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Tipztoe  4 stars
Posts: 1,775
Registered: 2004-3-1 17:53:43
silvadel2 posted:

Tipztoe posted:

doesn't look like we're taking a direct hit which is good.



This particular flare would have fried several satellites if it did.



and could have fooked up some grids and such on earth.
silvadel2  2 stars
Posts: 378
Registered: 2009-7-13 09:37:29
Tipztoe posted:

silvadel2 posted:

Tipztoe posted:

doesn't look like we're taking a direct hit which is good.



This particular flare would have fried several satellites if it did.



and could have fooked up some grids and such on earth.



Yep -- and just on the prediction we would have put most of the satellites on safe mode -- which means a lot of things would go down for a few days on purpose.

 

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