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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ISS by gmuslera · 2012-01-24 03:20 · Score: 4, Insightful

I suppose the people in the ISS qualify as "high flyers", but NASA says that will be no risk for them
Re:Sweet! by jellomizer · 2012-01-24 03:31 · Score: 3, Insightful

Or you get cancer.

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Misleading Headline by xcfmx · 2012-01-24 04:12 · Score: 3, Insightful

Headline: Solar Eruption Triggers Strongest Radiation Storm
Oh wait... from the summary
A recent eruption on the sun will be exposing Earth to the strongest radiation storm seen since 2005.
STRONGEST RADIATION STORM!!!! by LighterShadeOfBlack · 2012-01-24 04:15 · Score: 3, Insightful

...since 2005.
Nice tabloiding, Slashdot.

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