in abundance, producing bright auroras on Earth and dangerous proton storms in space.'"

Comments

Cool

[FlyByPC]

I, for one, welcome our thermonuclear neighbor's unruliness. (The last time it acted up, we got to see the aurora here in Virginia -- which is VERY rare at this latitude!)

In the words of Jon Stewart..

[Rob T Firefly]

..Sun ANGRY! Sun KILL!!

Uh oh

[LSD-OBS]

it is expected to be exceptionally stormy, perhaps the stormiest in decades

OMG, they were right - pollution & global warming are destroying the sun! :)

Waiting

[Jon Luckey]

Just waiting for someone to blame global warming for this reverse sun spot.

What?

[Red Flayer]

Trivia: The coordinates of the July 31st sunspot were 65 W, 13 S. It if had popped up at those coordinates on Earth, it would have been in Bolivia, making it a "South American" sunspot.

Seeing that longitudinal zero is completely arbitrary (both for Earth and Sol), I find this statement to be laughable.

If this sunspot had popped up at those coordinates on Earth, I think we'd actually all be dead, or at least severely discomforted.

Re:It *has* been a big year for hurricanes

[fdiskne1]

At this years rate, we're looking at a very quiet year, the global amount of storms will still be significantly down from average.

And they will blame the lack of storms on the climate change brought about by global warming.