Sun Storms May Affect Radios, Cell Phones Today 50
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timothy
from the going-once-going-twice-sol dept.
from the going-once-going-twice-sol dept.
ABC News is one of various news outlets reporting that "Intense solar activity may affect Earth today, potentially disrupting radio and cell phone frequencies." (The Space Weather Prediction Center calls the likely effects minor, but it might be a good day to have an atlas packed in with the GPS.)
Re:Always a great excuse (Score:3, Interesting)
Then it actually IS sunspots that cause the system to fail...
Re:Always a great excuse (Score:5, Interesting)
I work in IT for a large cab company in California.
When I get to work in the morning. I log in, check server status, check status of 4 different radio sites, then I go to spaceweather.com to check sunspot activity.
With 300 Cabs running around with mobile radios and GPS there is just a lot that can go bad. Better to know.