The glowing plasma at the leading edge of our Solar System has recently
increased 1000 percent.

That higher-charged energy is in turn exciting the plasma and causing more of it to form, so you see more luminosity, more brightness.

This energy is then flowing into the Sun, which in turn emits the energy and spreads it out along its equatorial plane, which is called the Ecliptic.

All this is happening all at the same time and it's all working up to a crescendo where there is going to be a sudden shift.

[edit on 22-8-2004 by markjaxson]

Hi, jmilici:

Thanks so much for the conversion chart. It will definitely be quite helpful.

Tiza

I had a hard time finding this thread, so it looks like I'm going to have to keep it to even get to it.

Our weather tonight in Texas where I live, absolutely wonderful! It's like late fall weather, not August weather. In August, our weather is usually over 100 during the day, with it running anywhere from somewhere in the 90s to the high 80s at night. But tonight what is it going to be? Gee, it's going to be in the 60s something or another. That is wonderful.

However, I don't remember it ever being this temp in August in Texas where I live.

Now, are there any Texans around? If so, what is your temp? I'm just curious.

Tiza

Hi, Mark:

Yes, that last article is scarey.

You know those two storms by Florida? Well, I guess y'all are reading the news on it, but it's a rarity for it to happen. Below is something about those storms.

Tiza

Simultaneous Tropical Storms a Rarity

Thu Aug 12, 7:10 AM ET Add Science - AP to My Yahoo!


By DAVID ROYSE, Associated Press Writer

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The prospect that a tropical storm and a hurricane — or possibly two hurricanes — could strike Florida on the same day is something meteorologists say they have never seen.


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"It's almost unheard of," state meteorologist Ben Nelson said.


Disaster officials are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Bonnie as it spins toward the Florida Panhandle, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding. The other eye is trained on Hurricane Charley, aimed at the Florida Keys at the opposite end of the state.


Bonnie was expected to come ashore southwest of Tallahassee Thursday morning, with Charley hitting the Keys late Thursday or Friday morning. Charley also could hit the mainland later Friday.


There is a rare phenomenon called the Fujiwara effect, where two storms can essentially collide and spin around each other, but meteorologists said that's not likely to happen with Bonnie and Charley.


Florida emergency officials have faced large storms and wildfires in the past, but officials say the storm systems will test their skills, making it difficult to track both.


"We've had experience dealing with different disasters running at the same time," said Craig Fugate, the state's emergency management director. "It is more work but it is something that this team's designed to do."


The last time two tropical storms struck Florida within days of each other was in 2000, when Gordon hit west-central Florida on Sept. 17 after being downgraded as a hurricane. Days later, Helene slammed the Panhandle.


The only time two tropical systems have hit Florida within 12 hours was in 1906, when storms had numbers instead of names.


Storm 9 made landfall on the morning of Oct. 17 near Daytona. Twelve hours later Storm 8 hit the southern tip of Florida over the Everglades, AccuWeather meteorologist Ken Reeves said.


Officials say that this time around, each county is managing its own response, with help from the state. About 8,000 Florida National Guard members also were available to help with the aftermath, spokesman Lt. Col. Ron Tittle said.

When someone gets a chance, go to SOHO under the latest images, the ones kind of in the middle, and notice the white chunks of stuff by the sun. Not the stars. You'll see what I'm talking about. Are those meteors, perhaps?

Thanks,
Tiza

Okay, Folks. I just went to the McCanney Web site when I posted the link. Now I cannot get in to read the info that he has about deaths in FL from the hurricane. He had something about 50,000 dead. Hmm...

Well, he must have been hacked, I guess. I'll try back later.

Tiza

I see that the image looks to be cut & pasted but that might be a common practice for this type of picture.