THE SUN TODAY: 26 September 2011 - Severe Geomagnetic Storm

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[drkstrong]

@22mar79 Yes, lets wait fo r the facts - that is always the best policy

[22mar79]

@drkstrong But there are even footages and even TV reports showing the 'fireball' coming down, that's the point. And some local reports showed people talking that there was not an explosion at all, that the thing came from the sky. I didn't know about gunpowder report, but that's very probable too. Well, any way, it's useless trying to discover what exactly happened there by ourselves here from distance. Let's wait and see if some news clarify us soon. Thank you, my friend!

[drkstrong]

@22mar79 I saw the reports but the satellite came down on an orbit that would have taken it over Australia and canada about as far away as you can get from S. America. The local reports talked of smelling gunpowder so may have been an illegal fireworks factory.

[22mar79]

@drkstrong They said the debris would hit Earth on September 26, and people even filmed the 'ball of fire' falling from the sky, it killed people there, you know? Do you think it was the debris then?

[drkstrong]

@22mar79 I think that was in the wrong place and time.

[22mar79]

@drkstrong That UARS satellite debris perhaps? Thank you.

[drkstrong]

@22mar79 No, that was likely just a comoon fireball and would have fallen anyway at that time no matter what else was going on

[drkstrong]

@wormywelshdude I said it would be a damp squib but I did not think it would be this damp - veritably water logged!

[drkstrong]

@PanjshirGuerrilla Thanks that was neat!

[drkstrong]

@renukote The main problem is long conductors - like power transmission line, oil pipes, etc where 100's of miles are concerned and then only at high latitudes. Your local electronics is far more threatened by a thunder storm (like the one we are about to get hit by! - I can hear the distant rumbles)