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To: Snowshoe who wrote (40105)	10/24/2003 3:17:06 AM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi Snowshoe, This particular blast of solar matter is the strongest ejection of solar material since something like 1849. During that time, much of the telegraphy equipment across Europe and the USA fried as electrical shorts ruined the system. The television news is advising that television, telephones, electric lines (especially the high tension ones), and computer systems could have problems starting sometime tomorrow as the solar winds collide with the Earth. Anything that relies on electric (or electromagnetic forces) can be affected. Electrical spikes could (in theory, anyway) occur. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, happens. I remember something in the late '80s or early '90s where Colorado lost all of its radio and television stations for a short period of time because of solar flares. It's been a while since I've seen any. KJC