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This article discusses, inter alia, the Carrington Flare of 1859: 
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-- Richard Langley

On 3-Aug-10, at 4:55 PM, Greg R. wrote:

> According to the article that Gary posted (and confirmed by other
> sources), the last solar maximum occurred in 2001. I wasn't using
> GPS at that time, but I don't recall hearing anything about massive
> outages back then. Still, this should reinforce the need to have a
> backup for any important system - especially one as critical as
> navigation.
>
> --
> GregR
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> On 8/3/2010 12:08:21 PM, Philip (philip.lange@albemarleweb.com) wrote:
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>> Perhaps we could all turn on our
>> GPS's set them up to track and check
>> for anomalies over the next couple of days?
>> Philip
>>
>> On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 18:45 +0200, Gary LaPook wrote:
>> > Well this is perfect timing:
>> >
>> > http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/08/03/spectacular-northern-lights-signals-sun-waking/
>> >
>> > gl
>> >
>>
>> --
>> S/V ORYOKI
>> Currently lying in Beaufort NC
>>
>> "There's
>> no point in making a plan if
>> you're going to pretend to follow it!"
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