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Satellite News · 04-02-10, 10:20 AM

Training for the Olympics takes perfect timing, but nature is an outside influence that can mess up some of the best made plans.Nature will have an effect on the 2012 London Olympics as, despite all the money spent on creating new facilities and infrastructure, it seems that the games will coincide with a period of [...]

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G77 · 04-02-10, 10:59 AM

i knew it!

DAVEYEFF · 04-02-10, 11:01 AM

makes you wonder if theres anything true about what the mayans predicted. peaks in 2012, spooky.

martin-f · 04-02-10, 11:21 AM

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communication satellites would be affected, causing a potential television blackout during the Olympic Games.

nag 3 now this i wonder whats next

G77 · 04-02-10, 11:34 AM

the whole solar system and maybe areas of space outside our solar system is purely at the mercy of the sun.

it is our only source of energy and the whole world quite litterally revolves around it!

charlie1966 · 04-02-10, 11:57 AM

And here was me thinking that the whole world revolves around me. What was I thinking.

With increased solar flared is there any chance of a nice warm summer?????????

roadrunner · 04-02-10, 12:52 PM

I love it, can already see Polish/Ukrainian goverments blaming the sun for cocked up transmissions from Euro 2012

regs

04-02-10, 10:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
Satellite News Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,352 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Solar flare could black out Olympics Training for the Olympics takes perfect timing, but nature is an outside influence that can mess up some of the best made plans.Nature will have an effect on the 2012 London Olympics as, despite all the money spent on creating new facilities and infrastructure, it seems that the games will coincide with a period of [...] More: Solar flare could black out Olympics

04-02-10, 10:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,080 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,248 Times in 1,042 Posts	Re: Solar flare could black out Olympics i knew it! __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

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DAVEYEFF Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 475 Thanks: 53 Thanked 108 Times in 74 Posts	Re: Solar flare could black out Olympics makes you wonder if theres anything true about what the mayans predicted. peaks in 2012, spooky. __________________ daveyeff

04-02-10, 11:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,080 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,248 Times in 1,042 Posts	Re: Solar flare could black out Olympics the whole solar system and maybe areas of space outside our solar system is purely at the mercy of the sun. it is our only source of energy and the whole world quite litterally revolves around it! __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

04-02-10, 11:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
charlie1966 GT user and abuser! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Co. Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 498 Thanks: 49 Thanked 108 Times in 89 Posts	Re: Solar flare could black out Olympics And here was me thinking that the whole world revolves around me. What was I thinking. With increased solar flared is there any chance of a nice warm summer????????? __________________ If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

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roadrunner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mddx Posts: 176 Thanks: 11 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Solar flare could black out Olympics I love it, can already see Polish/Ukrainian goverments blaming the sun for cocked up transmissions from Euro 2012 regs

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