Solar Eruption Triggers Strongest Radiation Storm

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @03:13AM from the your-reception-is-terrible dept.

ForgedArtificer writes "A recent eruption on the sun will be exposing Earth to the strongest radiation storm seen since 2005. [The storm] will potentially disrupt communications and put high-flyers at risk of radiation exposure." Says Spaceweather.com: "On the NOAA scale of radiation storms, this one ranks S3, which means it could, e.g., cause isolated reboots of computers onboard Earth-orbiting satellites and interfere with polar radio communications." According to the Christian Science Monitor, "NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a geomagnetic storm watch, and the agency's deputy, Kathy Sullivan, said that polar flights are expected to be re-routed."

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Sweet! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-24 03:19 · Score: 4, Funny

This is my big chance to gain my super powers and become the evil genius I've always wanted to be.
Re:Oblig XKCD! by art6217 · 2012-01-24 03:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Are you posting from the polar region?
After this solar storm.. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-24 03:27 · Score: 4, Funny

We'll be able to more clearly see a disk, a black flap, and a scorpion.