ockham opened this issue on Oct 23, 2003 ยท 26 posts
ockham posted Thu, 23 October 2003 at 2:17 PM
The biggest sunspot since 1844 is sending magnetic disturbances toward Earth.... due to arrive about 24 hours from now. Big magnetic storms can throw all kinds of random impulses into running computers and phone lines, and can cause power outages. So: Back up everything that matters! Now!!!