The Sun is starting up it's 11-year sunspot activity cycle again, it could happen.
Canada got hit badly a few years ago.
2007-09-07 06:46:55 · 19 answers · asked by elflaeda 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Yes, I do a little. ^_^ Ok, more than a little....
Search the site below for the whole phrases "geo-dynamo" and "magnetic field inversion".
http://www.sciam.com/
Point of it is, we are *overdue* for the earth's magnetic field to flip, north for south. And...when the earth's magnetic field does this, once every 7000 years or so, it has a habit of taking a few centuries to flip over, during which time it gets really weak.
In particular, the article that search should point you to--from a year or so ago--shows that from 1980 to 2000 alone, that we've had a serious weakening of the earth's magnetic field already, and lots more anomalies show up for it (places where the north-south lines are flipped or altered).
And what keeps solar flares from cutting through our atmosphere and triggering *auroras* all over the place, and not just at the Poles? ^_^ Yep, you've got it, our planetary magnetic field. So it isn't just an increase in solar flares....
It's also a weakening of our main means of protection against them that has me concerned, not just for my computer mind you, but pretty much for anything electrical in nature. *Anything* that runs on alternating current from power lines *above ground level* could get torched, not just your computer....because the FCC (at least in the United States) specifies that all electrical and electronic devices *must* "accept any radio frequency interference that comes in, and not produce any such interference itself." And while there are loopholes for things like magnetically shielded computer speakers and the like....there's nothing there for protecting our stuff from a serious solar flare incident *combined* with a geo-dynamo failure.
So yeah....it could be a bigger problem than folks think.
Just saying...thanks for your time! ^_^
2007-09-07 07:08:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bradley P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's never happened to me so I don't worry about it. I've never heard about the sunspot thing.
2007-09-07 13:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by Galahad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a dread for all of us, global netizens! It puts the entire globe in a state of "heightened security threat."
2007-09-08 15:24:20 · answer #3 · answered by Sam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is about time the world should be aware of Al Gore's campaign in global warming that affected our conditions on ''Live Earth.''
2007-09-08 15:13:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now you're really scaring me.
Did you mean "The Sun" newspaper ? I wouldn't put it past them to introduce a nasty computer virus !
2007-09-07 14:44:49 · answer #5 · answered by chezliz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything that would wipe out my comp does,nt bear thinking about
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2007-09-07 14:29:48 · answer #6 · answered by tastybits 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never really thought of it happening before, I'd better get into online storage to save my stuff.
2007-09-07 13:52:54 · answer #7 · answered by Wolf guy lupine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have other issues I have to worry about first
2007-09-08 04:48:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way. if its that strong (which it wont be while we still have an atmosphere) id be more worried what it'd do to your body.
2007-09-07 13:51:57 · answer #9 · answered by Richard C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't.
I'm always looking for an excuse to upgrade my PC!
2007-09-07 13:49:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