SOLAR STORM FROM THE SUN HITS THE EARTH

OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

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LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

8 March 2012 Last updated at 05:39 ET
Fears of disruption as big solar storm strikes the Earth BBC

The Earth is currently being battered by a storm of charged particles from the Sun, which could disrupt power grids, satellite navigation and plane routes.The storm - the largest in five years - will bombard the Earth's magnetic field throughout Thursday.It was triggered by a pair of solar flares - the largest of their kind - earlier this week.As a result, the Northern Lights may be visible at lower latitudes.
The effects will be most intense in polar regions, and aircraft may be advised to change their routings to avoid these areas.In the UK, the best chance to see them will be on Thursday night, the British Geological Survey says.The Sun's activity rises and falls through an 11-year cycle, and has in recent months been seen to launch more of the solar flares that are causing the current storm.The cycle is due to peak in 2013.

The flares have resulted in what is known as a coronal mass ejection, the technical term for what is really just a big ball of gas travelling at 2,000 kilometres per second, according to Doug Biesiecker from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).The incoming cloud of charged particles could affect satellites and will launch a geomagnetic storm in the Earth's protective magnetic field, Mr Beisiecker told the BBC.This magnetic field keeps harmful radiation out. Now, the geomagnetic storm isn't going to take that magnetic field away from the Earth, but... it's going to shake it.And if you shake a magnetic field you generate things like electric currents in the atmosphere and say, in the power grid that criss-crosses pretty much every country on the planet now.1 - Solar flare and erruption. 2 - Billions of tonnes of superhot gas containig charged particles is released. 3 - Particles drawn to poles collide with atmosphere causing polar lights.

Many storms are benign; this storm could enable skywatchers to see the northern lights from parts of the northern US and northern UK.But the strongest storms can have other, more significant effects.In 1972, a geomagnetic storm provoked by a solar flare knocked out long-distance telephone communication across the US state of Illinois.And in 1989, another disturbance plunged six million people into darkness across the Canadian province of Quebec.There are concerns over the potential communication problems for aircraft and disruption to GPS signals caused by current solar activity.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17295337

Huge solar storm today could disrupt power, GPS and more Published 1 hour 1 minute ago MAR 8,2012

A large solar flare erupts from the sun in this NASA handout photo taken on March 6, 2012. This flare was categorized as an X5.4, making it the second largest flare -- after an X6.9 on August 9, 2011 -- since the sun's activity segued into a period of relatively low activity called solar minimum in early 2007.A large solar flare erupts from the sun in this NASA handout photo taken on March 6, 2012. This flare was categorized as an X5.4, making it the second largest flare -- after an X6.9 on August 9, 2011 -- since the sun's activity segued into a period of relatively low activity called solar minimum in early 2007.
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Seth Borenstein Associated Press

WASHINGTON—The largest solar storm in five years was due to arrive on Earth early Thursday, promising to shake the globe’s magnetic field while expanding the Northern Lights.The storm started with a massive solar flare earlier in the week and grew as it raced outward from the sun, expanding like a giant soap bubble, scientists said. When it strikes, the particles will be moving at 6.5 million km/h.It’s hitting us right in the nose, said Joe Kunches, a scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colo.The massive cloud of charged particles could disrupt utility grids, airline flights, satellite networks and GPS services, especially in northern areas. But the same blast could also paint colorful auroras farther from the poles than normal.Astronomers say the sun has been relatively quiet for some time. And this storm, while strong, may seem fiercer because Earth has been lulled by several years of weak solar activity.The storm is part of the sun’s normal 11-year cycle, which is supposed to reach peak storminess next year. Solar storms don’t harm people, but they do disrupt technology. And during the last peak around 2002, experts learned that GPS was vulnerable to solar outbursts.Because new technology has flourished since then, scientists could discover that some new systems are also at risk, said Jeffrey Hughes, director of the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling at Boston University.A decade ago, this type of solar storm happened a couple of times a year, Hughes said.This is a good-size event, but not the extreme type, said Bill Murtagh, program co-ordinator for the federal government’s Space Weather Prediction Center.The sun erupted Tuesday evening, and the most noticeable effects should arrive here between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. EST Thursday, according to forecasters at the space weather centre. The effects could linger through Friday morning.Centre forecaster Rob Steenburgh said shortly before 5 a.m. EST Thursday that there still had been no noticeable effects on Earth or on a satellite geared to monitor the storm’s impact.

We haven’t seen the shock arrive at the satellite yet, Steenburgh said. We’re keeping an eye on it.The region of the sun that erupted can still send more blasts our way, Kunches said. He said another set of active sunspots is ready to aim at Earth right after this.This is a big sun spot group, particularly nasty, NASA solar physicist David Hathaway said. Things are really twisted up and mixed up. It keeps flaring.Storms like this start with sun spots, Hathaway said.Then comes an initial solar flare of subatomic particles that resemble a filament coming out of the sun. That part already hit Earth only minutes after the initial burst, bringing radio and radiation disturbances.After that comes the coronal mass ejection, which looks like a growing bubble and takes a couple days to reach Earth. It’s that ejection that could cause magnetic disruptions Thursday.It could give us a bit of a jolt, NASA solar physicist Alex Young said.The storm follows an earlier, weaker solar eruption that happened Sunday, Kunches said.For North America, the good part of a solar storm — the one that creates more noticeable auroras or Northern Lights — will peak Thursday evening. Auroras could dip as far south as the Great Lakes states or lower, Kunches said, but a full moon will make them harder to see.Auroras are probably the treat we get when the sun erupts, Kunches said.Still, the potential for problems is widespread. Solar storms have three ways they can disrupt technology on Earth: with magnetic, radio and radiation emissions. This is an unusual situation, when all three types of solar storm disruptions are likely to be strong, Kunches said. That makes it the strongest overall since December 2006.That means a whole host of things could follow, he said.North American utilities are monitoring for abnormalities on their grids and have contingency plans, said Kimberly Mielcarek, spokeswoman for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, a consortium of electricity grid operators.In 1989, a strong solar storm knocked out the power grid in Quebec, causing 6 million people to lose power.Solar storms can also make global positioning systems less accurate and cause GPS outages.The storm could trigger communication problems and additional radiation around the north and south poles — a risk that will probably force airlines to reroute flights. Some already have done so, Kunches said.Satellites could be affected, too. NASA spokesman Rob Navias said the space agency isn’t taking any extra precautions to protect astronauts on the International Space Station from added radiation.
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