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Sunspot Sparks Space Weather
Bored with the Washington area's warm winter weather? At least things are picking up in space. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that a new sunspot could spell magnetic storms and solar winds capable of disrupting everything from power grids to ATMs.
By
Dan Stillman
| January 8, 2008; 1:45 PM ET
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Posted by: Kim in Manassas | January 8, 2008 2:07 PM | Report abuse
I know this warm. I know this feeling. The calm before the storm...
Posted by: Havoc | January 8, 2008 4:08 PM | Report abuse
Steve, is this your post? I've lost track...but, spacewx, woo hoo! I just found these pages a few days ago:
NOAA spacewx primer: http://sec.noaa.gov/primer/primer.html
All kinds of NOAA spacewx educational materials: http://sec.noaa.gov/Education/index.html
Posted by: ~sg | January 8, 2008 8:51 PM | Report abuse
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Oh groovy. Maybe if I can't get into my ATM, I won't be so broke. :-)
Thanks for the link. :-)