Solar flare

[Tracers]

Hey all,

I read the other day that the solar flare from earlier in the week was sending a rush of radiation to the earth which was gonna make for unusually bright Aroras and possibly mess with some electricity grids and wifi and some other stuff.

It was due to hit earth last night. Last night I copped about 15 discos in about an hour period till I just gave up trying to fly. I'm curious if anyone else using wifi to there router experienced problems or if it was just something at my end? I tried every thing restarting router, restarting comp, unplugging and replugging my dongle.

And on a side note did anyone get a great view of the Aroras ?

  Beer 

[CASHEW]

Yes and yes

[NatCigg]

Hey all,

I read the other day that the solar flare from earlier in the week was sending a rush of radiation to the earth which was gonna make for unusually bright Aroras and possibly mess with some electricity grids and wifi and some other stuff.

It was due to hit earth last night. Last night I copped about 15 discos in about an hour period till I just gave up trying to fly. I'm curious if anyone else using wifi to there router experienced problems or if it was just something at my end? I tried every thing restarting router, restarting comp, unplugging and replugging my dongle.

And on a side note did anyone get a great view of the Aroras ?

  Beer 

on a side note, does the southern hemisphere get auroras?  If so, are they more pronounced than the northern lights(because of the hole on the ozone over antartica)?

[Cremator]

Problems noted past few days. 

[Lab Rat 3947]

tonight in Arizona nothing was going right.   Maybe next week I'll try again

LtngRydr

[kvuo75]

on a side note, does the southern hemisphere get auroras? 

yes. identical, just called aurora australis instead of aurora borealis.

[ghi]

"DOUBLE CME IMPACT SPARKS GEOMAGNETIC STORM: As predicted, a pair of CMEs hit Earth's magnetic field in quick succession on Sept. 11th and 12th. The result was a G3-class geomagnetic storm, the most intense of the year so far."
http://spaceweather.com/
 here ,NOAA explain G3 class geomagnetic storm; http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/

Aurora borealis/northern light was visible at lower latitude,  New Hampshire, Vermont ;  photos were posted here on Solarham; http://www.solarham.net/

from NZ news;
"If you have trouble with your phone reception or internet connection today, it just may be the sun's fault."
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/254508/solar-flare-could-disrupt-internet

[palef]

on a side note, does the southern hemisphere get auroras?  If so, are they more pronounced than the northern lights(because of the hole on the ozone over antartica)?

The Ozone layer has little to do with the interaction of particles ejected from the Sun at high velocity that interact with the Earth's magnetic field which is what causes the Aurora.

The good news about the Ozone hole is that it is finally shrinking and it no longer extends over the South of Australia and New Zealand, just Tierra del Fuego, which is full of Welshmen anyway.

[zack1234]

Putin and North Korea are to blame

[Slate]

Putin and North Korea are to blame

   I blame the Brits, they could have conquered the world with their empire if they did it right and now they can't even hold on to a few Kilts. 

[zack1234]

 

[rpm]

Not enough flare.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Solar flare in action:

[Vulcan]

yes. identical, just called aurora australis instead of aurora borealis.

Should've been called the aurora antarticis - australias no where near it and they NEVER get to see it.

[MrGeezer]

Think of a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) as (silly but true) a "solar fart".

Effects DO take some time to hit earth, but it also makes them more predictable.

Big-Mother CME's usually signal the beginning of the end of a sunspot cycle...but this is definitely not a rule.  Ole Sol does his own thing.