Turn off your computers in the morning, tomorrow, is gonna suck.

[MrVicchio]

Space storm coming to Earth



CFCN.ca


POSTED AT 5:48 PM Thursday, October 23


Scientists are warning about a strong geo-magnetic storm expected to hit the Earth tomorrow.

Forecasters say the storm has the potential to affect everything from cell phones and power grids to other satellite communications.

The disturbance is rated a G-3 storm. The highest is G-5.

NASA scientists are calling it the perfect space storm.

A largest cluster of sunspots caused an explosion on the sun, sending a massive amount of gas and charged particles into space towards Earth.

Scientist say they expect it to be the worst solar flareup to be felt on Earth since a storm in 1859. That storm caused telegraph wires to short out across North America and Europe.

http://www.cfcn.ca/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/B/20031023/spacestorm?brand=generic&hub=&tf=CFCNPlus/generic/hubs/frontpage.html&cf=CFCNPlus/generic/hubs/frontpage.cfg&slug=spacestorm&date=20031023&archive=CFCNPlus&ad_page_name=&nav=home&subnav=fullstory

[ZionsFire]

Damn. That sucks.

[Hamma]

Probably blown out of proportion, read about these before :p

[MrVicchio]

When your Comp fries, dont cry, you were warned

[Hamma]

I hope it does, less work for me :p

[DramaticFanatic]

Another Y2K false alarm? :doh:

[Kaikou]

Meh, blown out of proportion as always. There are more people out there that don't know the slightest thing about the universe and what happens in it, hence it's an easy subject to scare people with. Like asteroids on collision courses that will impact in 2 or 3 years.

Everyone knows we've still got about 10 years before the asteroid "Tatillus" or..something like that...forgot it's name, started with a T though :x impacts earth.

http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2000/06/06232000/asteroid.jpg

MUAHAHAHAHAHA

In actuality though, there really is an asteroid with a similar name above that is on a collision course with earth and is estimated to hit late September of 2012 or something like that. It's rather creepy because a long time ago a prophet prophesied that earth's end would be brought about by something "bigger than a mountain, rolling end over end, destroying civilization." It's creepy because this asteroid that is supposedly going to hit in 2012 fits that description way too well. It looks like a peanut, has an irregular rotation that fits the description of "roling end over end" and is most definitely larger than a mountain.

I'll try and find the name of it and post it here when I do so you can do your own research if you don't believe me. :D

[ZionsFire]

What the Hell? 2012? Damn. Well, do they have an estimation on where it's gonna hit?

[OneManArmy]

well thank god i dont use the telegraph....

[ZionsFire]

well thank god i dont use the telegraph....

:lol:

[DramaticFanatic]

So were the asteroids that we supposed to hit in 1982, 1993, and 1998......... Those are just random dates, but I've read in one book or website, that there were several false alarms over the century.

[Kaikou]

What the Hell? 2012? Damn. Well, do they have an estimation on where it's gonna hit?


With an asteroid that size, it wouldn't matter really...It'd probably be able to crater a good portion of a continent and cause an extrememly long winter due to all the dust it throws into the atmosphere. Kinda like how the dinosaurs died out. They found a giant crater somewhere near the gulf of mexico that they believe was caused by an asteroid massive enough to produce the above effects. Perhaps thats what formed the gulf of mexico in the first place?

[OneManArmy]

as long as it doesnt delay hl2 any further, i dont care.

[Hamma]

:rofl:

[MrVicchio]

KaiKou, If you take the Gulf of Mexico, go to the South East Portion, on the Western side of the Cacun Penninula, thats corner, is where the asteroid hit.

BTW Most liekly all that will happen is the Northern lights will flow south, Cell phones will be messed up, and thats about it tomorrow.

[Kaikou]

Pfft, HL2 better be out by 2012...though it is questionable :D

[Sputty]

KaiKou, If you take the Gulf of Mexico, go to the South East Portion, on the Western side of the Cacun Penninula, thats corner, is where the asteroid hit.

BTW Most liekly all that will happen is the Northern lights will flow south, Cell phones will be messed up, and thats about it tomorrow.
Good, if I lost my pr0n HD I'd sue someone

[Squeeky]

Fuck that, my computer goes off for nothing.

[Flammey]

My computer restarts for reasons I can't explain, and the only error report I get is a crash because of a device driver. Yeah, that tells me a lot. I have how many device drivers on my computer? 30? 40? Yeah, that tells me alot. Thanks alot Microsoft

[Peacemaker]

Thee government has been hiding the fact that we have galactic space lasers that are capable of shooting down asteroids. Also we have magnatron cannons that can send strong blasts of magnetic waves reversing polls at 120 htz, at a target and would be particularly effective against a rock in space which is composed mostly of iron. The first weapon was made specificly for shooting down missles. Its now slowly being shown to the public in the form of those 747s with the lasers (they are opperational). The second was a theater weapon designed to crush and tanks and such that where in its range. Asteroid = owned

[Navaron]

Good thing my computer doesn't run on microwaves or radio waves and that I moved away from the north pole. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Chicken little much?

