Coronal Mass Ejection occurred on same day as Earthquake

[FarLeftFist]

Auroras seen in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. March 9th ended with a powerful solar flare. Earth-orbiting satellites detected an X1.5-class explosion from behemoth sunspot 1166 around 2323 UT. A movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a bright flash of UV radiation plus some material being hurled away from the blast site

Link: http://www.spaceweather.com/

For more on CME's visit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_mass_ejection

When the ejection is directed towards the Earth and reaches it as an interplanetary CME (ICME), the shock wave of the traveling mass of Solar Energetic Particles causes a geomagnetic storm that may disrupt the Earth's magnetosphere, compressing it on the day side and extending the night-side magnetic tail. When the magnetosphere reconnects on the nightside, it releases power on the order of terawatt scale, which is directed back toward the Earth's upper atmosphere.
This process can cause particularly strong auroras in large regions around Earth's magnetic poles. These are also known as the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) in the northern hemisphere, and the Southern Lights (aurora australis) in the southern hemisphere. Coronal mass ejections, along with solar flares of other origin, can disrupt radio transmissions and cause damage to satellites and electrical transmission line facilities, resulting in potentially massive and long-lasting power outages.<3>
Humans in space or at high altitudes, for example, in airplanes, risk exposure to intense radiation. Short-term damage might include skin irritation. Long-term consequences might include an increased risk of developing skin cancer.<4>

[Rex]

1. So this might have helped cause the earthquake in Japan?

When do we go to war with the Sun?

[SpiralHawk]

3. First we need to stop the RepubliCorp War Against the Earth

Greed (R) totally sucks it.

[Rex]

4. Where did you find that picture of Rummy!? He's never looked better.

Looks like his unknown is about to take a bite out of the known.

[AnneD]

5. We are sure to win....

we will attack at night and catch them by surprise.

[Rex]

7. Nice.

:rofl:

[MilesColtrane]

11. delete-arino

[buddysmellgood]

2. It's those tricky gay people at it again. What will they do next?

[Godhumor]

6. Has absolutely nothing, zero, to do with the earthquake. n/t

[SpiralHawk]

8. Ummmm hmmmmm....

Just a coincidence...

[superduperfarleft]

22. That's exactly what it is. A coincidence. n/t

[SpiralHawk]

23. Ummmm hmmmmm

Sure. You are welcome to BELIEVE whatever...

[apocalypsehow]

24. Humor me: what do you *THINK* is the connection between the two events? Lay it out for us. n/t.

[superduperfarleft]

31. So are you, no matter how completely divorced from reality it is. n/t

[AnneD]

32. You left out the part about the...

Super moon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110310/sc_space/willmarch19supermoontriggernaturaldisasters.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

33. yup - junk science

just like the suoer duper moon of destruction theory

[BadgerKid]

9. N=1. But earthquakes happen all the time.

What's the historical data correlating large quakes and CME's?

[slackmaster]

10. I just saved a bunch of money on car insurance, too

Lots of stuff going on!

[MilesColtrane]

12. I had a case of bad vibes and intestinal distress after eating some bad sushi.

Coincidence?

I think not!!

[PhillySane]

25. Me too!

Last night I had sushi, suffering a tsunami of differnt sorts this morning. Hmmm.

[pipi_k]

29. I had the trots too, after you ate the bad sushi...

definitely not a coincidence!


:scared:

[Teaser]

13. What's the mechanism?

Doesn't seem likely that tidal forces due to gravity would change sufficiently.

[Baclava]

14. I still say it's all cracking open

[Canuckistanian]

15. And my cat was barfing at the exact same moment

Coincidence? I think NOT.

[LiberalEsto]

16. My dog peed on the kitchen floor this morning

I am sure this occurred because of the solar flare/earthquake/aurora/harmonic convergence.

And the puddle was ROUND, just like the Earth!

[pipi_k]

30. Yeah, but I'll bet it was flat...

so it really doesn't count.



:hide:

[Horse with no Name]

17. It was the chili I ate last night

Potent shit, I tell you!

[MrCoffee]

18. Please tell me you meant that pun...please

:rofl:

[Horse with no Name]

20. I did !

:rofl:

[undeterred]

19. You said Coronal Mass Erection

[LiberalEsto]

21. It's Orgone Energy

gone wild!

[yawnmaster]

26. So its actually a message from the Solar system and not just from Earth to change...

our human ways.

[Recovered Repug]

27. Well that does it! Nuke the sun in retalitation!!!! /nt

[Codeine]

28. I also took a ridiculously large dump that day.

I blame myself. Sorry Japan.