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Whopping Great Solar Flare...

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:49 pm
by Piers

Re: Whopping Great Solar Flare...

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:41 pm
by Jack Harrison
Full Moon so unlikely to see Aurora.

Jack

Re: Whopping Great Solar Flare...

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:56 pm
by Piers
That, and being about 500 miles too far South..

Re: Whopping Great Solar Flare...

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:50 pm
by David M
Apparently it's been seen in Southampton in years gone by, so it's not impossible.

Re: Whopping Great Solar Flare...

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:45 pm
by Susie
Should we back up our photos and expect dodgy mobile phone signals?

Re: Whopping Great Solar Flare...

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:11 pm
by Piers
If you watch this Newsnight clip Susie it we appear that it would be futile to bother..!

Life without electricity

Felix.

Re: Whopping Great Solar Flare...

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:14 pm
by Susie
Thanks, Felix.

I think I've seen that before. Quite fascinating to consider what could happen.