Solar flares

[MustangGal]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2042428/Earth-cross-hairs-huge-solar-storm-caused-sunspot-1302.html#comments

[QUOTE]A sunspot, 62,000 miles across - so big it would dwarf the Earth - is releasing gigantic solar flares that could in theory wreak havoc with electrical communications ranging from handheld electronics such as iPhones to sections of the power grid.

Nasa has detected two X-class solar eruptions from 1302

[monkeybird]

http://earthsky.org/space/strong-to-...s-aurora-alert

There is a video on this link that's cool. Solar Flares are nothing to ignore.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

http://spaceweather.com

You can sign up for alerts from them to let you know when flares happen.

[qrprat77]

Solar flares can and have started fires on earth!
Fortunately we understand the interaction of particles and atmosphere a lot better.
You ever want some awesome reading sometime, read about the starfish prime nuclear test series back in the day.
Yep,
We won't know what will happen until after it happens!
That's the scary part to me.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

http://spaceweather.com

You can sign up for alerts from them to let you know when flares happen.

You can now sign up for text or calls if you wish as well

STORM ALERTS: Would you like a call when geomagnetic storms are in progress?
Storm alerts are available from http://spaceweathertext.com (text) and
http://spaceweatherphone.com (voice).

Looks like is has a cost though but for our travelers on the forum maybe it's worth it, dunno

Space Weather Alerts -- This package turns turns your phone into a full-featured space weather monitoring system. Text messages will alert you to solar flares, geomagnetic storms, coronal mass ejections, big sunspots, and Northern Lights. $4.95/mo.

However it appears that you can plug in the e-mail gateway to your phone

these were from http://www.survivalblog.com/2012/01/...ve_crisis.html
Check out the table below to look for you carrier:
Alltel number@alltelmessage.com or number@message.alltel.com
AT&T number@mobile.att.net
Bell Canada
number@txt.bellmobility.ca
Centennial Wireless
number@cwemail.com
Cellular South
number@csouth1.com
Cincinnati Bell
number@gocbw.com
Metro PCS
number@mymetropcs.com or number@metropcs.sms.us
Nextel
number@messaging.nextel.com
Omnipoint
number@omnipointpcs.com
Qwest
number@qwestmp.com
Sprint
number@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Suncom
number@tms.suncom.com
T-Mobile
number@tmomail.net
TracFone
number@mmst5.tracfone.com
Telus
number@msg.telus.com

[Wendy]

Did you guys see the newest article on Fox News? http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/...rm-in-7-years/