[Sputty]

and that I moved away from the north pole.
Dio's fucked

[Everay]

these things have happened before, and i never noticed a thing, but you guys do remember the time, that the weather service, was under fire because they were handing out alot of tornado false alarms? and then that tornado came, and they didnt warn anyone? yea....sorta the same thing.

and about the asteroid thing, that was the Aztecs, or the mayans, or one of those centeral america places, the world was just supposed to end, 2012, well the bad thing was, 2012 on their calendar was 2003 on ours, or at least i think. the strange thing is, many future predicters have said 2012, but nostrodomus said 3997, but he has been wrong alot

[Happy lil Elf]

Thee government has been hiding the fact that we have galactic space lasers that are capable of shooting down asteroids. Also we have magnatron cannons that can send strong blasts of magnetic waves reversing polls at 120 htz, at a target and would be particularly effective against a rock in space which is composed mostly of iron. The first weapon was made specificly for shooting down missles. Its now slowly being shown to the public in the form of those 747s with the lasers (they are opperational). The second was a theater weapon designed to crush and tanks and such that where in its range. Asteroid = ownedPlease please please someone tell me he just has a gift for writing very tricky satire. I think I'd lose what little faith I have left in human beings' ability to reason if he's actually serious.

[Ait'al]

Has anyone have a telescope and a solar filter who could take pictures and post what the flairs look like, my shits in storage.8)

[Nimbus]

I wouldn't go about claiming it's a false alarm yet. Remember that it said the last time we had a storm this strong was in the mid 1800's and that one shorted out telegraph lines. Something like that could really mess our stuff up.
What pisses me off is....
I work for the repair department of a phone company....
FUCK YOU SUN!!!! *flips off the sky*

[Strygun]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/24/solar.forecast/index.html

[MrVicchio]

The chances of it slammign you computer are small, but Nav seems to lack a basic concept here, if the power gets screwy, and it has and will happen with these events, it can mess up your rig. But hey, who knows..

Atleast the chance of seeing the Aurora's is good for most of the northern hemisphere this weekend.

[Nimbus]

Dammit, I love the auroras and my girl is gone to DC for the weekend. FACK!!!

[Onizuka]

I thought there was a 1/300 chance it would actually hit, and that number is getting bigger (more like 1/500+)

Scientist have said that Earth is relatively safe from all asteroid/black hole impact for the next 100 years. If an asteroid does it, it may dig up the earth or create a small wave.

[Everay]

you know, the closest black hole, is only like 1000 light years away i think.

[Onizuka]

uhh more like thousands of light years away skippy. That black hole is already massive, and is on a direct course for earth. Ill be dead so i dont give a damn.

[Hamma]

probably be able to see the lights here :p

[Yuyi]

Ill do it just incase. with my comp i wouldnt be surprised if it happened.

[JetRaiden]

thank god for surge protectors. :D

[EarlyDawn]

Wait wait wait, there's a black hole heading FOR US? 0.o

When was this announced?

[Happy lil Elf]

That black hole is already massive, and is on a direct course for earth. Ill be dead so i dont give a damn.
What's your information source?

[GonePostal]

wait was this for this morning or tomorrows?

[Everay]

today, is friday, that is when it was supposed to happen

[firecrackerNC]

Nostradamnus(sp?) said earth will live until like the year 7000 but that most people will be dead by then,only a small portion will be alive,I dunno that guys made quite a few RIGHT predictions

[Everay]

3997 is what he said. and ignore his predictions, you see, he was smoking pot while he made them, and after he was done, he picked them up (his notes) and tossed them into the air, and then picked them back up and made it into a book

[Mr1337Duck]

There's a whole shitload of doomsday asteroids threats, we're still here folks, a few people have died of suicides and being near the impact, but by god, we are still here. Really though, it'll likely land in the water somewhere, and nobody'll give a damn, cause some big floods, but that's all. Hell, if you believe in creationism and God, like me, you get a feeling Jupiter's being there ain't coincidental. It's caught plenty of doomsday ateroids and anihilated them.

