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To: Benny-Rubin who wrote (1272)1/11/2008 2:54:23 PM
From: Paul Kern  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 7224
 
It caught the dog and I in the park.

More like August cells than January.

You can only add so much energy to a large, complex system before you hit that tipping point.

Or even a small system like a pot of water boiling.



To: Benny-Rubin who wrote (1272)1/11/2008 3:22:34 PM
From: Paul Kern  Respond to of 7224
 
Jan. 10, 2008: Hang on to your cell phone, a new solar cycle has just begun.

"On January 4, 2008, a reversed-polarity sunspot appeared—and this signals the start of Solar Cycle 24," says David Hathaway of the Marshall Space Flight Center.

science.nasa.gov