On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:30:23 +0100, Vincent van der Laan
wrote:

On 28-10-2003 22:16, in article , "Sam Wormley"
wrote:

Severe Geomagnetic Storm Intervals in History And Future Prospects
http://www.spacew.com/swim/bigstorm.html
http://www.spacew.com/swim/ssn-kp8.jpg

Just wondering: is it possible (in theory) that an extreme storm might be
severe enough to blow away our atmosphere?

Scary thought... (might want to move to Mars

It's called a nova, and Mars wouldn't be far enough.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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