[Ait'al]

Any one think of getting antennaes or shit and actually trying to fry you comp with it. Or maybe emptying your backup battery and see if it can recharge it. 8p

[Everay]

lol, you know the closest asteroid that could have killed alot of people, i think it was several miles wide, was only 400 miles from the earths atmosphere when it passed with us

and http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/v4641_microquasar_000114.html

so i was wrong, the closest black hole is 1.6 thousand light years away heading to the center of the galaxy, aka away from us


also, about the black hole heading our way

http://seti.sentry.net/archive/bioastro/2002/Nov/0142.html


BTW, i love physics and astronomy and was once offered a moderators position at the Mkaku.org fourms, i declined, those fourms went to shit with certain people and their screwed up ideas

[Nimbus]

As for the topic of this thread, the magnetic storm.
It's been downgraded. It's been causing very little mayhem. Most of our satellites are shielded from magnetic interference now and the electric companies have altered their output to compensate. It's having almost NO effect.

[Robot]

well, you don't have to fear, because in 2012 all of the tools of mankind will rise up against us and kill us all, like the mayans said

[Ait'al]

How long untill the brunt of it hits?

[Mr1337Duck]

What, the storm, it sucked, it's over, nothing happened.

[Ait'al]

Damn, i was watching a tv with just an antannae, and the reception was even better than normal today.8\

[AztecWarrior]

I was on a cell phone yesterday afternoon when I started hearing alien-like interference. Probably the solar display.

On the whole Aztec/Mayan 2012 end of the world:

The Mayan calendar ends (in our calendar) December 12, 2012. I want to make this clear. The world will not end.

We will enter the Age of Aquarius.

That is all.

GG

Of course, the Mayans belived there would be a huge flood, but come on, it won't happen.

[Bighoss]

IT WOULD BE LIKE THE MOVIE WATER WORLD! we could all have crappy lines and say stupid things and trade dirt for other stupid things! Then we'd find Mt Everest and we'd live on that.

If there is a giant asteroid coming I bet the USA would just like like 500 Hydrogen bombs on it cuz thats Saddams WMD!!!

[Everay]

well, they said that it happened to them once before, and the polar ice caps are melting....but i dought it will happen.

[Happy lil Elf]

I like people who believe ancient prophicies. They're funny. Not good funny though. More like a retarded midget trying to breakdance funny.

[WritheNC]

Hmm well the Asteroid they theorized wiped out the dinosaurs was only a few miles wide. Of course, it doesn't need to be any bigger; one only a mile wide would have more force than quite a number of nuclear arms combined.

I figure the mayans were right though. In 2012 an Asteroid will be on a collision course with earth...

Then we'll put a few dozen weapons into it, knocking it off course just enough to miss earth; or anyplace important on earth, at least.

[Black]

So We are all gonna die at year 2012 ............. that sucks ass im only gonna be 24 ...............GRRR hopefully its a false alarm cause i hate thinking that the human race will be gone scares the shit outa me :scared:

[kreeten]

Maybe it will hit China those bastards treat their peeps like shit! no offense to any naturalized folks but holy crap why do we deal with them still? MONEY! Get this, when youre executed in China, youre family is sent the bill for the bullet oh cant u feel the love?

[Flammey]

So, uh, where you people the ones, a few years back, hoping a Spaceship following a comet would come pick you up? Can't, for the life of me remember that stupid comet's name. Hailbop, or something like that.

[DramaticFanatic]

I think I almost shat in my pants today, but my computer is fine.

[Blood_Knight]

well, you don't have to fear, because in 2012 all of the tools of mankind will rise up against us and kill us all, like the mayans said
:lol: ill love to see a screwdriver trying to kill me

[Mr1337Duck]

Lol at that. Really though, do you know the real reason why the mayan calender ends then? The guy was drinking heavily while he was making it, then he passed out at 2012. After he woke up, his brain was different due to brain damage, the Mayans mistook his work for art, and put it on display in a tribal museum.

[NightWalker XI]

Morning came and my PC was on cause I didn't read this but...nothing happened...

[Ait'al]

oh great just when the internet would actually go Vr and let us escape realy for good! Maybe we wont see it coming 8)

[TheRegurgitator]

So We are all gonna die at year 2012 ............. that sucks ass im only gonna be 24 ...............GRRR hopefully its a false alarm cause i hate thinking that the human race will be gone scares the shit outa me :scared:
unless you and a hot chick are the only people left and have to repopulate the earth ;)

yeah your right tho I'd be only 23 by that time...

[Hamma]

MY COMPUTER LIVES!1111 MuahhahahahAHHAHAHAH

[Flammey]

Mine doesn't. *Frowns*

[Kaikou]

There's a whole shitload of doomsday asteroids threats, we're still here folks, a few people have died of suicides and being near the impact, but by god, we are still here. Really though, it'll likely land in the water somewhere, and nobody'll give a damn, cause some big floods, but that's all. Hell, if you believe in creationism and God, like me, you get a feeling Jupiter's being there ain't coincidental. It's caught plenty of doomsday ateroids and anihilated them.

