For the second straight week, a magnetic storm,
caused by a vast solar flare, is threatening to
disrupt power grids, radio transmissions and satellite
communications worldwide.

The effects of the coronal mass ejection are expected
to be felt today through Monday, space weather forecasters
say.

Pioneer Planet

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), April 11, 2001

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Spider, the article itself has today's date. But look at the date(?) in the URL--000131. Odd, huh?

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), April 11, 2001.

-----Original Message----- From: SpaceWeather.com [mailto:spaceweather@lists.spaceweather.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 3:27 PM To: SpaceWeather.com Subject: Severe geomagnetic storming on Wednesday, April 11th

Space Weather News for April 11, 2001

http://www.spaceweather.com

A strong solar wind disturbance hit our planet's magnetosphere around 1400 UT (noon EDT) on Wednesday, April 11th, triggering a severe geomagnetic storm. If the storm continues unabated, middle-latitude sky watchers could spot auroras tonight. Usually the best time to look for "Northern Lights" is around local midnight. In this case, it might be better to go outside not too long after sunset -- before the storm subsides and before the bright Moon rises. Visit spaceweather.com for updates and images from the ongoing storm.

-- Andre Weltman (aweltman@state.pa.us), April 11, 2001.

04/12/2001
HOPE CREEK 1 80 % Power Operation
REDUCED POWER DUE TO SOLAR
MAGNETIC DISTURBANCE

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), April 12, 2001.

X-FLARE: Another X-class solar flare exploded today -- the location is still uncertain, but it was probably near sunspot group 9415. The blast will likely exacerbate the ongoing geomagnetic storm and perhaps raise proton fluxes around our planet.

http://www.spaceweather.com/

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), April 12, 2001.

INCOMING! Thursday at 1025 UT (6:25 am EDT) another X-class solar flare exploded near sunspot group 9415. The blast triggered an hour-long radio blackout across the Atlantic Ocean, Europe and parts of Asia, and hurled a coronal mass ejection toward Earth. That makes two such clouds currently heading for our planet.

http://www.spaceweather.com/

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), April 13, 2001.