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To: Kitskid who wrote (46390)	12/30/1999 7:44:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116795

December 30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Geomagnetic sun storms could wreak havoc on Earth Newest atomic clock unveiled in Boulder in time for new year Man held after shot fired in KUSA lobby Y2K missile attack won't occur, Russian vows Poll: Coloradans cautious on Y2K Report: 1 in 3 teens smoke 2000 to evoke varied responses FBI opens command post in Denver as Y2K nears Girl, 13, shot to death while playing with firearm Hoarding under way for Y2K E-470 traffic and revenue accelerate Deal with mall expected to ease Boulder parking pinch Webb says drug abuse disturbing Would-be robber killed in holdup Koby joins investment firm U.S. attorney's office nets $31 million in fines Geomagnetic sun storms could wreak havoc on Earth By Bill Scanlon Denver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If Y2K bugs don't short-circuit technology, the sun's huge storms just might. Just in time for millennium fever, the sun is reaching its 11-year high point for sunspots and geomagnetic storms. And that "solar max" could jiggle technology on Earth enough to throw pagers, cell phones and electrical lines out of whack, even if their computer chips are Y2K-compliant, said geoscientists at the U.S. Geological Survey. "Satellites may get false readings, causing them to tumble out of control," said Don Herzog, geophysicist at USGS's Golden office. Power blackouts are possible; communications could go haywire; geostationary satellites could age rapidly; and intercontinental ballistic missiles could change their trajectory. The chance of a geomagnetic storm hitting in time for the turn of the century is about as likely as the Y2K computer bug causing huge outages, geophysicists said-- which is not very likely. But if something wacky happens, they urge people not to trash their computers or start having apocalyptic thoughts. It could just be the sun wreaking the havoc(cont) insidedenver.com And if the anything happens could the entireity of this credit driven society get at the credit which often flows over phone lines?