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2006-12-06 Home Front: Politix

Get ready for AlBore speeches: the Sun unleashes a major solar flare!

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Posted by BA 2006-12-06 08:57|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 You mean to tell me we can track individual sunspots, number them, and give a specific time of "liftoff" of flares, but we can't track every Jose, Pepe and Renaldo that crosses our own border?

If Jose and Pepe were as big as a sunspot - the diameter of the Earth or so - it would be easier to notice them.

Posted by SteveS 2006-12-06 12:34|| 2006-12-06 12:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Ah, yes, Steve, but if you take into account the length of site from here to the sun vs. a UAV overhead the TX/AZ/Mexico border and how high it is above the "target", I'd bet it'd be about the same. And, you're not starin' at the sun, to boot. Listen, anyone (and I mean anyone) who crosses our Southern (or Northern) border is breaking the law. You only have to have the resolution to see it's not a fluffy bunny before sending in the troops to round him/her up.

Posted by BA 2006-12-06 13:24|| 2006-12-06 13:24|| Front Page Top

#3 FYI: Here is where you can moniter the Sun, and tell when God is having a conniption fit.

http://sxi.ngdc.noaa.gov/sxi/servlet/sximovie

Posted by closedanger@hotmail.com">closedanger@hotmail.com 2006-12-06 14:12|| 2006-12-06 14:12|| Front Page Top

#4 And, you're not starin' at the sun, to boot.
Well... hopefully not.

Posted by eLarson 2006-12-06 15:25|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-12-06 15:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Is Al the new spokesman for RayBans?

Posted by doc 2006-12-06 15:28|| 2006-12-06 15:28|| Front Page Top

#6 "Is Al the new ~~spokesman~~ spokesdork for RayBans?"

There - fixed that for ya', #5 doc. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-12-06 15:37|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-12-06 15:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Solar flares do not try to hide. If they did, if they snuck up on the space stations and sattelites in Earth orbit (as the illegals do crossing the border) the problem would be worse.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-12-06 17:41|| 2006-12-06 17:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Solar flares - why do they hate us?

Posted by no mo uro 2006-12-06 17:46|| 2006-12-06 17:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Sunspots are dark regions of the Sun...

Dark is a relative term in use here. Separated from the rest of the sun, it would still be incredibly bright. It would easily be brighter than any planet or star or the headlights of any on coming car just a mere second before impact.

Posted by Procopius2k 2006-12-06 17:52|| 2006-12-06 17:52|| Front Page Top

#10 The flares are loaded with X-rays and other radiation, all of which reaches Earth moments after the eruption

Bullshit, the speed of light does not change, time from the sun to earth is around 8 minutes for light, X-Rays and any other form of electromagnetic media.
Ejecta, (Particles) travel much slower and may take days to arrive.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-12-06 19:15|| 2006-12-06 19:15|| Front Page Top

#11 According to Closedanger's NOAA link, the fastest ions travel at 40% of lightspeed, and take 22 minutes to arrive.

Posted by Grunter 2006-12-06 23:21|| 2006-12-06 23:21|| Front Page Top

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