Great stuff thanks.

I will be watching.

Ah yeah had to edit. I did not read properly. This was posted a long time ago I think? But still, thanks for the reminder.

Doom just like the last time there was a big solar flare?, or doom like the one before that?, or the one before that?. Yip end times indeed.

Be worth a drive up North i guess though.

is this the end of the world as we know it? or the end of a few communication links in China?

TUNE IN NEXT WEEK, TO YOUR FAVORITE SHOW, DOOM AND GLOOM!!

I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but all day when I was trying to use my phone it wouldn't ring the other line, just kept going to voicemail for some reason. Who knows. Haven't tried it today.

Originally posted by Manhater
I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but all day when I was trying to use my phone it wouldn't ring the other line, just kept going to voicemail for some reason. Who knows. Haven't tried it today.

i don't believe that any major solar storm will harm especially your and only your telephone. i would think if there are outages of whatever we would first have that from spacebound systems like direct to home television via satellite.

Also there would be something in the news too.

imho the whole spaceweather discussion is more or less nonsense, because earth and all what is living on its surface managed to exist since 4.5 billion years without any much trouble due to 'spaceweather'.

it cannot effect tectonics. it won't kick you out of bed while asleep. it would not even bleach your car parked in your driveway. All whats left is fearmongering about it, and some technical issues for satellites which are already hardened to withstand radiation.
And if it effects powerlines ? .. oh well .. then it does so .. *shrug .. nothing a solar storm can cause what a severe thunderstorm would have already done here.

soooo imho opinion your phone failed because there was a technical anomaly of some kind, starting with an empty power supply to possibly your neighbour using its radio-amateur transmitter, subsequently surpressing all radio reception in the area around a few 100 meters, or the stations antenna was in low-power-mode for maintenance work, or even offline.

It's a cell phone.

Pretty much cleared up after numerous attempts. But, finally got through.

wasn't that massive, i didn't notice it :/

I would be very much surprised if a "massive" solar storm would hit us:



We did not have a major solar event for quite a while but yep, it is getting more active , preparing for 2013 then!