ars technica - 1859's "Great Auroral Storm"

[ATCclears]

1859's "Great Auroral Storm"—the week the Sun touched the earth

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[Decker]

Wow. Nice find.

 

[salmonriverjohn]

A very good read!

 

[knuckle Head]

It was a great read I remembering seeing something it on one those discovery / learning channels a while back. I couldn't sleep and reading the drudge and guess the latest story is about yep you got and expert is prediciting one of these in our near future and says we are not ready for it, surprise, surprise, surprise. Gooberment is so busy fighting and people against each other instead of doing their job and preparing our infrastructure for the inevitable.

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