Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!stanford.edu!neon.Stanford.EDU!Neon!jmc From: jmc@DEC-Lite.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Solar Flares Affecting the Planet? Message-ID: Date: 16 Jun 91 02:06:25 GMT References: <9106160352.AA19559@phys> Sender: news@neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Reply-To: jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: jep@PHYS.PHYSICS.UCF.EDU's message of 16 Jun 91 03:52:03 GMT In article <9106160352.AA19559@phys> jep@PHYS.PHYSICS.UCF.EDU ("Jason Epel [Consultant]") writes: It may be more non-scientific based rumor than fact, but I've heard that some scientists believe the run on plate disturbances can be attributed to the extraordinary solar flare activity we have experienced in the past weeks. There's more to linking the two together than is implied, physically speaking such is 'possible' though may as in this case be improbable. Is there any evidence to make this claim legitimate? Or are people losing all sense of [scientific] reality? -Jason jep@phys.physics.ucf.edu What are "run on plate disturbances"? Do they involve baseball players stealing home? -- John McCarthy Congress needs more people who know the difference between a million and a billion. - John Sununu