{"id":4780,"date":"2013-01-16T21:23:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T10:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/?p=4780"},"modified":"2013-01-16T21:23:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T10:23:28","slug":"giant-sunspot-ar1654-serious-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/2013\/01\/giant-sunspot-ar1654-serious-threat-4780.html","title":{"rendered":"Giant Sunspot AR1654: Serious Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I said this<\/a> a few days ago:<\/p>\n

If sunspot\u00a0AR1654 sends an X-flare our way, it will still \u00a0most likely be one of the hundreds per century that do us and our satellites no harm at all. But because it is a large sunspot, pointing our way soon, then the potential for the next Carrington Event is there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That hasn’t changed, but the relative threat of this particular sunspot has got worse. SpaceWeather.com<\/a> say:<\/p>\n

An X-flare could be in the offing. The magnetic field of big sunspot AR1654 is growing more complex. It is now classified as a ‘beta-gamma-delta’ magnetic field, which means it harbors energy for\u00a0X-class eruptions. Any explosion today would be Earth-directed.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I said this a few days ago:
\nIf sunspot\u00a0AR1654 sends an X-flare our way, it will still \u00a0most likely be one of the hundreds per century that do us and our satellites no harm at all. But because it is a large sunspot, pointing our way soon, then the potential for the next Carrington Event is there.
\nThat hasn’t changed, but the relative threat of this particular sunspot has got worse. SpaceWeather.com say:
\nAn X-flare could be in the offing. The magnetic field of big sunspot AR1654 is growing more complex. It is now classified as a ‘beta-gamma-delta’ magnetic field, which means it harbors energy for\u00a0X-class eruptions. Any explosion today would be Earth-directed.
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