Thanks for the wonderful post, a lot of interesting data on that side. So we are going to get hammered this weekend. Maybe there'll be some electrical outages?

While is undeniable that the sun does have a lot to do with earth changes I don't think we are going to experience any doomsday, perhaps some solar disturbances but nothing that we humans can not survive.

Thanks for the link, that is a very nice pick of the sun spot, our sun still have many of thousands of years to keep us warm and safe.

Originally posted by marg6043
While is undeniable that the sun does have a lot to do with earth changes I don't think we are going to experience any doomsday, perhaps some solar disturbances but nothing that we humans can not survive.

Thanks for the link, that is a very nice pick of the sun spot, our sun still have many of thousands of years to keep us warm and safe.

Of course we will survive. But there has been statistically significant links of magnetic storms and car accidents, for example. Power outages? Yes.

I think that the worst problem is going to be the flares and the TVs going off the air.

I remember we have some high activity a few years ago and we have warnings about the TVs going off and satellites.

It was in the month of March back then.

I don't recall anything happening when it "hit" us (Anybody? Bueller?.)

Our technology is a bit more sophisticated than it had been and I don't think we're as easily put out of commission by a solar storm.

In the last 24 hours my husband and I have had a significant amount of problems with our cell phones. Every call we have made has been dropped. Any chance the sun spots could be to blame?

Jemison

my ComCast cable has been acting up this week. When I go to watch on Demand programs they just stop altogether or skip all over the place. Very bizare. But I do recall seeing a thread that when a large solar flare occurs cells phone and digital cable with go haywire.

So when is this supposed to be facing us? and what might happen? sorry i dont know alot about solar flares.

Thanks
DigitalGrl