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  Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-02-12 07:46 -0600
    Re: Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-02-12 08:03 -0600
    Re: Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-02-12 17:37 +0000
    Re: Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-02-12 15:09 -0800
      Re: Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 20:43 -0500

#552500 — Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped

Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped
> http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/most-massive-space-storm-record-may-have-been-overhyped


> In 1859, a massive space storm hit Earth, frying telegraph
> communications in the United States and Europe. Bright aurorae shone
> worldwide, and astronomers concluded that the so-called Carrington
> event (named after the U.K. astronomer Richard Carrington, who
> discovered it) had affected the entire globe. But new findings
> suggest instead that relatively few spots on Earth were hit by the
> storm.



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#552503

On 2/12/2016 7:46 AM, Sam Wormley wrote:
> Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped
>> http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/most-massive-space-storm-record-may-have-been-overhyped
>>
>
>
>> In 1859, a massive space storm hit Earth, frying telegraph
>> communications in the United States and Europe. Bright aurorae shone
>> worldwide, and astronomers concluded that the so-called Carrington
>> event (named after the U.K. astronomer Richard Carrington, who
>> discovered it) had affected the entire globe. But new findings
>> suggest instead that relatively few spots on Earth were hit by the
>> storm.
>
>
>

the article dosen't make any sense with its minuits vs hours drama, and 
no url to orgional study (they get an F for Failure to explain):

"Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped

By Andrew SilverFeb. 11, 2016 , 3:00 PM

In 1859, a massive space storm hit Earth, frying telegraph 
communications in the United States and Europe. Bright aurorae shone 
worldwide, and astronomers concluded that the so-called Carrington event 
(named after the U.K. astronomer Richard Carrington, who discovered it) 
had affected the entire globe. But new findings suggest instead that 
relatively few spots on Earth were hit by the storm. To make the 
discovery, scientists analyzed the impact of two similar but less 
intense storms in 2003 and 2005. Like Carrington, both were caused when 
a ball of hot, electrically charged gas from the sun slammed into 
Earth’s magnetic field (artist’s impression above), temporarily 
weakening it, creating worldwide aurorae and taking out all the power in 
Sweden’s third-largest city in one case.

Both recent storms weakened Earth’s magnetic field after *just minutes*, 
according to solar readings from satellites and magnetic strength 
readings from ground sensors. It would have taken more than an *hour* 
for a space storm to affect the field everywhere on Earth. The patterns 
of the changes in magnetic field strength over 48 hours seen in these 
two events were so similar to those recorded in a ground sensor during 
the Carrington event that the first event must not have been global in 
its reach either, the team reports in the Journal of Space Weather and 
Space Climate. That’s good news for our future, because if such events 
were indeed global, they would have catastrophic consequences such as 
wiping out telecommunications and power grids worldwide. Still, 
localized regions could still experience these effects, so we’re not out 
of the storm yet."

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#552552

Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped

Most everything of this nature is overhyped, e.g. human caused global
warming.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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#552635

On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 5:46:18 AM UTC-8, Sam Wormley wrote:
> Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped
> > http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/most-massive-space-storm-record-may-have-been-overhyped
> 
> 
> > In 1859, a massive space storm hit Earth, frying telegraph
> > communications in the United States and Europe. Bright aurorae shone
> > worldwide, and astronomers concluded that the so-called Carrington
> > event (named after the U.K. astronomer Richard Carrington, who
> > discovered it) had affected the entire globe. But new findings
> > suggest instead that relatively few spots on Earth were hit by the
> > storm.
> 


You'll not think it was over hyped when the next one wipes out the entire US power grid!

Double-A

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#556377

In article <d662eefe-b4b5-4468-832a-5b16c1587166@googlegroups.com>, 
double-a3@hush.com says...
> 
> On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 5:46:18 AM UTC-8, Sam Wormley wrote:
> > Most massive space storm on record may have been overhyped
> > > http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/most-massive-space-storm-record-may-have-been-overhyped
> > 
> > 
> > > In 1859, a massive space storm hit Earth, frying telegraph
> > > communications in the United States and Europe. Bright aurorae shone
> > > worldwide, and astronomers concluded that the so-called Carrington
> > > event (named after the U.K. astronomer Richard Carrington, who
> > > discovered it) had affected the entire globe. But new findings
> > > suggest instead that relatively few spots on Earth were hit by the
> > > storm.
> > 
> 
> 
> You'll not think it was over hyped when the next one wipes out the entire US power grid!

Assuming it does.

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