The HEAT Is On- Or On The Way!

August 7, 2010

Make no mistake about it, the Al Gore crowd is on their way back!

We’re now coming out of the minimal part of the eleven year sun cycle and we’re now on our way to the the maximum part of the eleven year sun cycle- in cycle #24. The lack of sun spots over the past two years definitely cooled things down; however, it was nothing like the Maunder Minimum. For more details you can go to- http://www.2012finalfantasy.com/2008/maunder-minimum.php

The increase in earth quakes, sun spots, and overall increased HEATING isn’t about too many people smoking cigars, too many cars on the road, or cow flatulence.

It’s the SUN baby! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen FOUR sun spots facing the earth at the same time; however, 1092-1095 are right there, sending out heat waves and other potentially disruptive electromagnetic stuff our way. Can you say coronal mass ejections? Solar activity is picking up and that gives some astronomers reason to wake up in the morning. “Ah the dawn of a new day… and what a day it was!” says Wouter Verhesen of the Netherlands. It’s hard to imagine that we would become “sun watchers”, and not sun worshippers.

Who would have guessed fifty years ago that we would be seeing so much information being transmitted back from the sun on an hourly basis as that which is available to us now?

Thank you SOHO!

Additionally, the Perseids show is on the way!” Bill Cooke of the Marshall Space Flight Center writes, ”Although the peak of the Perseids shower show is almost a week away, we saw five Perseid fireballs last night (Aug. 5-6). It’s a good sign that this year’s shower will be a good one.” In fact, we’re in for a LOT of stuff before this year is out, and let us pray that it will be mostly good!

As for me here in Houston, I can’t wait to get August out of the way. How about you?