Thread: Solar Storm heading our way??
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Old 07-06-2009, 05:22 PM   #56
KathyT
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Default Re: Solar Storm heading our way??
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Originally Posted by viking View Post

Also check here ....going off the richter scale!!
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5mBL.html

viking
No, they are NOT going off the richter scale. Read the page.
"SWPC X-ray alerts are issued at the M5 (5x10E-5 Watts/m2) and X1 (1x10E-4 Watts/m2) levels"

Nothing on that chart is anywhere near M5 or X1.
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