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To: clochard who wrote (84548)	2/18/2000 2:35:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 86076

Gas cloud to knock out communications satellites, aurora displays across the sky to be visible all over Britain. >>UK Press Association] -- A massive cloud of hot electrically charged gas spewed out by the Sun appears to be hurtling towards the Earth, threatening communication satellites and power grid systems, it was disclosed today. The solar eruption, or Coronal Mass Ejection, was spotted by the Sun observation spacecraft Soho yesterday. Billowing away from the Sun at up to 2,000 kilometres per second, the plasma cloud weighing as much as 10 billion tons is expected to reach the Earth some time in the next two days. Fortunately the mass is spread out across a huge area. When it arrives communication satellites could be knocked out of action, power grids on Earth overloaded and dazzling aurora displays appear in the sky across the whole of Britain.<< drudgereport.com