Whether the weather is the T.O.E.

[AntonioLao]

I'm hoping to live long enough to witness scientists capable of altering weather conditions for the benefits of farmers, water and ecosystem conservation.

[labelwench]

Then we come to the topic of solar flares and what impacts and effects that they may have upon global weather patterns and the technology that we have in place.

Keep your eyes on the northern sky tonight and be prepared for the unexpected as a strong geomagnetic storm races from the sun toward Earth, says a B.C.-based solar physicist.
The expected arrival today of the strongest solar storm in six years could affect power grids, airplane routes and space-based satellite navigation systems, space weather experts said.
"We might see some power fluctuations and get a chance to see aurora borealis displays," said Ken Tapping, head of the National Research Council's solar radio monitoring program in Penticton.
"Look north wherever you are. You need a nice clear, dark sky to the north."

Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/technol...#ixzz1oXy7nWEg

[labelwench]

The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly saw superheated gases as hot as 50 000 – 2 000 000 Kelvin sucked from the root of a dense structure called prominence, and spiral up into the high atmosphere and travel about 200 000 kilometres along helical paths for a period of at least three hours. The tornadoes were observed on 25 September 2011. The hot gases in the tornadoes have speeds as high as 300,000 km per hour. Gas speeds of terrestrial tornadoes can reach 150km per hour.
The tornadoes often occur at the root of huge coronal mass ejections. When heading toward the Earth, these coronal mass ejections can cause significant damage to the earth’s space environment, satellites, even knock out the electricity grid.
The solar tornadoes drag winding magnetic field and electric currents into the high atmosphere. It is possible that the magnetic field and currents play a key role in driving the coronal mass ejections.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-...adoes-sun.html

A solar tornado several times the width of the earth. Given the damage that terrestrial tornadoes are capable of, it doesn't bear worrying about what COULD happen if the earth were to be in the direct path of such undissipated potential.

We would never know what hit us and if it were of more minor cataclysmic scale, we would struggle on through innovation as we ever have.

Such is the tenacity of our species.

If it doesn't kill us, it WILL make us stronger.

I'm beginning to think that all of that 'empty space' is not so empty after all. Whatever it is comprised of, it seems to serve a purpose.