Jupiter is made completely of gas. If an asteroid goes in, it probably just gets stuck in there somewhere. Also, doomsday asteroids don't destroy planets. They cause massive changes in the ecosystem. If an asteroid hit Europe somewhere lets say. Europe would be reduced to a crater, depending on the size of the asteroid. The dust thrown up from the event would block the sun out for decades. Causing mass species to die out. If humans could survive or not, I don't know. I'd imagine we could if we don't all kill each other out of panic first.

Somewhere in the thread someone said if an asteroid hit the ocean somewhere then it'd just cause big floods. Erm..if by big floods you mean tidal waves miles high with the capability of completely covering everywhere from oklaholma west with water (assuming it hits in the pacific) then yeah that's accurate :p

The worst place for an asteroid to hit would be the north or south poles. It'd melt the entire continent and cause enough of a flood to kill off at least half of the population of earth.

[Robot]

The worst place for an asteroid to hit would be the north or south poles. It'd melt the entire continent and cause enough of a flood to kill off at least half of the population of earth.

i would've thought the slow death and disease via no sunlight would probably be the worst possible scenario, but, alright

[Sputty]

i would've thought the slow death and disease via no sunlight would probably be the worst possible scenario, but, alright
Well, alot of humans might die from that, but remember, we can supply our own light for plants and such.

[AlexRaider]

HAHAh wow, thast umm kinda cool....i mean i hope no1 gets hurt in the process aslong as i get my new computer^^; or mayb i can rob a store!....but why havint i heard about that storm on the news 2day?

:confused:


o wel, what time is this space storm gonna happen again? :huh:

[AlexRaider]

HAHAh wow, thast umm kinda cool....i mean i hope no1 gets hurt in the process aslong as i get my new computer^^; or mayb i can rob a store!....but why havint i heard about that storm on the news 2day?

:confused:


:huh:

[Kaikou]

Alex....

You quoted yourself.

[Hamma]

:rofl:

[DramaticFanatic]

It probably was an electricity saving scheme.....

[Nimbus]

Goddammit, I hate armageddon threads.
They CAN'T predict asteroids heading towards us very far in advance because there is too much randomness. A meteor that seems like it is heading for us could hit a gravity well or a fucking gas cloud and have it's course altered enough to miss us completely. In the Universal scale, the earth is a very very small target and there is a LOT of shit in the way.

As for these predictions...people have been predicting the end of the world EVERY DAY since we figured out the concept of armageddon. Just because the Aztecs figured it was 2012 doesn't mean they were right. They also thought that conquistador Pizzaro or whatever was from the god's and was going to help them. Yeah, they were real fuckin' accurate there weren't they? That calander is a fucking rock and nothing more. You'd probably have as much luck predicting armageddon from a 2 year old scribbling on the wall with crayon.
Personally, if I'm gonna follow some obscure armageddon story, I'm gonna go with the Norse. Now there is an armageddon with style. Undead warriors, wolves, winter, giants and gods. Some Big fucking snake thing. Oh yeah.

[Black]

When that day comes ill remind myself to buy a gun just for myself

[Mr1337Duck]

About that doomsday asteroid getting caught in Jupiter, happens all the time. Plenty of Jupiter's moons may just be stuff it's caught over time. And once it's caught, enough force will pull on it to eventually pull it to the surface. Jupiter has gravity almost 8 times that of earth, it would crush an asteroid in a small amount of time.

[Black]

makes me feel a lil better....thx :hug:

[Mr1337Duck]

What? You didn't know that?

[Black]

no :(

[Mr1337Duck]

Haha, You Suck!! Ha Ha Ha!

[ZionsFire]

Haha, You Suck!! Ha Ha Ha!

:huh:

[Mr1337Duck]

That's my stupid laugh, haven't made an animated smiley for it yet.

[Black]

shutup

[MilitantB0B]

10. And the third angel sounded, and there fell - great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 11. And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Bible says its comming, so I would have to agree. :)

[Black]

Is the astroid called wormwood i dont think it is

[GonePostal]

bad waters!

[MilitantB0B]

Is the astroid called wormwood i dont think it is
If it hits, it will, beleive me...

Heck, even if you aren't a beleiver you have to know that if it comes close to hitting us, beleiver (myself included) will call it that do that that scripture. But that is besides the point...

[Hamma]

The bible is regged on the forums?

[AztecWarrior]

Bible says its comming, so I would have to agree. :)

Revelation is 100% symbolic. The world will end in a catastrophe, but it will not be exactly exactly like it says.

[MilitantB0B]

Revelation is 100% symbolic. The world will end in a catastrophe, but it will not be exactly exactly like it says.
Your right, but the parrels drawn between those verses and what a meteror impact would be like are convincing enough for me to think that it is at least probable that it will happen, but, in the end, I don't really have a single clue. Guess i'll just have to wait.

*Checks his watch*