GOD'S FURY AIMED SQUARELY AT EARTH
JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD HE IS ALSO THE FACE OF THE SUN = LIGHT
DEC 14 2006
A giant solar flare has erupted out of our sun, and its impacts are just now being felt on planet Earth. Have a look at the
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WE CAN SEE THE LORDS ANGER AND CAN KNOW THAT THE RUSSIAN COUNTER ATTACK AFTER DAMASCUS DESTRUCTION IS NEARING !
Ezekiel 38:18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the
land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
Read God's Fury Page for more proof scripture is being fulfilled !
Space weather forecasters revised their predictions for
storminess Wednesday after a major flare erupted on the Sun overnight,
threatening damage to communication systems and power grids while offering up
the wonder of the Northern Lights.
"We're looking for very strong, severe geomagnetic storming" to begin probably
around mid-day Thursday, Joe Kunches, lead forecaster at the NOAA Space
Environment Center, told SPACE.com.
The storm is expected to generate aurora or Northern Lights as far south as
the northern United States Thursday night.
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are not expected to be put
at additional risk, Kunches said.
Radio communications, satellites and power grids could face potential
interruptions or damage, however.
Solar flares send radiation to Earth within minutes. Some are also accompanied
by coronal mass ejections (CME), clouds of charged particles that arrive in a
day or two.
This flare categorized as a major X-3 solar flare unleashed a strong CME
that's aimed squarely at Earth.
"It's got all the right stuff," Kunches said.
However, one crucial component to the storm is unknown: its magnetic
orientation.
If it lines up a certain way with Earth's magnetic field, then the storm
essentially pours into our upper atmosphere.
If the alignment is otherwise, the storm can pass by the planet with fewer
consequences.
Kunches and his team are advising satellite operators and power grid managers
to keep an eye on their systems.
In the past, CMEs have knocked out satellites and tripped terrestrial power
grids.
Engineers have learned to limit switching at electricity transfer stations,
and satellite operators sometimes reduce operations or make back-up plans in
case a craft is damaged.
Another aspect of a CME involves protons that get pushed along by the shock
wave.
Sometimes these protons break through Earth's protective magnetic field and
flood the outer reaches of the atmosphere where the space station orbits with
radiation.
The science of it all is a gray area, Kunches said. But the best guess now is
that there will only be a slight increase in proton activity. That's good news
for the astronauts.
"When the shock goes by, we don't expect significant radiation issues," he
said.
The astronauts were ordered to a protective area of the space station as a
precaution last night.
Now that sunspot number 930 has flared so significantly after several days of
being quiet the forecast calls for a "reasonble chance" of more major flares
in coming days, Kunches said.
The sunspot, numbered 930, has been rotating across the face of the Sun for
several days.
Such storms are fairly common when the Sun is at its most active, but they are
rare during the current low point in the 11-year cycle of solar activity.
Sunspots are dark regions of the Sun where intense magnetic activity caps the
upwelling of material from below.
Sometimes a cap blows, and a visible flare results. The flares are loaded with
X-rays and other radiation, all of which reaches Earth moments after the
eruption and can be accompanied by a shower of protons.
These storms can arrive in moments with little warning and can be deadly.
Last week, the same sunspot generated what astronomers described as a rarely
imaged solar tsunami. The activity began with an X-9 flare Dec. 5
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