[K3PZN-List] Complex Eruption on the Sun Sends CME toward Earth

[Philip Karras]

The MADXRA list had this listed:

GLOBAL ERUPTION:  During the early hours of August 1st, NASA's Solar
Dynamics Observatory recorded a complex global disturbance on the
Earth-facing side of the sun.  Most of the sun's northern hemisphere was
involved in the event, which included a long-duration C3-class solar flare,
a "solar tsunami," and a massive filament eruption.  As a result of these
blasts, a coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading toward Earth.
High-latitude geomagnetic storms and auroras are possible when the cloud
arrives a few days hence.

Check http://spaceweather.com for movies and updates.

Some information from the link:

In short, we have just witnessed a complex global eruption involving 
almost the entire Earth-facing side of the sun.

A coronal mass ejection (CME) produced by the event is heading directly for 
Earth: SOHO movie. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras 
when it arrives on or about August 3rd.

Googled: "solar tsunami Aug 1, 2010"

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So are auroras all that will result? What happened to all the dire predictions of power grid failures, HF & other radio, TV, disruptions, even cell phone service disruptions? (Probably mostly due to the power grid problems?)

73 de ke3fl
Phil